The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 4Jerry RiceAthletes5–01575
2. 5LeBron JamesAthletes5–01575
3. 17Randy MossAthletes4–01560
4. 19Bill RussellAthletes4–01559
5. 26Stephen CurryAthletes5–11559
6. 29Alex MorganAthletes6–21558
7. 31Jackie RobinsonAthletes4–01558
8. 34Kevin DurantAthletes5–11558
9. 37Hank AaronAthletes5–11553
10. 38Coco GauffAthletes3–01549
11. 41Steve YoungAthletes3–01548
12. 44Shaquille O'NealAthletes3–01547
13. 46Brett FavreAthletes3–01547
14. 48Deion SandersAthletes5–21547
15. 51Greg MadduxAthletes3–01547
16. 52Nolan RyanAthletes3–01547
17. 53Adrian PetersonAthletes3–01546
18. 54Lou GehrigAthletes3–01546
19. 55Pete SamprasAthletes3–01546
20. 58Phil JacksonAthletes3–01546
21. 61Julius ErvingAthletes3–01546
22. 66Patrick EwingAthletes3–01546
23. 68Kareem Abdul-JabbarAthletes3–01545
24. 71Hulk HoganAthletes3–01545
25. 72Arnold PalmerAthletes3–01545
26. 81Alex RodriguezAthletes3–01544
27. 82Michael VickAthletes3–01544
28. 83Ty CobbAthletes3–01544
29. 84Jim ThorpeAthletes5–21544
30. 85Jim BrownAthletes3–01544
31. 88Marshawn LynchAthletes3–01544
32. 90Roberto ClementeAthletes3–01544
33. 91Bart StarrAthletes4–11544
34. 92Jesse OwensAthletes4–11543
35. 93Michelle KwanAthletes3–01543
36. 96Dale EarnhardtAthletes4–11542
37. 101Travis KelceAthletes2–01533
38. 105Jeff GordonAthletes3–11533
39. 108Coach KAthletes2–01533
40. 109Charles BarkleyAthletes2–01533
41. 115Bobby FischerAthletes2–01532
42. 119Walter PaytonAthletes2–01532
43. 121Carl LewisAthletes2–01532
44. 123Michael JordanAthletes2–01532
45. 124Chris EvertAthletes3–11532
46. 131Barry BondsAthletes3–11531
47. 133Randy JohnsonAthletes2–01531
48. 139Frank RobinsonAthletes2–01531
49. 140Peyton ManningAthletes2–01531
50. 143Diana TaurasiAthletes3–11531
51. 145Nick SabanAthletes2–01531
52. 154George ForemanAthletes2–01531
53. 157Gregg PopovichAthletes2–01531
54. 158Kobe BryantAthletes2–01531
55. 161Dan GableAthletes2–01531
56. 163Emmitt SmithAthletes2–01531
57. 164Vince LombardiAthletes2–01530
58. 165Roger StaubachAthletes2–01530
59. 167Katie LedeckyAthletes2–01530
60. 173Greg LouganisAthletes2–01530
61. 182Ernie BanksAthletes3–11529
62. 185Willie MaysAthletes2–01529
63. 188Tony DorsettAthletes3–11529
64. 191Calvin JohnsonAthletes3–11529
65. 195Cy YoungAthletes3–11529
66. 203Antonio BrownAthletes3–11528
67. 211Shaun WhiteAthletes3–11527
68. 217Mike TroutAthletes3–11526
69. 219Mia HammAthletes3–21521
70. 220Jack NicklausAthletes3–21520
71. 221Tony GwynnAthletes2–11519
72. 222Mickey MantleAthletes2–11519
73. 230Derek JeterAthletes2–11518
74. 231Muhammad AliAthletes1–01518
75. 233Drew BreesAthletes3–21518
76. 234Dwyane WadeAthletes2–11518
77. 235Wilt ChamberlainAthletes3–21518
78. 237Mike DitkaAthletes1–01518
79. 238Babe RuthAthletes1–01517
80. 240Reggie JacksonAthletes1–01517
81. 242Ed ReedAthletes1–01517
82. 243Serena WilliamsAthletes1–01517
83. 246Florence Griffith JoynerAthletes3–21517
84. 250Elgin BaylorAthletes2–11517
85. 252Yogi BerraAthletes1–01517
86. 255Patrick KaneAthletes2–11517
87. 260Rickey HendersonAthletes1–01517
88. 261Charles WoodsonAthletes1–01517
89. 265Tim DuncanAthletes1–01517
90. 270Joe MontanaAthletes1–01517
91. 272Lawrence TaylorAthletes3–21517
92. 274Ken Griffey Jr.Athletes2–11517
93. 275Scottie PippenAthletes2–11517
94. 277Bo JacksonAthletes3–21517
95. 280Chloe KimAthletes3–21516
96. 284Allen IversonAthletes1–01516
97. 287Mark SpitzAthletes1–01516
98. 294Isiah ThomasAthletes1–01516
99. 303Caitlin ClarkAthletes1–01516
100. 307Pete MaravichAthletes1–01516
101. 318Stan MusialAthletes2–11516
102. 323Mariano RiveraAthletes3–21515
103. 324Greg LeMondAthletes2–11515
104. 335Hakeem OlajuwonAthletes2–11515
