Greatest Women in Sport
Celebrating the legends, record-breakers and icons of women's sport across every discipline.
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All Women's Profiles
American
Serena Williams
Professional Tennis Player
23-time Grand Slam champion and the greatest female athlete of her generation — transformed tennis and redefin…
American
Venus Williams
Professional Tennis Player
Tennis requires exceptional technical precision, physical endurance and mental resilience across hundreds of m…
German
Steffi Graf
Professional Tennis Player
The only player to achieve the Golden Slam — all four Grand Slams and Olympic gold in the same year (1988).…
Czech/American
Martina Navratilova
Professional Tennis Player
18-time Grand Slam singles champion and arguably the greatest serve-and-volley player in tennis history.…
American
Chris Evert
Professional Tennis Player
18-time Grand Slam champion and holder of a 90% career win rate — one of the most consistent players in tennis…
Polish
Iga Świątek
Professional Tennis Player
Poland's world No. 1 and four-time French Open champion — the dominant women's player of the 2020s.…
Romanian
Simona Halep
Professional Tennis Player
Romania's greatest ever tennis player — two-time Grand Slam champion and former world No.…
Danish
Caroline Wozniacki
Professional Tennis Player
Denmark's greatest tennis player — former world No. 1 and 2018 Australian Open champion who fought rheumatoid …
American
Florence Griffith-Joyner
Sprinter
Flo-Jo — the fastest woman in history whose world records of 10.49s (100m) and 21.34s (200m) have stood for ov…
American
Allyson Felix
Sprinter (200m, 400m)
The most decorated US track and field Olympic athlete in history with eleven medals across five Games.…
Ethiopian
Tirunesh Dibaba
Distance Runner (5000m, 10000m)
Track and field rewards incremental improvements in technique and conditioning pursued through years of struct…
Jamaican
Elaine Thompson-Herah
Sprinter (100m, 200m)
Jamaica's double sprint champion who became the fastest woman in 33 years when she ran 10.…
American
Simone Biles
Artistic Gymnast
The most decorated gymnast in World Championship history — seven Olympic golds and skills named after her.…
Romanian
Nadia Comăneci
Artistic Gymnast
The first gymnast in Olympic history to score a perfect 10.0 — at age 14 at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.…
American
Billie Jean King
Professional Tennis Player
The Battle of the Sexes — the most important tennis match in history, for reasons beyond sport.…
American
Katie Ledecky
Swimmer
The most dominant female swimmer in history — world records by margins never seen in the sport.…
Australian
Dawn Fraser
Swimmer
Three consecutive Olympic 100m freestyle golds — the only swimmer to achieve this in the same event.…
Dutch
Anna van der Breggen
Professional Cyclist
The most dominant women's cyclist of her era — Olympic champion and multiple world champion.…
German
Katarina Witt
Figure Skater
Two Olympic gold medals — the most glamorous and commercially successful figure skater of the Cold War era.…
Norwegian
Sonja Henie
Figure Skater
Three consecutive Olympic gold medals — the figure skater who turned the sport into show business.…
American
Picabo Street
Downhill Skier
The most famous American female skier — Olympic gold and comeback from a near-career-ending knee injury.…
Canadian
Tessa Virtue
Ice Dancer
The most decorated figure skater in Olympic history — five medals with Scott Moir.…
Soviet
Olga Korbut
Gymnast
The Sparrow from Minsk — changed gymnastics from a minor sport to a global phenomenon.…
Soviet
Larisa Latynina
Gymnast
18 Olympic medals — the record that stood until Michael Phelps.…
American
Mary Lou Retton
Gymnast
America's golden girl — the first American woman to win the all-around Olympic gold medal.…
American
Shannon Miller
Gymnast
The most decorated American gymnast — seven Olympic medals and the 1993 World all-around champion.…
Czech
Věra Čáslavská
Gymnast
Seven Olympic gold medals — the Czech gymnast who bowed her head during the Soviet anthem in protest.…
American
Paul Hamm
Gymnast
The only American to win the Olympic all-around — the most controversial gold medal in Olympic gymnastics hist…
Russian
Svetlana Khorkina
Gymnast
Three consecutive World all-around titles — the most elegant uneven bars specialist in history.…
Romanian
Elisabeta Lipă
Rower
The most decorated Olympic rower in history — eight medals across six Games.…
British
Katherine Grainger
Rower
Five consecutive Olympic medals — the most by any British female Olympic athlete.…
British
Anna Watkins
Rower
Olympic champion and world record holder in double sculls — one of British rowing's finest.…
American
Misty May-Treanor
Beach Volleyball Player
