The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 4Jesse OwensAthletes25–51711
2. 8Jackie RobinsonAthletes15–11673
3. 21Bill RussellAthletes12–11640
4. 22Serena WilliamsAthletes14–31636
5. 25Gregg PopovichAthletes18–81634
6. 30Shaun WhiteAthletes12–21632
7. 47Reggie JacksonAthletes12–31618
8. 48Carl LewisAthletes9–11617
9. 65Babe RuthAthletes13–41608
10. 66Nolan RyanAthletes12–21607
11. 67Stephen CurryAthletes15–51607
12. 68Shaquille O'NealAthletes11–31607
13. 70Bill BelichickAthletes11–21605
14. 71Randy JohnsonAthletes15–51605
15. 72Landon DonovanAthletes10–31605
16. 74Yogi BerraAthletes17–101605
17. 77Ken Griffey Jr.Athletes10–21603
18. 80Cal Ripken Jr.Athletes12–51603
19. 81Peyton ManningAthletes11–31602
20. 82Michelle KwanAthletes9–21602
21. 91Jerry RiceAthletes14–41598
22. 93Barry BondsAthletes12–51596
23. 96Kobe BryantAthletes13–51596
24. 109Bart StarrAthletes10–21593
25. 112Michael JordanAthletes12–31591
26. 113Florence Griffith JoynerAthletes12–51591
27. 116Muhammad AliAthletes8–21590
28. 117Hank AaronAthletes13–51589
29. 127Tony HawkAthletes8–21585
30. 128Randy MossAthletes12–51584
31. 140Arnold PalmerAthletes11–31580
32. 145Pete MaravichAthletes14–61578
33. 146Willie MaysAthletes9–31578
34. 149Sandy KoufaxAthletes10–41578
35. 151Tiger WoodsAthletes17–91577
36. 153LaDainian TomlinsonAthletes10–41576
37. 154Tony GwynnAthletes10–31576
38. 159Pete RoseAthletes10–51574
39. 160Venus WilliamsAthletes12–51574
40. 163Frank RobinsonAthletes11–41574
41. 168Kareem Abdul-JabbarAthletes11–41572
42. 179Dan MarinoAthletes10–51569
43. 192LeBron JamesAthletes9–31565
44. 194Joe DiMaggioAthletes13–91565
45. 195Alex RodriguezAthletes10–41565
46. 200Alex MorganAthletes13–61564
47. 201Bill WalshAthletes10–61563
48. 207Kevin DurantAthletes13–71561
49. 210John CenaAthletes9–51560
50. 211Joe LouisAthletes14–101560
51. 218Simone BilesAthletes9–51558
52. 222Katie LedeckyAthletes8–41558
53. 224Kevin GarnettAthletes11–71557
54. 231Jim BrownAthletes9–41556
55. 234Ernie BanksAthletes12–71555
56. 238Jackie Joyner-KerseeAthletes12–71554
57. 243Barry SandersAthletes13–81552
58. 246Tom BradyAthletes11–61552
59. 247Jim ThorpeAthletes10–61552
60. 250Lance ArmstrongAthletes10–51551
61. 251Marshawn LynchAthletes8–41550
62. 259Mia HammAthletes7–31548
63. 263Joe NamathAthletes10–61547
64. 267Mickey MantleAthletes9–41546
65. 268Cy YoungAthletes9–51546
66. 274Vince LombardiAthletes8–41545
67. 282Elgin BaylorAthletes8–41544
68. 284George ForemanAthletes9–51544
69. 286Brett FavreAthletes9–41544
70. 287Jack NicklausAthletes13–91543
71. 291Jerry WestAthletes9–61542
72. 297Rickey HendersonAthletes6–41542
73. 299Steve YoungAthletes11–71541
74. 302Lindsey VonnAthletes11–81540
75. 303Roberto ClementeAthletes8–41540
76. 315Dale EarnhardtAthletes9–71539
77. 324Larry BirdAthletes26–121537
78. 326Bobby JonesAthletes8–61537
79. 327Bo JacksonAthletes10–71536
80. 328Mike DitkaAthletes9–61536
81. 329Isiah ThomasAthletes7–51536
82. 333Mariano RiveraAthletes13–111535
83. 335Ted WilliamsAthletes8–51535
84. 336Lou GehrigAthletes27–441535
85. 338Wilt ChamberlainAthletes12–81535
86. 341Michael JohnsonAthletes11–81534
87. 346Phil JacksonAthletes11–61533
88. 348Magic JohnsonAthletes14–121533
89. 349Sugar Ray LeonardAthletes8–61533
90. 355Greg MadduxAthletes9–81531
91. 361Chris EvertAthletes7–51529
92. 369Chloe KimAthletes9–71529
93. 377Dennis RodmanAthletes11–91528
94. 378Pete SamprasAthletes7–51527
95. 383Terrell OwensAthletes10–81527
96. 384Bobby FischerAthletes10–71526
97. 391Mike TysonAthletes8–51525
98. 394Emmitt SmithAthletes7–61524
99. 403Coach KAthletes7–51523
100. 406Dwyane WadeAthletes6–41522
101. 411Danica PatrickAthletes6–41521
102. 424Greg LouganisAthletes7–51519
103. 439Jeff GordonAthletes11–91516
104. 441Roger StaubachAthletes7–51516
