The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 3Jesse OwensAthletes25–51711
2. 8Jackie RobinsonAthletes15–11673
3. 17Serena WilliamsAthletes14–21655
4. 25Bill RussellAthletes12–11640
5. 38Nolan RyanAthletes11–11624
6. 42Shaun WhiteAthletes11–21620
7. 52Kareem Abdul-JabbarAthletes11–21615
8. 54Babe RuthAthletes12–31615
9. 59Jerry RiceAthletes13–31608
10. 60Shaquille O'NealAthletes11–31607
11. 62Randy MossAthletes12–41606
12. 66Randy JohnsonAthletes15–51605
13. 67Landon DonovanAthletes10–31605
14. 68Yogi BerraAthletes17–101605
15. 69Alex MorganAthletes13–41605
16. 71Kevin DurantAthletes13–51604
17. 77Cal Ripken Jr.Athletes12–51603
18. 78Peyton ManningAthletes11–31602
19. 80Gregg PopovichAthletes15–81600
20. 82Carl LewisAthletes8–11600
21. 93Kobe BryantAthletes13–51596
22. 95Stephen CurryAthletes14–51595
23. 104Bill BelichickAthletes10–21593
24. 110Muhammad AliAthletes8–21590
25. 111Reggie JacksonAthletes10–31589
26. 112Hank AaronAthletes13–51589
27. 113Ken Griffey Jr.Athletes9–21588
28. 124Tony HawkAthletes8–21585
29. 125Barry BondsAthletes11–51585
30. 126Michelle KwanAthletes8–21584
31. 128Joe DiMaggioAthletes13–81584
32. 137Willie MaysAthletes8–21581
33. 138Michael JordanAthletes11–31580
34. 140Arnold PalmerAthletes11–31580
35. 148Pete MaravichAthletes14–61578
36. 154Tiger WoodsAthletes17–91577
37. 155LaDainian TomlinsonAthletes10–41576
38. 156Tony GwynnAthletes10–31576
39. 157Simone BilesAthletes9–41576
40. 158Joe LouisAthletes14–91575
41. 162Florence Griffith JoynerAthletes11–51574
42. 164Pete RoseAthletes10–51574
43. 167Frank RobinsonAthletes11–41574
44. 174Tom BradyAthletes11–51572
45. 180Mickey MantleAthletes9–31571
46. 182Jim ThorpeAthletes10–51570
47. 184Bart StarrAthletes8–21570
48. 190Dan MarinoAthletes10–51569
49. 202LeBron JamesAthletes9–31565
50. 216Venus WilliamsAthletes11–51561
51. 219John CenaAthletes9–51560
52. 224Lindsey VonnAthletes11–71558
53. 229Katie LedeckyAthletes8–41558
54. 231Bobby FischerAthletes10–51557
55. 232Roberto ClementeAthletes8–31557
56. 245Jackie Joyner-KerseeAthletes12–71554
57. 248Alex RodriguezAthletes9–41553
58. 257Lance ArmstrongAthletes10–51551
59. 258J.J. WattAthletes10–61550
60. 260Marshawn LynchAthletes8–41550
61. 267Mia HammAthletes7–31548
62. 270Larry BirdAthletes26–111548
63. 274Greg LouganisAthletes7–31547
64. 278Michael JohnsonAthletes11–71547
65. 281Cy YoungAthletes9–51546
66. 284Vince LombardiAthletes8–41545
67. 292Elgin BaylorAthletes8–41544
68. 293George ForemanAthletes9–51544
69. 297Barry SandersAthletes12–81543
70. 299Jack NicklausAthletes12–81543
71. 305Sandy KoufaxAthletes7–41542
72. 306Rickey HendersonAthletes6–41542
73. 310Jim BrownAthletes8–41540
74. 324Bill WalshAthletes8–61538
75. 326Magic JohnsonAthletes13–111537
76. 331Mike DitkaAthletes9–61536
77. 335Ted WilliamsAthletes8–51535
78. 336Wilt ChamberlainAthletes12–81535
79. 342Phil JacksonAthletes11–61533
80. 347Brett FavreAthletes8–41532
81. 349Steve YoungAthletes9–61532
82. 353Joe NamathAthletes9–61531
83. 360Kevin GarnettAthletes9–71530
84. 361Chris EvertAthletes7–51529
85. 371Lou GehrigAthletes26–441529
86. 375Dennis RodmanAthletes11–91528
87. 384Jerry WestAthletes8–61526
88. 389Mike TysonAthletes8–51525
89. 398Chloe KimAthletes8–61523
90. 403Coach KAthletes7–51523
91. 404Mariano RiveraAthletes12–111523
92. 406Dale EarnhardtAthletes8–71523
93. 408Dwyane WadeAthletes6–41522
94. 413Antonio BrownAthletes13–101522
95. 414Sugar Ray LeonardAthletes7–61522
96. 417Danica PatrickAthletes6–41521
97. 419Ernie BanksAthletes10–71521
98. 421Honus WagnerAthletes17–171521
99. 424Kam ChancellorAthletes6–41520
100. 426Greg MadduxAthletes8–81520
101. 430Bobby JonesAthletes7–61519
102. 435Pete SamprasAthletes6–41518
103. 442Isiah ThomasAthletes6–51516
104. 445Roger StaubachAthletes7–51516
