ESPN-fan's Top 25 Athletes [1979-2004]

Sports Popularity

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6

1

Michael Jordan

Basketball Player

59.69% (114 of 191 votes)

4

2

Wayne Gretzky

Hockey Player

74.29% (26 of 35 votes)

11

3

Lance Armstrong

Athlete

45.16% (14 of 31 votes)

12

4

Tiger Woods

Golfer

44.90% (22 of 49 votes)

25

5

Jerry Rice

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

21

6

Joe Montana

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

7

Magic Johnson

Basketball Player

42.86% (6 of 14 votes)

19

8

Larry Bird

Basketball Player

0% (0 of 10 votes)

5

9

Barry Bonds

Baseball Player

69.18% (1385 of 2002 votes)

10

10

Barry Sanders

Football Player

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

2

11

Carl Lewis

Athlete

100% (2 of 2 votes)

9

12

Cal Ripken, Jr.

Baseball Player

50.0% (31 of 62 votes)

16

13

Pete Sampras

Tennis Player

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

3

14

John Elway

Football Player

93.75% (15 of 16 votes)

1

15

Emmitt Smith

Football Player

100% (2 of 2 votes)

23

16

Dan Marino

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

24

17

Mario Lemieux

Hockey Player

0% (0 of 11 votes)

8

18

Roger Clemens

Baseball Player

52.08% (25 of 48 votes)

18

19

Shaquille O'Neal

Basketball Player

5.56% (1 of 18 votes)

20

20

Lawrence Taylor

Football Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

17

21

Sugar Ray Leonard

Boxer

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

7

22

Martina Navratilova

Tennis Player

58.80% (491 of 835 votes)

22

23

Patrick Roy

Hockey Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

15

24

Jackie Joyner Kersee

Athlete

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

13

25

Alex Rodriguez

Baseball Player

43.75% (7 of 16 votes)