The Greatest
Athletes
Voting breakdown
Babes
selected greatest of century Voting
breakdown (1900-1950) The
Top 100 The
panelists
Athletes of the century by sport as selected by
separate six-member panels of experts for The Associated Press.
First place votes in parenthesis, points based on 10 points for a
first place vote through one point for a 10th place vote:
TENNIS:
MEN:
| |
|
Pts |
| 1. |
Rod Laver (3) |
47 |
| 2. |
Pete Sampras |
39 |
| 3. |
Bill Tilden (1) |
38 |
| 4. |
Bjorn Borg |
29 |
| 5. |
Don Budge |
28 |
| 6. |
Lew Hoad (1) |
19 |
| |
John McEnroe |
19 |
| 8. |
Roy Emerson |
18 |
| |
Ken Rosewall |
18 |
| 10. |
Jack Kramer |
16 |
WOMEN:
| |
|
Pts |
| 1. |
Steffi Graf (4) |
52 |
| 2. |
Martina Navratilova (1) |
51 |
| 3. |
Margaret Smith Court |
40 |
| 4. |
Billie Jean King (1) |
39 |
| 5. |
Chris Evert |
38 |
| 6. |
Suzanne Lenglen |
30 |
| 7. |
Helen Wills Moody |
29 |
| 8. |
Maureen Connolly |
18 |
| 9. |
Monica Seles |
7 |
| 10. |
Evonne Goolagong |
5 |
| |
Martina Hingis |
5 |
SUMMER OLYMPICS:
MEN:
| |
|
Pts |
| 1. |
Carl Lewis (3) |
55 |
| 2. |
Paavo Nurmi (3) |
53 |
| 3. |
Emil Zatopek |
42 |
| 4. |
Jesse Owens |
41 |
| 5. |
Mark Spitz |
26 |
| 6. |
Al Oerter |
21 |
| 7. |
Abebe Bikila |
12 |
| 8. |
Jim Thorpe |
10 |
| 9. |
Paul Elvstrom |
6 |
| 10. |
Paul Elvstrom |
5 |
| |
Michael Johnson |
5 |
|
| |
Naim Suleymanoglu |
5 |
| |
Greg Louganis |
5 |
WOMEN:
| |
|
Pts |
| 1. |
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (2) |
47 |
| 2. |
Fanny Blankers-Koen |
45 |
| 3. |
Larysa Latynina (3) |
38 |
| 4. |
Nadia Comaneci (1) |
32 |
| 5. |
Vera Caslavska |
28 |
| 6. |
Irena Szewinska |
27 |
| 7. |
Dawn Fraser |
25 |
| 8. |
Wilma Rudolph |
16 |
| 9. |
Babe Didrikson |
12 |
| 10. |
Florence Griffith Joyner |
10 |
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