Top 100 Athletes Since 2000

This ranking is based on ESPN's top 100 athletes. To avoid confusion, I will use "football" for American football, and "soccer" will be for the other football.

The list will go from highest to lowest

This only includes athletes from the 21st century

(F) means female

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Hint		Answer
100	Football	Charles Woodson
99	Football	Ed Reed
98	Ice Hockey	Conner McDavid
97	Cricket	Virat Kohli
96	Football	Darrelle Revis
95	Soccer	Zlatan Ibrahimović
94	Soccer	Ronaldinho
93	Golf	Rory McIlroy
92	Baseball	Pedro Martinez
91	Football	Aaron Rodgers
90	Basketball (F)	A'ja Wilson
89	Golf (F)	Annika Sorenstam
88	Baseball	Roy Halladay
87	Soccer	Ronaldo Nazário
86	Tennis (F)	Venus Williams
85	Basketball	Kawhi Leonard
84	Basketball (F)	Lauren Jackson
83	Basketball	Chris Paul
82	Gymnastics	Kohei Uchimura
81	Basketball (F)	Sheryl Swoopes
80	Tennis	Andy Murray
79	Baseball	Bryce Harper
78	Boxing	Bernard Hopkins
77	Track (F)	Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce
76	MMA	Georges St-Pierre
75	Soccer	Xavi Hernandez
74	Basketball (F)	Lisa Leslie
73	Baseball	Mookie Betts
72	Snowboarding	Shaun White
71	Boxing	Manny Pacquiao
70	Soccer	Andrés Iniesta
69	Basketball	Jason Kidd
68	Golf	Phil Mickelson
67	Basketball	James Harden
66	MMA	Jon Jones
65	Soccer	Kylian Mbappé
64	Soccer (F)	Mia Hamm
63	Track (F)	Allyson Felix
62	Baseball	Shohei Ohtani
61	Football	Ray Lewis
60	Basketball (F)	Candace Parker
59	Baseball	Mariano Rivera
58	Football	J.J. Watt
57	Football	Calvin Johnson
56	Soccer (F)	Alexia Putellas
55	Soccer	Luka Modric
54	Ice Hockey	Alex Ovechkin
53	Baseball	Derek Jeter
52	Baseball	Adrian Beltré
51	Basketball	Steve Nash

Hint		Answer
50	Soccer	Zinedine Zidane
49	Soccer (F)	Aitana Bonmati
48	Soccer	Thierry Henry
47	Auto Racing	Jimmie Johnson
46	Baseball	Max Scherzer
45	Baseball	David Ortiz
44	Skiing	Mikaela Shiffrin
43	Baseball	Alex Rodriguez
42	Basketball	Giannis Antetokounmpo
41	Basketball	Dirk Nowitzki
40	Baseball	Justin Verlander
39	Basketball	Kevin Durant
38	Baseball	Barry Bonds
37	Baseball	Ichiro Suzuki
36	Basketball (F)	Maya Moore
35	Basketball	Dwayne Wade
34	Basketball (F)	Tamika Catchings
33	Baseball	Miguel Cabrera
32	Soccer (F)	Marta
31	Baseball	Clayton Kershaw
30	Baseball	Mike Trout
29	Auto Racing	Michael Schumacher
28	Basketball	Nikola Jokic
27	Football	Randy Moss
26	Football	Peyton Manning
25	Boxing	Floyd Mayweather
24	Baseball	Albert Pujols
23	Basketball	Kevin Garnett
22	Ice Hockey	Sidney Crosby
21	Basketball (F)	Diana Taurasi
20	Football	Aaron Donald
19	Auto Racing	Lewis Hamilton
18	Football	Patrick Mahomes
17	Basketball	Shaquille O'Neal
16	Basketball	Tim Duncan
15	Swimming (F)	Katie Ledecky
14	Basketball	Steph Curry
13	Soccer	Cristiano Ronaldo
12	Tennis	Rafael Nadal
11	Tennis	Novak Djokovic
10	Basketball	Kobe Bryant
9	Track	Usain Bolt
8	Golf	Tiger Woods
7	Gymnastics (F)	Simone Biles
6	Tennis	Roger Federer
5	Football	Tom Brady
4	Basketball	LeBron James
3	Soccer	Lionel Messi
2	Tennis (F)	Serena Williams
1	Swimming	Michael Phelps