105. 446Steve PrefontaineAthletes9–71516
106. 447Satchel PaigeAthletes6–51515
107. 450Tony DorsettAthletes8–61515
108. 458Evander HolyfieldAthletes7–61514
109. 460Scottie PippenAthletes8–71514
110. 466Greg LeMondAthletes6–51513
111. 467Mary Lou RettonAthletes8–81513
112. 468Rob GronkowskiAthletes6–51513
113. 470John MaddenAthletes8–71512
114. 472Phil MickelsonAthletes8–81512
115. 473Terrell OwensAthletes9–81511
116. 478Coco GauffAthletes8–61510
117. 498Hulk HoganAthletes8–61506
118. 505Emmitt SmithAthletes6–61505
119. 512Apolo OhnoAthletes7–71503
120. 516Charles BarkleyAthletes7–71503
121. 520Travis KelceAthletes8–81502
122. 522Jeff GordonAthletes10–91501
123. 525Charles WoodsonAthletes6–51501
124. 526Bo JacksonAthletes8–71501
125. 536Mike TroutAthletes8–71499
126. 543Don ShulaAthletes5–71497
127. 551Aaron JudgeAthletes8–81495
128. 560Rocky MarcianoAthletes7–71494
129. 562Kurt WarnerAthletes7–71494
130. 570Calvin JohnsonAthletes18–141492
131. 572Adrian PetersonAthletes11–101491
132. 576Sue BirdAthletes5–51490
133. 578Hakeem OlajuwonAthletes6–71490
134. 580Michael PhelpsAthletes8–101489
135. 584John WoodenAthletes7–71489
136. 585Billie Jean KingAthletes7–71488
137. 590Stan MusialAthletes5–51488
138. 594Caitlin ClarkAthletes7–81486
139. 599Cam NewtonAthletes5–71485
140. 602Derek JeterAthletes29–291484
141. 606Gale SayersAthletes12–121483
142. 611Ed ReedAthletes6–71482
143. 625Tim DuncanAthletes16–171480
144. 643Dale Earnhardt Jr.Athletes4–61476
145. 647Lawrence TaylorAthletes8–101476
146. 648Patrick EwingAthletes5–61476
147. 657Reggie WhiteAthletes7–81475
148. 671John StocktonAthletes5–61471
149. 675Earl CampbellAthletes5–71471
150. 678Allen IversonAthletes10–131470
151. 680Sam SneadAthletes4–71470
152. 683Patrick KaneAthletes6–71470
153. 686Ray LewisAthletes5–81469
154. 687Eric HeidenAthletes5–91468
155. 688Ric FlairAthletes5–81468
156. 691Nick SabanAthletes6–81468
157. 692Sugar Ray RobinsonAthletes7–81468
158. 708Joe MontanaAthletes4–61465
159. 724Troy PolamaluAthletes5–81461
160. 728Bob GibsonAthletes6–111460
161. 730Diana TaurasiAthletes16–391460
162. 740Reggie MillerAthletes4–81457
163. 744Aaron RodgersAthletes7–91457
164. 747Walter PaytonAthletes6–81456
165. 748John ElwayAthletes9–121456
166. 749Aaron DonaldAthletes5–81456
167. 756Karl MaloneAthletes5–91455
168. 758Julius ErvingAthletes4–71455
169. 761Andre the GiantAthletes7–111454
170. 765Terry BradshawAthletes6–91453
171. 768Josh GibsonAthletes4–71453
172. 779Larry FitzgeraldAthletes10–141450
173. 780Ty CobbAthletes19–201450
174. 783Michael VickAthletes5–81449
175. 786Drew BreesAthletes5–91448
176. 795Dick ButkusAthletes5–91446
177. 797Eli ManningAthletes4–81444
178. 800Jimmie JohnsonAthletes3–71444
179. 801Mean Joe GreeneAthletes3–81443
180. 823Patrick MahomesAthletes6–121439
181. 824Andre AgassiAthletes3–81439
182. 826Stone Cold Steve AustinAthletes5–91439
183. 827Michael IrvinAthletes5–81439
184. 836John McEnroeAthletes3–81436
185. 837Mark SpitzAthletes5–91436
186. 853Herschel WalkerAthletes4–101433
187. 854Pat RileyAthletes6–101433
188. 877Megan RapinoeAthletes5–111428
189. 883Floyd Mayweather Jr.Athletes4–91427
190. 893Ben HoganAthletes2–81424
191. 896Babe Didrikson ZahariasAthletes6–101423
192. 900Ronda RouseyAthletes3–81423
193. 905Jon JonesAthletes4–101421
194. 907Bear BryantAthletes27–291421
195. 918Johnny UnitasAthletes4–91418
196. 927Noah LylesAthletes3–101415
197. 928Walter JohnsonAthletes4–101414
198. 937Deion SandersAthletes5–111413
199. 954Joe FrazierAthletes3–101408
200. 971Cael SandersonAthletes3–121402
201. 975Dan GableAthletes2–91401
202. 990Troy AikmanAthletes6–131394
203. 996Moses MaloneAthletes3–111390
204. 1005Lisa LeslieAthletes8–171382
205. 1029Franco HarrisAthletes2–191365
206. 1040Tom LandryAthletes2–151356