105. 337Dick ButkusAthletes1–01515
106. 342Mary Lou RettonAthletes2–11515
107. 343Bill BelichickAthletes1–01515
108. 344Kurt WarnerAthletes1–01515
109. 366Jerry WestAthletes2–11515
110. 372Lisa LeslieAthletes1–01515
111. 391Larry BirdAthletes2–11514
112. 393John WoodenAthletes3–21514
113. 404Venus WilliamsAthletes3–21513
114. 408Steve PrefontaineAthletes4–31513
115. 409Aaron DonaldAthletes2–11513
116. 411Joe LouisAthletes4–31513
117. 419Pat RileyAthletes2–11510
118. 429Tiger WoodsAthletes2–21503
119. 430Simone BilesAthletes2–21503
120. 434Rob GronkowskiAthletes1–11502
121. 440Jimmie JohnsonAthletes2–21502
122. 441Cal Ripken Jr.Athletes2–21502
123. 445Michael JohnsonAthletes2–21502
124. 447Michael IrvinAthletes1–11502
125. 450Jackie Joyner-KerseeAthletes2–21501
126. 455Troy AikmanAthletes3–31501
127. 458Kevin GarnettAthletes2–21501
128. 463LaDainian TomlinsonAthletes1–11501
129. 464Reggie WhiteAthletes2–21501
130. 465Terry BradshawAthletes1–11501
131. 477Landon DonovanAthletes1–11501
132. 500Tony HawkAthletes1–11500
133. 501John CenaAthletes2–21500
134. 507Ted WilliamsAthletes0–01500
135. 509Sandy KoufaxAthletes0–01500
136. 510Satchel PaigeAthletes0–01500
137. 512Rocky MarcianoAthletes0–01500
138. 513Floyd Mayweather Jr.Athletes0–01500
139. 515John McEnroeAthletes0–01500
140. 523Lance ArmstrongAthletes0–01500
141. 531Bob GibsonAthletes1–11500
142. 540Jon JonesAthletes2–21500
143. 541Sue BirdAthletes1–11500
144. 555Billie Jean KingAthletes1–11499
145. 556Danica PatrickAthletes1–11499
146. 557Babe Didrikson ZahariasAthletes1–11499
147. 561Dan MarinoAthletes1–11499
148. 576Joe NamathAthletes2–21499
149. 580John StocktonAthletes1–11499
150. 583Moses MaloneAthletes2–21499
151. 591Sugar Ray RobinsonAthletes1–11499
152. 604John ElwayAthletes4–41498
153. 606Magic JohnsonAthletes2–21498
154. 612John MaddenAthletes1–11497
155. 615Terrell OwensAthletes3–31497
156. 616Tom BradyAthletes2–21497
157. 621Stone Cold Steve AustinAthletes2–21494
158. 629Phil MickelsonAthletes2–31488
159. 631Dale Earnhardt Jr.Athletes1–21488
160. 633Honus WagnerAthletes1–21488
161. 681Karl MaloneAthletes1–21485
162. 682Mike TysonAthletes0–11485
163. 704Earl CampbellAthletes0–11485
164. 713Josh GibsonAthletes0–11485
165. 714Ric FlairAthletes1–21485
166. 720Johnny UnitasAthletes1–21484
167. 734Ben HoganAthletes0–11484
168. 745Reggie MillerAthletes1–21484
169. 751Aaron RodgersAthletes0–11484
170. 755J.J. WattAthletes0–11484
171. 773Joe FrazierAthletes0–11484
172. 775Apolo OhnoAthletes1–21483
173. 776Evander HolyfieldAthletes0–11483
174. 796Eli ManningAthletes0–11483
175. 820Pete RoseAthletes1–21481
176. 827Patrick MahomesAthletes1–31475
177. 830Michael PhelpsAthletes1–31474
178. 833Bobby JonesAthletes1–31474
179. 852Larry FitzgeraldAthletes0–21471
180. 856Tom LandryAthletes1–31471
181. 857Cam NewtonAthletes1–31471
182. 858Joe DiMaggioAthletes1–31470
183. 868Lindsey VonnAthletes1–31470
184. 876Don ShulaAthletes0–21469
185. 878Barry SandersAthletes0–21469
186. 885Walter JohnsonAthletes0–21469
187. 889Gale SayersAthletes0–21469
188. 893Mean Joe GreeneAthletes0–21469
189. 896Aaron JudgeAthletes0–21469
190. 898Noah LylesAthletes0–21469
191. 900Herschel WalkerAthletes0–21469
192. 901Bear BryantAthletes0–21469
193. 906Sam SneadAthletes0–21469
194. 913Troy PolamaluAthletes0–21469
195. 916Sugar Ray LeonardAthletes0–21469
196. 929Ronda RouseyAthletes0–21468
197. 946Cael SandersonAthletes0–21467
198. 951Bill WalshAthletes0–21467
199. 952Megan RapinoeAthletes0–21467
200. 973Ray LewisAthletes0–31456
201. 983Franco HarrisAthletes0–31455
202. 1002Dennis RodmanAthletes0–31453
203. 1012Andre AgassiAthletes0–31452
204. 1019Andre the GiantAthletes1–51443
205. 1022Eric HeidenAthletes0–41442