Three consecutive Olympic gold medals with Kerri Walsh — the greatest partnership in beach volleyball history.…
American
Kerri Walsh Jennings
Beach Volleyball Player
Three Olympic golds and the partner of Misty May-Treanor — the most decorated beach volleyball champion.…
Australian
Stephanie Gilmore
Surfer
Seven World Championship titles — the most decorated female surfer in history.…
Chinese
Deng Yaping
Table Tennis Player
The most dominant female table tennis player in history — four Olympic gold medals.…
Australian
Cathy Freeman
Sprinter
Carried the Australian flag at the 2000 Sydney Olympics opening ceremony — then won 400m gold.…
Dutch
Sifan Hassan
Distance/Marathon
The most versatile distance runner in Olympic history — golds across 1500m, 5000m and 10000m.…
Belgian
Kim Clijsters
Tennis Player
The comeback queen — retired, raised a family, returned as a wildcard and won the 2009 US Open as a new mother…
Belgian
Justine Henin
Tennis Player
Seven Grand Slams and the finest one-handed backhand in women's tennis history — Henin retired at 25 at the ab…
Swiss
Martina Hingis
Tennis Player
The youngest world number one in tennis history — five Grand Slam singles titles built on intelligence and mov…
American
Lindsay Davenport
Tennis Player
Three Grand Slams and Olympic gold — Lindsay Davenport's powerful baseline game made her the dominant American…
French
Amélie Mauresmo
Tennis Player
Tennis requires exceptional technical precision, physical endurance and the mental resilience to compete acros…
British
Paula Radcliffe
Marathon Runner
The women's marathon world record holder — Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 in London 2003 stood for 16 years.…
British
Dame Kelly Holmes
Middle Distance Runner
The Athens double — 800m and 1500m gold at Athens 2004, achieved after years of injury and personal struggle.…
British
Jessica Ennis-Hill
Heptathlete
The face of London 2012 — her heptathlon gold was the defining moment of Britain's greatest sporting summer.…
Swedish
Annika Sörenstam
Professional Golfer
The greatest female golfer in history — 10 majors, 72 LPGA wins and the first woman to shoot 59 in LPGA compet…
British
Laura Davies
Professional Golfer
Britain's greatest female golfer — four majors and the first British woman to reach world number one.…
British
Dame Laura Kenny
Track Cyclist
Britain's most decorated female Olympian with five gold medals — married to Sir Jason Kenny, together the most…
Dutch
Marianne Vos
Road/Track Cyclist
The greatest all-round cyclist in women's history — Olympic gold on track and road, world titles in road, cycl…
American
Janet Evans
Distance Freestyle Swimmer
The greatest female distance swimmer before Katie Ledecky — four Olympic gold medals and a 400m world record t…
Swedish
Sarah Sjöström
Freestyle/Butterfly Sprinter
World record holder in the 50m and 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly — the greatest female sprint swimmer in h…
Australian
Ariarne Titmus
Freestyle Swimmer
The Terminator — Ariarne Titmus dethroned Katie Ledecky in the 400m freestyle at Tokyo 2020 in one of the grea…
American
Ronda Rousey
Bantamweight
The first female UFC champion — 12 straight first-round finishes and the breakthrough that made women's MMA ma…
American
Mikaela Shiffrin
Alpine Skier
The most successful alpine skier in history — over 90 World Cup victories and multiple Olympic gold medals red…
American
Lindsey Vonn
Alpine Skier
82 World Cup victories and four overall World Cup titles — Lindsey Vonn is the most successful female ski race…
German
Claudia Pechstein
Speed Skater
Nine Olympic medals and the most decorated Winter Olympian in German history — Claudia Pechstein competed acro…
Cuban
Regla Torres
Volleyball Player
Three consecutive Olympic gold medals with Cuba — Regla Torres is one of the greatest middle blockers in women…
Chinese
Chen Meng
Table Tennis Player
Two-time Olympic champion and world number one — Chen Meng's powerful forehand and consistency have made her t…
Spanish
Carolina Marín
Badminton Player
Olympic champion at Rio 2016 — the first non-Asian player to win the women's singles Olympic gold in 40 years.…
Chinese
Gao Ling
Badminton Player
Four Olympic medals including two gold — Gao Ling is the most decorated female badminton player in Olympic his…
Indonesian
Susi Susanti
Badminton Player
Badminton combines explosive speed, exceptional touch and the tactical intelligence to win fast-paced rallies …
American
Carissa Moore
Professional Surfer
Five World Championship titles and the first surfing Olympic gold medallist — Carissa Moore won gold when surf…
Belarusian
Ekaterina Karsten
Rower
Two Olympic gold medals and the most decorated women's rower in history — Ekaterina Karsten competed at six Ol…
Brazilian
Marta
Forward