105. 442Steve PrefontaineAthletes9–71516
106. 458Evander HolyfieldAthletes7–61514
107. 460Scottie PippenAthletes8–71514
108. 463Greg LeMondAthletes6–51513
109. 465J.J. WattAthletes10–81513
110. 467John MaddenAthletes8–71512
111. 476Coco GauffAthletes8–61510
112. 478Hakeem OlajuwonAthletes7–71510
113. 495Hulk HoganAthletes8–61506
114. 502Billie Jean KingAthletes8–71504
115. 506Honus WagnerAthletes17–191503
116. 509Charles BarkleyAthletes7–71503
117. 511Antonio BrownAthletes13–111503
118. 512Mike TroutAthletes9–81503
119. 517Travis KelceAthletes8–81502
120. 521Charles WoodsonAthletes6–51501
121. 522Derek JeterAthletes31–291501
122. 527Phil MickelsonAthletes8–91500
123. 528Satchel PaigeAthletes6–61500
124. 544Don ShulaAthletes5–71497
125. 546Tony DorsettAthletes8–71496
126. 551Aaron JudgeAthletes8–81495
127. 558Rob GronkowskiAthletes6–61494
128. 559Rocky MarcianoAthletes7–71494
129. 561Kurt WarnerAthletes7–71494
130. 567Mary Lou RettonAthletes8–91492
131. 571Calvin JohnsonAthletes18–141492
132. 572Kam ChancellorAthletes6–61491
133. 573Lawrence TaylorAthletes9–101491
134. 577Karl MaloneAthletes7–91491
135. 580Stan MusialAthletes6–61490
136. 586Michael PhelpsAthletes8–101489
137. 588Patrick KaneAthletes7–71489
138. 589John WoodenAthletes7–71489
139. 596Patrick EwingAthletes6–61487
140. 599Cam NewtonAthletes6–81487
141. 602Caitlin ClarkAthletes7–81486
142. 609John ElwayAthletes11–121484
143. 612Joe MontanaAthletes5–61484
144. 616Gale SayersAthletes12–121483
145. 621Apolo OhnoAthletes7–81482
146. 637Tim DuncanAthletes16–171480
147. 643Ed ReedAthletes7–81480
148. 662Adrian PetersonAthletes11–111475
149. 664Reggie MillerAthletes5–81475
150. 666Reggie WhiteAthletes7–81475
151. 673Aaron RodgersAthletes8–91472
152. 678Earl CampbellAthletes5–71471
153. 682Allen IversonAthletes10–131470
154. 684Sam SneadAthletes4–71470
155. 686Andre the GiantAthletes8–111470
156. 689Ray LewisAthletes5–81469
157. 690Eric HeidenAthletes5–91468
158. 691Ric FlairAthletes5–81468
159. 693Sue BirdAthletes5–61468
160. 694Nick SabanAthletes6–81468
161. 721Julius ErvingAthletes5–81462
162. 725Troy PolamaluAthletes5–81461
163. 727Bob GibsonAthletes6–111460
164. 735Dale Earnhardt Jr.Athletes4–71458
165. 737John StocktonAthletes5–71458
166. 751Aaron DonaldAthletes5–81456
167. 754Mean Joe GreeneAthletes4–81456
168. 763Patrick MahomesAthletes7–131454
169. 769Terry BradshawAthletes6–91453
170. 771Josh GibsonAthletes4–71453
171. 772Sugar Ray RobinsonAthletes7–91452
172. 774Jimmie JohnsonAthletes4–81451
173. 776Diana TaurasiAthletes16–401451
174. 782Larry FitzgeraldAthletes10–141450
175. 783Ty CobbAthletes19–201450
176. 785Michael VickAthletes5–81449
177. 794Eli ManningAthletes5–91448
178. 801Walter PaytonAthletes6–91446
179. 804Dick ButkusAthletes5–91446
180. 815Drew BreesAthletes5–101441
181. 829Andre AgassiAthletes3–81439
182. 831Stone Cold Steve AustinAthletes5–91439
183. 832Michael IrvinAthletes5–81439
184. 842John McEnroeAthletes3–81436
185. 843Mark SpitzAthletes5–91436
186. 859Herschel WalkerAthletes4–101433
187. 861Pat RileyAthletes6–101433
188. 881Megan RapinoeAthletes5–111428
189. 884Floyd Mayweather Jr.Athletes4–91427
190. 899Cael SandersonAthletes4–121422
191. 904Bear BryantAthletes27–291421
192. 913Troy AikmanAthletes7–131418
193. 914Johnny UnitasAthletes4–91418
194. 931Deion SandersAthletes5–111413
195. 942Ronda RouseyAthletes3–91411
196. 944Franco HarrisAthletes4–191410
197. 953Ben HoganAthletes2–91408
198. 954Joe FrazierAthletes3–101408
199. 963Noah LylesAthletes3–111404
200. 969Walter JohnsonAthletes4–111402
201. 974Dan GableAthletes2–91401
202. 989Jon JonesAthletes4–121396
203. 990Babe Didrikson ZahariasAthletes6–121395
204. 998Moses MaloneAthletes3–111390
205. 1017Tom LandryAthletes3–151377
206. 1023Lisa LeslieAthletes8–181371