Who are your top 3 sports players?

[BramptonRob1958]

Sugar Ray Leonard

Bobby Orr

Reggie Jackson (Mr. October)

 

[ping-ping-clicka]

This is an easy list from a very lazy fan.
Currently: Stephen Curry, Patric Mahone, Travis Kelce.
I think each in their own way have great style and grace in their movements while playing.

 

[trev333]

Kurt Fearnley..... workd champion...

anyone who can crawl the Kokoda track on their hands and knees after winning a truckload of marathons around the world has got my vote...



I'd be surprised if some of those baseball nfl heroes can even run a mile flat out....

 

[Stringbanger]

Roberto Clemente
Pete Rose
Doctor J

 

[CV Jee Beez]

my emotional response:

Kareem Abdul Jabar
Magic Johnson
Kobe Bryant

My logical response may include:

Ali
Michael Phelps
Tom Brady
Novak Djokovic

 

[trev333]

You know those people that run ahead of the curling rocks and sweep the ice while it’s sliding?
Yeah.
Those folks are all my spirit animal.
And professional wrestling referees.

It's on mate...

Winter Olympics live on my TV now

Australia Vs USA at Curling....

full sweeping going on.. it's intense.... Sweep man, SWEEEP....

look out.. aussies have learned to Curl.... and we're coming at ya...

much to my surprise...

 

[buster poser]

Tom Kristensen
Barry Bonds
Buster Posey

 

[Manual Slim]

Larry Bird, Walter Payton, Mike Schmidt

 

[markal]

As in the best ever? Brady (and I really don’t like him), Jordan, Ali.

As in the ones I most liked to watch? Jordan, Lawrence Taylor, Larry Bird.

 

[57joonya]

Pete rose , babe Ruth, Patrick Ewing

 

[Oxidao]

Marc Márquez
Rafael Nadal
Fernando Alonso

edit. I would say Lionel Messi if he weren't Barça

 

[buster poser]

Tom Kristensen
Barry Bonds
Buster Posey

*Living ^^

Gone:
Jim Thorpe
Hank Aaron
Muhammad Ali

Great submissions in this thread, wow.

 

[catdaddy]

Not my favorite players, but the ones I consider to be the best of all-time at their respective sports:
Babe Ruth
Bobby Orr
Tom Brady

 

[Gaz_]

Tom Kristensen
Barry Bonds
Buster Posey

Now we're talking. Tom Kristensen. The man is the best at the hardest race in the world. The man. 9 times. 9 blinking times. He has as many wins at Le Mans as Ferrari. 5 more than Ford. Where's his movie!

Tom Kristensen
Michael Schumacher
Alan Shearer.

Those are my "the best" picks.

There was a wonderful fella called Johnny Mills, who used to play for Hereford FC. That man could score goals. We used to sing his name to "daddy cool" and he'd chop past defenders... those are some of my "top" sports memories, so I'm counting them! Oh, and I saw Takuma Sato finish a 15 lap F3 race around silverstone national a minute ahead of the next bloke in 2001. That felt special.

 

[57joonya]

I do t know how many of you on here surf , but in that field alone - tom curren , Kelly slater, Tom carrol . In that order . In the public’s eye surfing is a fringe sport . So I do t know if that counts …

 

[sixstringbastard]

 

[Engine Swap]

It's on mate...

Winter Olympics live on my TV now

Australia Vs USA at Curling....

full sweeping going on.. it's intense.... Sweep man, SWEEEP....

look out.. aussies have learned to Curl.... and we're coming at ya...

much to my surprise...

All the excitement of bowling, combined with the glamour of janitorial work…

 

[buster poser]

Now we're talking. Tom Kristensen. The man is the best at the hardest race in the world. The man. 9 times. 9 blinking times. He has as many wins at Le Mans as Ferrari. 5 more than Ford. Where's his movie!

Tom Kristensen
Michael Schumacher
Alan Shearer.

Those are my "the best" picks.

There was a wonderful fella called Johnny Mills, who used to play for Hereford FC. That man could score goals. We used to sing his name to "daddy cool" and he'd chop past defenders... those are some of my "top" sports memories, so I'm counting them! Oh, and I saw Takuma Sato finish a 15 lap F3 race around silverstone national a minute ahead of the next bloke in 2001. That felt special.

Tom's got ice in his veins. So glad I've got to see him a few times. I wish people understood how fit those guys are, the athleticism required. McNish had some promo spot for the '14 Le Mans or so when he was a color guy, talking about holding one's breath to counter cornering Gs, how working the pedals is not unlike running, etc. I know one thing, I've walked by a fair few drivers in many pits, and they were all shredded.

 

[billy logan]

TOTALLY subjective choices -

Rocky Colavito - Indians
Ezekiel Kaungamno - Yeomen
Ronnie O'Brien - FC Dallas

 

[SacDAve]

Ali, Kenny Roberts and the blind pinball wizard