Six-time FIFA World Player of the Year and Brazil's all-time leading scorer — widely regarded as the greatest …
Australian
Sam Kerr
Centre Forward
Chelsea and Australia captain — the most clinical striker in women's football of her generation and the all-ti…
American
Megan Rapinoe
Winger
Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year and the most decorated American in women's football history — a two-tim…
American
Alex Morgan
Centre Forward
America's most recognisable female footballer — a two-time World Cup winner whose combination of pace, techniq…
American
Abby Wambach
Centre Forward
The most capped international footballer in history at the time of her retirement — 184 goals for the USA and …
American
Mia Hamm
Forward
The player who built women's football globally — Mia Hamm was the first women's player to become a global supe…
Norwegian
Ada Hegerberg
Centre Forward
The first ever women's Ballon d'Or winner — Ada Hegerberg's goals record at Lyon is without comparison in the …
Dutch
Vivianne Miedema
Centre Forward
The Netherlands' World Cup and European Championship winner whose goal-scoring records at Arsenal broke every …
British
Lucy Bronze
Right Back
England's most decorated female footballer and the finest full-back in women's football — Champions League win…
Spanish
Alexia Putellas
Attacking Midfielder
Two-time Ballon d'Or Féminin winner and the architect of Barcelona's era of dominance — Putellas' vision, pass…
American
Maya Moore
Small Forward
The most decorated women's basketball player of her generation — four WNBA championships, two Olympic golds an…
American
Cynthia Cooper
Guard
The first WNBA dynasty was built around Cynthia Cooper — four consecutive championships with the Houston Comet…
American
Diana Taurasi
Guard
The greatest women's basketball player of all time — five WNBA championships, five Olympic golds and a scoring…
American
Cheryl Miller
Small Forward
Considered the greatest female basketball player before the WNBA era — Cheryl Miller's USC career (105 wins, 3…
American
Claressa Shields
Middleweight/Super Middleweight
The greatest female boxer of all time and the only boxer — male or female — to hold all four major world title…
Irish
Katie Taylor
Lightweight
Ireland's greatest ever boxer — Olympic gold medallist, undisputed lightweight world champion and the fighter …
American
Laila Ali
Super Middleweight
Muhammad Ali's daughter and the most commercially successful female boxer in history — 24-0 with 21 knockouts …
Australian
Ellyse Perry
All-Rounder
The most complete player in women's cricket history — an all-rounder of genuine Test quality whose 213* agains…
British
Heather Knight
Batsman/Captain
England's most successful women's Test captain — the architect of England's 2017 World Cup victory on home soi…
Indian
Mithali Raj
Batsman
The most prolific run-scorer in women's international cricket history — India's most capped player and the fir…
Australian
Belinda Clark
Batsman
The first cricketer — male or female — to score a double century in a One Day International. Clark's 229* agai…
Irish
Rachael Blackmore
National Hunt Jockey
The most successful female jockey in jump racing history — winner of the Grand National and Champion Hurdle in…
British
Reanne Evans
Professional Snooker Player
The most successful female snooker player in history — 10-time Women's World Snooker Champion who became the f…
American
Danica Patrick
Racing Driver (IndyCar/NASCAR)
The most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel and stock car racing — winner of the 2008 Indy…
British
Emily Scarratt
Centre/Full-back
England's most decorated women's rugby player — Women's Rugby World Player of the Year 2014 and a two-time Wor…
British
Maggie Alphonsi
Flanker
The Magician — England's most celebrated women's rugby player of her era and World Rugby Women's Player of the…
Chinese
Zhang Weili
Strawweight
China's most celebrated MMA fighter and two-time UFC Strawweight Champion — the first Chinese fighter to win a…
Canadian
Hayley Wickenheiser
Forward
The greatest women's ice hockey player of all time — four Olympic gold medals, seven World Championship titles…
American
Cammi Granato
Forward
America's greatest female ice hockey player — captain of the 1998 Olympic gold medal team that put women's hoc…
French
Wendie Renard
Centre Back
Olympique Lyonnais and France captain — the most dominant defender in women's club football history, winning t…
Danish
Pernille Harder
Attacking Midfielder
Denmark's greatest footballer and one of the finest attacking midfielders in the women's game — twice named UE…
Dutch
Lieke Martens
Left Winger
The Netherlands' most celebrated winger — FIFA Best Women's Player and UEFA Women's Player of the Year in 2017…
American
Carli Lloyd
Midfielder
Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year and the hero of two Women's World Cup finals — her hat-trick in the 201…
German
Birgit Prinz
Centre Forward
Germany's greatest striker and three-time FIFA World Player of the Year — scored 128 international goals and l…
American
Lisa Leslie
Center
The first player to dunk in a WNBA game and one of the most decorated women's basketball players in history — …
American
Sue Bird
Point Guard
The most decorated player in women's basketball history — four Olympic gold medals, five WNBA championships wi…
American
Breanna Stewart
Forward
The defining player of the modern WNBA era — two-time WNBA champion, two-time Finals MVP, Olympic gold medalli…
American
Sheryl Swoopes
Small Forward/Guard
The first player ever signed to the WNBA and three-time league MVP — Swoopes' combination of scoring, athletic…
American
Candace Parker
Power Forward/Center
The most versatile player in WNBA history — two-time MVP, two-time WNBA champion and the only player to win Ro…
Norwegian
Cecilia Brækhus
Welterweight
The most dominant female boxer of the modern era — the first woman in boxing history to hold all four major wo…
Dutch
Lucia Rijker
Lightweight/Light Welterweight
Considered the greatest female boxer of all time by many in the sport — 17-0 with 14 knockouts, Dutch kickboxi…
American
Ann Wolfe
Super Middleweight/Light Heavyweight
The hardest punching female boxer in history — her knockout power was so exceptional that male trainers used h…
American
Holly Holm
Welterweight/Light Welterweight
The most accomplished combat sports crossover athlete — 33-2-3 professional boxing record with world titles be…
British
Savannah Marshall
Middleweight
Britain's most successful female boxer — WBO Middleweight World Champion and the only boxer, male or female, t…
British
Charlotte Edwards
Batsman/Captain
England's most successful women's cricket captain — led England to four Ashes series victories, the 2009 World…
Australian
Meg Lanning
Batsman/Captain
Australia's greatest women's cricket captain and the finest female batter of her generation — led Australia to…
Indian
Smriti Mandhana
Opening Batsman
India's most stylish and celebrated batter — ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year twice, Mandhana's elegant left-…
British
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Batsman/Captain
The trailblazer of women's cricket — England captain who led the team to the first Women's World Cup victory i…
New Zealander
Suzie Bates
Batsman
New Zealand's greatest women's cricketer and one of the finest batters in the history of the game — the first …
Mexican
Lorena Ochoa
Professional Golfer
Latin America's greatest golfer and the most dominant women's player of the late 2000s — world No.1 for 157 co…
American
Mickey Wright
Professional Golfer
The most technically gifted women's golfer in history — 82 LPGA Tour victories including 13 majors, a swing so…
American
Kathy Whitworth
Professional Golfer
The winningest professional golfer of all time, male or female — 88 LPGA Tour victories, the most wins by any …
American
Nelly Korda
Professional Golfer
America's dominant force in modern women's golf — Olympic gold medallist at Tokyo 2020, world No.1 and a playe…
American
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Professional Golfer
The greatest female athlete of the first half of the 20th century — Olympic gold medallist in athletics (1932)…
American
Tracy Caulkins
Swimmer (Individual Medley)
The greatest all-round swimmer in US history — 48 national titles, three Olympic gold medals at the 1984 Los A…
Australian
Leisel Jones
Swimmer (Breaststroke)
Australia's greatest breaststroke swimmer and one of the most decorated Olympians in Australian history — nine…
American
Natalie Coughlin
Swimmer (Backstroke/Freestyle)
The first American woman to win six medals at a single Olympics — Natalie Coughlin's 12 Olympic medals across …
Italian
Federica Pellegrini
Swimmer (Freestyle)
The most celebrated swimmer in Italian history and the only woman to break the 200m freestyle world record twi…
Canadian
Penny Oleksiak
Swimmer (Freestyle/Butterfly)
Canada's most decorated Olympian — at just 16, she became the first Canadian to win four medals at a single Su…
Dutch
Annemiek van Vleuten
Road Cyclist
The greatest women's road cyclist in history — World Champion three times, Olympic champion, winner of every m…
American
Kristin Armstrong
Road Cyclist (Time Trial)
The greatest time trialist in women's Olympic cycling history — three Olympic gold medals in the time trial at…
British
Lizzie Deignan
Road Cyclist
Britain's greatest women's road cyclist — World Champion in 2015, winner of the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes…
British
Sarah Hunter
