The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 19Bill RussellAthletes4–01559
2. 31Jackie RobinsonAthletes4–01558
3. 37Hank AaronAthletes5–11553
4. 52Nolan RyanAthletes3–01547
5. 54Lou GehrigAthletes3–01546
6. 58Phil JacksonAthletes3–01546
7. 68Kareem Abdul-JabbarAthletes3–01545
8. 72Arnold PalmerAthletes3–01545
9. 85Jim BrownAthletes3–01544
10. 90Roberto ClementeAthletes3–01544
11. 91Bart StarrAthletes4–11544
12. 92Jesse OwensAthletes4–11543
13. 108Coach KAthletes2–01533
14. 115Bobby FischerAthletes2–01532
15. 139Frank RobinsonAthletes2–01531
16. 154George ForemanAthletes2–01531
17. 157Gregg PopovichAthletes2–01531
18. 161Dan GableAthletes2–01531
19. 164Vince LombardiAthletes2–01530
20. 165Roger StaubachAthletes2–01530
21. 182Ernie BanksAthletes3–11529
22. 185Willie MaysAthletes2–01529
23. 220Jack NicklausAthletes3–21520
24. 222Mickey MantleAthletes2–11519
25. 231Muhammad AliAthletes1–01518
26. 235Wilt ChamberlainAthletes3–21518
27. 237Mike DitkaAthletes1–01518
28. 240Reggie JacksonAthletes1–01517
29. 250Elgin BaylorAthletes2–11517
30. 252Yogi BerraAthletes1–01517
31. 307Pete MaravichAthletes1–01516
32. 318Stan MusialAthletes2–11516
33. 337Dick ButkusAthletes1–01515
34. 366Jerry WestAthletes2–11515
35. 393John WoodenAthletes3–21514
36. 411Joe LouisAthletes4–31513
37. 419Pat RileyAthletes2–11510
38. 465Terry BradshawAthletes1–11501
39. 507Ted WilliamsAthletes0–01500
40. 509Sandy KoufaxAthletes0–01500
41. 510Satchel PaigeAthletes0–01500
42. 512Rocky MarcianoAthletes0–01500
43. 531Bob GibsonAthletes1–11500
44. 555Billie Jean KingAthletes1–11499
45. 557Babe Didrikson ZahariasAthletes1–11499
46. 576Joe NamathAthletes2–21499
47. 591Sugar Ray RobinsonAthletes1–11499
48. 612John MaddenAthletes1–11497
49. 713Josh GibsonAthletes0–11485
50. 714Ric FlairAthletes1–21485
51. 720Johnny UnitasAthletes1–21484
52. 734Ben HoganAthletes0–11484
53. 773Joe FrazierAthletes0–11484
54. 820Pete RoseAthletes1–21481
55. 833Bobby JonesAthletes1–31474
56. 856Tom LandryAthletes1–31471
57. 858Joe DiMaggioAthletes1–31470
58. 876Don ShulaAthletes0–21469
59. 889Gale SayersAthletes0–21469
60. 893Mean Joe GreeneAthletes0–21469
61. 901Bear BryantAthletes0–21469
62. 906Sam SneadAthletes0–21469
63. 951Bill WalshAthletes0–21467
64. 1019Andre the GiantAthletes1–51443