who is the greatest athlete of all time?

[comfortably dumb]

can't see anyone convincingly argumenting for anyone who isn't named michael jordan

the guy has everything needed to be considered a mythical character

 

[ropemax]

I don't give a fuck

 

[khvirgin]

I think Phelps is up there

 

[Zeruel]

 

[comfortably dumb]

I think Phelps is up there

his achievements are brutal, but come on

jordan is something else, his name alone inspires awe

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jesus fuck

 

[buckchadley31]

Elite racing drivers, they're basically superhumans

 

[Zeruel]

 

[comfortably dumb]

no one's surpassing this guy in the next 100 years

 

[buckchadley31]

Elite racing drivers, they're basically superhumans

@Blackmannnns why huh?

 

[comfortably dumb]

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not even the best in his era in his sport, even tho he is a top 8 player ever

 

[Zeruel]

not even the best in his era in his sport, even tho he is a top 8 player ever

 

[comfortably dumb]

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nah. ronaldinho, ronaldo and zizou mog them hard in talent, tho

 

[ifyouwannabemylover]

the undertaker

 

[khvirgin]

his achievements are brutal, but come on

jordan is something else, his name alone inspires awe

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jesus fuck

Well Jordan has a different charisma and a billion industry after his name, but it's an uneven field imho, individual sports always lose to team sports because the latter are 1) more popular 2) are on basically every day, whether they play or it's the transfer markets there's always NBA/football talk, whereas olympians shine every 4 years 3) have sagas, trasfers, franchises, super teams, all of those add up creating a different auras around athletes

The only individual athlete who ascended is Ali

 

[comfortably dumb]

Well Jordan has a different charisma and a billion industry after his name, but it's an uneven field imho, individual sports always lose to team sports because the latter are 1) more popular 2) are on basically every day, whether they play or it's the transfer markets there's always NBA/football talk, whereas olympians shine every 4 years 3) have sagas, trasfers, franchises, super teams, all of those add up creating a different auras around athletes

The only individual athelete who ascended is Ali

i'd put Ali at #2, yeah

 

[Deleted member 14699]

Rafa Nadal

 

[comfortably dumb]

Rafa Nadal

nah. i'd even put roger over him. rafa is all roland garros, not enough

 

[Deleted member 14699]

nah. i'd even put roger over him. rafa is all roland garros, not enough

Gigacope... Rafa has won at every GS

 

[comfortably dumb]

Gigacope... Rafa has won at every GS

14/22 were French open

 

[Deleted member 14699]

14/22 were French open

Yes, but Rafa IS the GOAT at Clay court and Roger and Nole at smooth courts.

They have 3 GS where they can win easily, WHILE Rafa only 1.

 

[Deleted member 1209]

idk shit about hockey, but isn't it gretzky?

 

[comfortably dumb]

Yes, but Rafa IS the GOAT at Clay court and Roger and Nole at smooth courts.

They have 3 GS where they can win easily, WHILE Rafa only 1.

imo it's 1. roger, 2. đoković, 3. nadal. check their scores on all 4 grand slams, rafa is inferior on 3/4. but i think sampras is the tennis goat regardless.

 

[Cali Yuga]

can't see anyone convincingly argumenting for anyone who isn't named michael jordan

the guy has everything needed to be considered a mythical character

if you spend time thinking about this type of thing just cut to the chase and come out the closet

i stg sports fans are the most retarded subhuman retards, worse than marvel movie stans

 

[Yliaster]

Boxing - Mohammad Ali

Basketball - Michael Jordan

Football/Soccer - (I'm not sure this one is hard)

Track and Field - Usain Bolt

Swimming - Michael Phelps

Tennis - Rafael Nadal

 

[comfortably dumb]

if you spend time thinking about this type of thing just cut to the chase and come out the closet

i stg sports fans are the most retarded subhuman retards, worse than marvel movie stans

keep coping, incel

 

[comfortably dumb]

Boxing - Mohammad Ali

Basketball - Michael Jordan

Football/Soccer - (I'm not sure this one is hard)

Track and Field - Usain Bolt

Swimming - Michael Phelps

Tennis - Rafael Nadal

ronaldinho in football. couldn't care less about messsi's and cr's records

 

[andy9432]

Cristiano Ronaldo. He was killing it when i was in Elementary School, and still killing it.

 

[Deleted member 14699]

imo it's 1. roger, 2. đoković, 3. nadal. check their scores on all 4 grand slams, rafa is inferior on 3/4. but i think sampras is the tennis goat regardless.

