Nations
Athletes by Nation
Every country's sporting legends — browse by nation to discover the greatest athletes from each corner of the world.
Top Nations
Countries with the Most Legends
The nations that produced the greatest athletes in history.
American
1067 athletes
Ken Griffey Jr.
British
423 athletes
Allison Fisher
Canadian
165 athletes
Brooke Henderson
Australian
148 athletes
Cameron Smith
French
89 athletes
Renaud Lavillenie
Brazilian
83 athletes
Felipe Massa
Spanish
63 athletes
Lamine Yamal
German
62 athletes
Manuel Neuer
New Zealander
54 athletes
Codie Taylor
Italian
53 athletes
Nicolò Barella
Russian
47 athletes
Alexander Popov
Dutch
46 athletes
Joop Zoetemelk
Chinese
46 athletes
Li Ning
South African
42 athletes
Duane Vermeulen
AR
Argentine
40 athletes
Lionel Messi
Irish
40 athletes
Jonathan Sexton
Japanese
38 athletes
Kohei Uchimura
Indian
36 athletes
Jasprit Bumrah
Swedish
30 athletes
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Belgian
23 athletes
Tom Boonen
Portuguese
22 athletes
José Mourinho
Norwegian
21 athletes
Ada Hegerberg
Pakistani
18 athletes
Younis Khan
Finnish
16 athletes
Valtteri Bottas
Czech
16 athletes
Petr Čech
Dominican
15 athletes
Vladimir Guerrero
Polish
14 athletes
Robert Korzeniowski
South Korean
14 athletes
Jin Young Ko
Serbian
14 athletes
Nemanja Vidić
Swiss
14 athletes
Granit Xhaka
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