ESPN's top 20 athletes of the past 20 years

[sonofagun]

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/Anniversary-Top20Athletes/20th-anniversary-top-20-athletes

20. Sidney Crosby
19. Barry Bonds
18. Mia Hamm
17. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
16. Usain Bolt
15. Brett Favre
14. Tim Duncan
13. Lance Armstrong
12. Lionel Messi
11. Shaq
10. Derek Jeter
9. Michael Phelps
8. Kobe Bryant
7. Peyton Manning
6. Serena Williams
5. Roger Federer
4. Tom Brady
3. Tiger Woods
2. LeBron James
1. Michael Jordan

 

[Anthony From Blue]

No sign of Ronaldo. Forever in Messi's shadow

 

[Osaka]

Lance Armstrong !?

Are golfers really athletes ?

 

[Liverpool Beachball]

Where's Nyron?

 

[niknak_123]

Jordan's coming out of retirement again to play.

Edit. Unless it was a bastard April Fools day story again! Sick of today

 

[Fetch Fletch]

The Messi vs Ronaldo debate continues to rage on, but I think anyone would say Ronaldo is by far the more athletic, messi is the more naturally gifted.

 

[Clatts]

American list, by any chance?

 

[the streaker]

What a complete and utter pile of MBH....

 

[SuperKev]

Think they'd have had the decency to leave the convicted drug cheats out

 

[SirSidneyRuffDiamond]

Rubbish

 

[SuperKev]

And Peyton manning is about as athletic as an ironing board

 

[Steak Pie]

And Peyton manning is about as athletic as an ironing board

And has won exactly ONE championship. They might as well have put Shearer in there.

So, to sum up, bollocks.

 

[PaulG]

Hmmm - 16 Americans, one Canadian, one Argentinian, one Jamaican and only Federer representing all of Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia

 

[englishman abroad]

Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds, a pair of drug cheats, really makes the list a joke

 

[Dan The Man]

What an utterly bollocks list that is

Hmmm - 16 Americans, one Canadian, one Argentinian, one Jamaican and only Federer representing all of Europe, Africa, Asia and Australasia

Djokovic is a far the best athlete on the tennis circuit anarl.

 

[SYB_DC]

Yes, I'm certain that of the twenty greatest athletes in the world over the past twenty years, fifteen are from the U.S. mainland and one other is from the USVI.

And Peyton manning is about as athletic as an ironing board

Same for Favre. Favre isn't even one of the 20 best American football players of the last 20 years, much less the 20 greatest athletes.

 

[Caer_Urfa]

No sign of Ronaldo. Forever in Messi's shadow

Zidane better than both them

 

[Peaknutt]

Zidane better than both them

Can't remember Zidane scoring 73 goals in a season mind

 

[SYB_DC]

Can't remember Zidane scoring 73 goals in a season mind

Can't remember him playing up front either, which might have something to do with that. All three should probably be on this list, at least ahead of about 15 people who are.

 

[CARLOS CLASS]

http://espn.go.com/espn/story/_/page/Anniversary-Top20Athletes/20th-anniversary-top-20-athletes

There are half a dozen i've never heard of, I guess they are "global stars" from one of those daft american sports?