There are many athletes considered to be the best in history in different sports. Some examples include:
- Michael Jordan in basketball
- Usain Bolt in athletics
- Michael Phelps in swimming
- Pelé in football
- Muhammad Ali in boxing
- Serena Williams in women’s tennis
- Babe Ruth in baseball
- Tiger Woods in golf
- Wayne Gretzky in ice hockey
- LeBron James in basketball
However, this list is subjective and there are many other athletes who could also be considered as the best in history.
Here are five athletes considered the best in each sport:
Basketball: Michael Jordan, LeBron James, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird
Athletics: Usain Bolt, Carl Lewis, Paavo Nurmi, Michael Johnson, Jesse Owens
Swimming: Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz, Ian Thorpe, Pieter van den Hoogenband, Dawn Fraser
Soccer: Pelé, Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane
Boxing: Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Mike Tyson
Chess: Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer, José Raul Capablanca, Anatoly Karpov, Emanuel Lasker
Gymnastics: Simone Biles, Nadia Comăneci, Olga Korbut, Mary Lou Retton, Bart Conner
Marathon: Emil Zátopek, Haile Gebrselassie, Paul Tergat, Steve Jones, Khalid Khannouchi
Volleyball: Giba, Karch Kiraly, Sergey Tetyukhin, Giba, Giba
Tennis: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Pete Sampras, Bjorn Borg
Table Tennis: Jan-Ove Waldner, Ma Long, Liu Guoliang, Zhang Jike, Kong Linghui
Shooting: Ralf Schumann, Matt Emmons, Kim Rhode, Jang Mi-ran, Michael Diamond
Golf: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Bobby Jones, Ben Hogan, Walter Hagen
However, this list is subjective and there are many other athletes who could also be considered as the best in history in each sport.
