Statistics: The best athlete among the champions

The best basketball player in history (according to ESPN experts). He played as an attacking defender. Jordan played an important role in popularizing basketball

The absolute record holder for the number of gold awards (23) and total awards (28) in the history of the Olympic Games

Winner of the title "Boxer of the Year" (six-time — 1963, 1966[4], 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978) and "Boxer of the Decade" (1960's) according to The Ring magazine

Eight-time Olympic champion and 11-time world champion (a record in the history of these competitions among men). During his performances, he set eight world records

Fischer represented the United States at the 1960, 1962, 1966, and 1970 Olympics, where he played 65 games: 40 wins, 7 losses, and 18 draws

Professional American surfer, eleven-time world surfing champion

The most famous and effective airsoft sniper

He set 61 records and repeatedly won individual League prizes (including 9 prizes for the most valuable player and 10 for the best scorer of the season)

Novak Djokovic has 21 Grand Slam singles wins and 92 ATP tournament wins

World record holder (6.26 m, August 25, 2024) and holder of the world's highest indoor achievement (6.20 m, March 20, 2022). Olympic record holder — 6.25 m

At the moment, Agostini holds the record for the most wins in the Grand Prix - 122 wins

Kenyan long-distance runner and marathon runner. World record holder in the marathon since October 8, 2023 (2:00:35)

He has won a total of 18 major tournaments in his career, finished second 19 times and finished third 9 times on the PGA Tour

He is the only football player in history who became world champion three times as a player (in 1958, 1962 and 1970). Participant of four world championships. The best player of the 1970 World Cup

Three-time Olympic champion and three-time world champion. On May 25, 1996, in Jena, he set a world record that still remains unsurpassed (98 m 48 cm)

He is considered one of the best Formula 1 drivers in history. Holder of numerous Formula 1 World Championship records: in the number of fastest laps (77), as well as consecutive championship titles (5)

French judoka, the most decorated athlete in the history of judo

American sailor, shooter, five-time Olympic champion

Australian cricketer, holder of numerous records, knighted for his services

Norwegian skier, the most decorated athlete in the history of skiing among men

American track and field athlete, two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time world champion in the long jump

Professional windsurfer who won the PWA World title for a record 12 consecutive years

Olympic silver medalist, five-time world champion, eleven-time European champion, winner of the IX World Games and the World Martial Arts Games 2013

Olympic champion and four-time medalist, winning gold in London 2012, silver in Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 and bronze in Beijing 2008

Three-time Olympic champion, two-time world champion. The current world record holder in the shot put both indoors and outdoors

American speed skater. 5-time champion of the 1980 Winter Olympics, 3-time world champion and silver medalist in the classic all-around

The first beach soccer player who managed to score 1,000 goals in his career

He is the only wrestler in history who has won in Makuuchi at least once in each of the years of his stay there

Three-time Olympic champion, ten-time world champion, six-time European champion

The only kayaker in the world who has won 3 gold medals in one Olympic Games

He has 24 world Championship wins, 11 consecutive titles at the Arnold Classic Arm-wrestling Challenge in 1997-2007 and 22 years without defeat at the professional level

Two-time Olympic archery champion in the 2004 and 2008 team championships. Multiple world champion in both individual and team championships, current world record holder

Won the "Super Grand Slam" by winning all nine major titles in the badminton world

Three-time PDC World Champion (2014, 2017, 2019)

Eight-time Olympic champion, twenty-time world champion. The most decorated biathlete in history

Cuban high jumper, current world record holder since September 8, 1988, Olympic champion in 1992

Five-time Olympic champion. He has also won 14 gold medals at the World Championships

He was the first to climb all 14 "eight thousand meters" of the world, some of them alone

He won the ITM Cup five times as a member of the Canterbury national team. Together with the Crusaders, he reached the semi-finals of Super Rugby nine times, played in the finals four times and became champion three times

Four-time Olympic champion in 1956, 1960, 1964, 1968. Set four world records

In 2013, Rice was named the best modern snowboarder in the world by Red Bull; numerous writers and publications have also called Rice one of the greatest snowboarders of all time

He was a six-time best bowler of the year, a 10-time All-American and became known simply as "Mr. Bowling"

At the Olympic Games in Sydney (2000), he won medals in all numbers of the men's diving program. He became the first athlete to receive a score above 100 points per jump in diving

He is a three-time Olympic champion, the only player in the world who has won both classic and beach volleyball at the Olympic Games. The best volleyball player of the XX century according to the International Federation

According to the International Handball Federation, he is the greatest handball player in history, a five-time winner of the prize of the most valuable player in international competitions

Between 1971 and 1980, he won many international gymnastics competitions, including the Olympic Games, World and European Championships

Baseball outfielder and first baseman. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most consistent hitters in baseball history

Five-time winner of the general classification of the Tour de France (1969-1972, 1974) and Giro d'Italia (1968, 1970, 1972-1974), winner of the 1973 Vuelta a Espana, three-time world champion

Multiple world, European, and Soviet weightlifting champion, Olympic champion (1976)

ELEAGUE Atlanta Champion 2017, FACEIT London 2018, IEM Katowice 2019, StarLadder Berlin 2019

He holds over 70 international titles. The first to win world championships in two disciplines

Between 1962 and 1972, he won three Olympic gold medals, seven world titles and three European titles.

Today he is considered the best player in the world[3] and the most successful player of the Argentine Open Championship, who participated in the competition 15 times and won 7, and played in the final 2 more times

Spanish water polo player, Olympic champion in 1996 and world champion in 1998. Considered the best player in the history of water polo, he was elected the best water polo player in the world for seven years in a row

Professional American poker player, winner of the main tournament of the World Series of Poker. Member of the Poker Hall of Fame since 2007

German bobsledder, pilot, 4-time Olympic champion, 16-time world champion and 8-time European champion

An outstanding Italian fencer, 6-time Olympic champion and 13-time world champion. Winner of the largest number of Olympic and World Championships awards (39 medals in 1936-1960)

Three-time world champion: in individual competitions (2019 and 2021) and in the team championship (2021); bronze medalist of the 2019 World Championship in the team tournament

Equestrian athlete competing in triathlon, 4-time Olympic champion, three-time world champion, multiple European champion

A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawke performed the first documented "900" trick on a skateboard in 1999

He won four of the first five World Men's Curling Championships — in 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1963

Two-time Olympic silver medalist, six-time world champion, 12-time European champion, 11-time World Cup winner

the most decorated SAMBO wrestler in the world, 19-time Russian champion, 6-time European champion, 11-time world sambo champion, 8-time World Cup winner

Eleven-time world record holder, thirteen-time European champion, fifteen-time USSR Cup winner, seven-time USSR champion