The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 4Jesse OwensAthletes25–51711
2. 8Jackie RobinsonAthletes15–11673
3. 21Bill RussellAthletes12–11640
4. 25Gregg PopovichAthletes18–81634
5. 47Reggie JacksonAthletes12–31618
6. 66Nolan RyanAthletes12–21607
7. 74Yogi BerraAthletes17–101605
8. 109Bart StarrAthletes10–21593
9. 116Muhammad AliAthletes8–21590
10. 117Hank AaronAthletes13–51589
11. 140Arnold PalmerAthletes11–31580
12. 145Pete MaravichAthletes14–61578
13. 146Willie MaysAthletes9–31578
14. 149Sandy KoufaxAthletes10–41578
15. 159Pete RoseAthletes10–51574
16. 163Frank RobinsonAthletes11–41574
17. 168Kareem Abdul-JabbarAthletes11–41572
18. 194Joe DiMaggioAthletes13–91565
19. 201Bill WalshAthletes10–61563
20. 211Joe LouisAthletes14–101560
21. 231Jim BrownAthletes9–41556
22. 234Ernie BanksAthletes12–71555
23. 263Joe NamathAthletes10–61547
24. 267Mickey MantleAthletes9–41546
25. 274Vince LombardiAthletes8–41545
26. 282Elgin BaylorAthletes8–41544
27. 284George ForemanAthletes9–51544
28. 287Jack NicklausAthletes13–91543
29. 291Jerry WestAthletes9–61542
30. 303Roberto ClementeAthletes8–41540
31. 326Bobby JonesAthletes8–61537
32. 328Mike DitkaAthletes9–61536
33. 335Ted WilliamsAthletes8–51535
34. 336Lou GehrigAthletes27–441535
35. 338Wilt ChamberlainAthletes12–81535
36. 346Phil JacksonAthletes11–61533
37. 384Bobby FischerAthletes10–71526
38. 403Coach KAthletes7–51523
39. 441Roger StaubachAthletes7–51516
40. 467John MaddenAthletes8–71512
41. 502Billie Jean KingAthletes8–71504
42. 528Satchel PaigeAthletes6–61500
43. 544Don ShulaAthletes5–71497
44. 559Rocky MarcianoAthletes7–71494
45. 580Stan MusialAthletes6–61490
46. 589John WoodenAthletes7–71489
47. 616Gale SayersAthletes12–121483
48. 684Sam SneadAthletes4–71470
49. 686Andre the GiantAthletes8–111470
50. 691Ric FlairAthletes5–81468
51. 727Bob GibsonAthletes6–111460
52. 754Mean Joe GreeneAthletes4–81456
53. 769Terry BradshawAthletes6–91453
54. 771Josh GibsonAthletes4–71453
55. 772Sugar Ray RobinsonAthletes7–91452
56. 804Dick ButkusAthletes5–91446
57. 861Pat RileyAthletes6–101433
58. 904Bear BryantAthletes27–291421
59. 914Johnny UnitasAthletes4–91418
60. 953Ben HoganAthletes2–91408
61. 954Joe FrazierAthletes3–101408
62. 974Dan GableAthletes2–91401
63. 990Babe Didrikson ZahariasAthletes6–121395
64. 1017Tom LandryAthletes3–151377