The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 3Jesse OwensAthletes25–51711
2. 8Jackie RobinsonAthletes15–11673
3. 25Bill RussellAthletes12–11640
4. 38Nolan RyanAthletes11–11624
5. 52Kareem Abdul-JabbarAthletes11–21615
6. 68Yogi BerraAthletes17–101605
7. 80Gregg PopovichAthletes15–81600
8. 110Muhammad AliAthletes8–21590
9. 111Reggie JacksonAthletes10–31589
10. 112Hank AaronAthletes13–51589
11. 128Joe DiMaggioAthletes13–81584
12. 137Willie MaysAthletes8–21581
13. 140Arnold PalmerAthletes11–31580
14. 148Pete MaravichAthletes14–61578
15. 158Joe LouisAthletes14–91575
16. 164Pete RoseAthletes10–51574
17. 167Frank RobinsonAthletes11–41574
18. 180Mickey MantleAthletes9–31571
19. 184Bart StarrAthletes8–21570
20. 231Bobby FischerAthletes10–51557
21. 232Roberto ClementeAthletes8–31557
22. 284Vince LombardiAthletes8–41545
23. 292Elgin BaylorAthletes8–41544
24. 293George ForemanAthletes9–51544
25. 299Jack NicklausAthletes12–81543
26. 305Sandy KoufaxAthletes7–41542
27. 310Jim BrownAthletes8–41540
28. 324Bill WalshAthletes8–61538
29. 331Mike DitkaAthletes9–61536
30. 335Ted WilliamsAthletes8–51535
31. 336Wilt ChamberlainAthletes12–81535
32. 342Phil JacksonAthletes11–61533
33. 353Joe NamathAthletes9–61531
34. 371Lou GehrigAthletes26–441529
35. 384Jerry WestAthletes8–61526
36. 403Coach KAthletes7–51523
37. 419Ernie BanksAthletes10–71521
38. 430Bobby JonesAthletes7–61519
39. 445Roger StaubachAthletes7–51516
40. 447Satchel PaigeAthletes6–51515
41. 470John MaddenAthletes8–71512
42. 543Don ShulaAthletes5–71497
43. 560Rocky MarcianoAthletes7–71494
44. 584John WoodenAthletes7–71489
45. 585Billie Jean KingAthletes7–71488
46. 590Stan MusialAthletes5–51488
47. 606Gale SayersAthletes12–121483
48. 680Sam SneadAthletes4–71470
49. 688Ric FlairAthletes5–81468
50. 692Sugar Ray RobinsonAthletes7–81468
51. 728Bob GibsonAthletes6–111460
52. 761Andre the GiantAthletes7–111454
53. 765Terry BradshawAthletes6–91453
54. 768Josh GibsonAthletes4–71453
55. 795Dick ButkusAthletes5–91446
56. 801Mean Joe GreeneAthletes3–81443
57. 854Pat RileyAthletes6–101433
58. 893Ben HoganAthletes2–81424
59. 896Babe Didrikson ZahariasAthletes6–101423
60. 907Bear BryantAthletes27–291421
61. 918Johnny UnitasAthletes4–91418
62. 954Joe FrazierAthletes3–101408
63. 975Dan GableAthletes2–91401
64. 1040Tom LandryAthletes2–151356