He has 14 Roland Garros. Thats insane man

 

[comfortably dumb]

He has 14 Roland Garros. Thats insane man

should have more wimbledon/us open/aus open titles to claim overall goat status

 

[Cali Yuga]

keep coping, incel

omg dude micheael jordan is a BEAST dude did you se him DUNKING last night at the BIG GAME

dude can you imagine how BEASTLY he would be if he was fucking your girlfriend dude OMG imagine him putting his BEASTLY GOAT BASKETBALL arms around you dude

 

[Deleted member 15004]

Messi. One bad season means nothing.

 

[Cali Yuga]

basketball fans are the worst

nebish jews who work in marketing and spend their free time in their cubicle looking at nigger stats and playing fantasy basketball NIGGER TRADING CARD GAME

just play magic the gathering instead its literally less gay

 

[comfortably dumb]

Messi. One bad season means nothing.

overrated

 

[Deleted member 15004]

overrated

the best footballer of all time is not overrated lmao

 

[comfortably dumb]

basketball fans are the worst

nebish jews who work in marketing and spend their free time in their cubicle looking at nigger stats and playing fantasy basketball NIGGER TRADING CARD GAME

just play magic the gathering instead its literally less gay

i'm primarily a football fan

 

[comfortably dumb]

the best footballer of all time is not overrated lmao

he's not even in top 10, and i'm saying this as a barcelona fan

 

[Cali Yuga]

i'm primarily a football fan

youre primarily not worth your weight in fertilizer

 

[comfortably dumb]

to clarify; goats by ball sports:

football - ronaldinho, garrincha, cruyff or ronaldo
basketball - jordan or magic (or dončić, if he improves his defense throughout his career)
handball - ivano balić or karabatić
tennis - pete sampras or federer
water polo - šapić

 

[Tom Jones]

I think Phelps is up there

The ultimate Lung mogger. Like 11 L vital capacity.

 

[Deleted member 14699]

should have more wimbledon/us open/aus open titles to claim overall goat status

Well, its an undeniable top 3 of GOATs

 

[6ft4]

Athlete is a different conversation from sports player
The most athletic human ever is Usain Bolt
The margin by which he was better than every other athlete to ever compete is dramatic
In team sports or combat sports you can only beat the competition of your era meaning all comparisons of different eras and all debates of GOATs is nothing more than mental masturbation
Holding 100m+200m world records is the pinnacle because the clock doesn't lie, no matter how much time passes, if your records are still intact there is no debate for who the greatest is
I would choose being the GOAT sprinter over any other sport, money would be irrelevant to me if I had that title

 

[Deleted member 17791]

>who is best athlete of all time
>only considers people currently alive

OP, the average human ten thousand years ago was equivalent to an olympic athlete.

 

[Gargantuan]

Herschel Walker and it isn't even close

 

[Vermilioncore]

Michael Jordan the nigger from space jam

 

[Deleted member 5815]

jake paul

 

[Deleted member 18244]

Jon Jones

Giannis Atentakumpo

Young Lebron and Kobe imo mog Jordan

 

[Anakin]

to clarify; goats by ball sports:

football - ronaldinho, garrincha, cruyff or ronaldo
basketball - jordan or magic (or dončić, if he improves his defense throughout his career)
handball - ivano balić or karabatić
tennis - pete sampras or federer
water polo - šapić

i never saw that much cope from a croatian lol

 

[TUSSELEIF]

Mensen Ernst - Wikipedia

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Mensen Ernst – Wikipedia

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He was reputed to have run about 2,500 kilometres (1,600 mi) from Paris to Moscow. It took him 14 days starting on 11 June 1832—averaging over 200 kilometres (120 mi) a day. On a later trip, from Istanbul to Calcutta and back again, lasting 59 days, he ran 140 kilometres (87 mi) per day. On his trips he took very little rest and never slept on a bed. When he did rest it was short naps, between ten and fifteen minutes at a time, and he took them standing or leaning against a tree with a handkerchief over his face.[1]His last trip started in Bad Muskau, and went through Jerusalem and Cairo, from where he intended to run along the Nile until he found its source. He died in January 1843 from dysentery, close to the border between Egypt and Sudan, where he was buried a few days later. The place of his death is now buried by the Aswan Dam.

Norwegian wikipedia page lists many other feats

 

[Pendejo]

@the BULL without a doubt

 

[OldRooster]

Bo Jackson. A star in both Baseball and Football, the only person in the modern era to ever star in 2 sports.