Flanker/Number 8
England's most capped women's rugby player and one of the sport's greatest leaders — Red Roses captain who led…
New Zealander
Portia Woodman
Wing
New Zealand's most prolific try-scorer in women's rugby sevens and fifteens — the most electric attacking play…
New Zealander
Fiao'o Faamausili
Hooker
Black Ferns legend and New Zealand's most decorated women's rugby player — five World Cup winner's medals, cap…
New Zealander
Stacey Fluhler
Wing/Centre
New Zealand sevens and fifteens star who combines blistering pace with superb finishing ability — Commonwealth…
British
Rochelle Clark
Prop
England's most capped rugby union player of any gender — 137 Test appearances for the Red Roses across a 17-ye…
British
Amy Hardcastle
Back
England's most celebrated women's rugby league player — multiple World Cup appearances and a pioneering figure…
British
Kezie Apps
Back-Row
England's dominant back-row forward and captain — Women's Rugby League World Cup finalist, combining raw physi…
Australian
Tarryn Aiken
Back
Australia's most gifted backs player in the women's game — NRLW champion and Jillaroos international who has b…
New Zealander
Vanessa Foliaki
Wing
New Zealand's most prolific try-scorer in women's rugby league — the most dangerous attacking player in the Ki…
Australian
Annette Widders
Centre/Wing
A pioneer of Aboriginal representation in women's rugby league — an Australian Jillaroos international and NRL…
American
Jen Welter
Linebacker/Coach
A trailblazer for women in American football — the first woman to coach in the NFL (Arizona Cardinals, 2015) a…
American
Sarah Fuller
Kicker
A landmark figure in American collegiate football — became the first woman to play in a Power Five conference …
American
Sami Grisafe
Quarterback
The most decorated player in the history of women's American football — multiple Women's Football Alliance cha…
American
Becca Longo
Kicker
The first woman to receive an American football scholarship at the NCAA level — a kicker who broke barriers at…
American
Patricia Palinkas
Holder
The first woman to play professional American football — played as a holder for the Orlando Panthers in the At…
Italian
Lella Lombardi
Racing Driver
The only woman to score points in a Formula 1 World Championship race — Lombardi earned half a point at the 19…
Italian
Maria Teresa de Filippis
Racing Driver
The first woman to start a Formula 1 World Championship race — competed in three Grands Prix in 1958 and 1959,…
Colombian
Tatiana Calderón
Racing Driver
Latin America's most successful female racing driver of the modern era — F2 competitor, Super Formula driver a…
British
Katherine Legge
Racing Driver
Britain's most successful female single-seater racing driver — first woman to win a Champ Car race, IndyCar co…
Swiss
Simona de Silvestro
Racing Driver
Switzerland's most successful racing driver — IndyCar regular, Sauber F1 development driver and one of the mos…
Kyrgyz
Valentina Shevchenko
Flyweight/Bantamweight
The most technically complete female fighter in MMA history — seven consecutive UFC Flyweight title defences, …
Brazilian
Cristiane Justino (Cyborg)
Featherweight
The most feared striker in women's MMA history — the only fighter to hold world titles in UFC, Bellator, Strik…
Polish
Joanna Jędrzejczyk
Strawweight
Poland's greatest combat sports athlete — six consecutive UFC Strawweight title defences, a Muay Thai world ch…
Brazilian
Amanda Nunes
Bantamweight/Featherweight
The greatest female fighter in MMA history — the only fighter, male or female, to hold two UFC titles simultan…
American
Miesha Tate
Bantamweight
One of the founding figures of women's MMA — UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, the rival who helped launch Ro…
American
Dot Richardson
Shortstop (Softball)
America's most celebrated softball player and the face of the sport at the 1996 Olympics — her home run on her…
American
Jennie Finch
Pitcher (Softball)
The most recognisable face in softball history — two-time Olympic medallist whose strikes out of baseball's bi…
American
Cat Osterman
Pitcher (Softball)
The most dominant pitcher in softball history — a three-time Olympian with a career ERA under 0.50, three USA …
Japanese
Yukiko Ueno
Pitcher (Softball)
Japan's most celebrated softball player — the heroine of the 2008 Beijing Olympics who pitched 413 pitches acr…
American
Lisa Fernandez
Pitcher/Third Base (Softball)
One of the greatest two-way softball players in history — three Olympic gold medals, a career batting average …
American
Angela Ruggiero
Defence
America's most decorated female ice hockey player — four Olympic medals including gold, the most capped US wom…
Canadian
Marie-Philip Poulin
Forward
Captain Clutch — the most celebrated clutch performer in women's Olympic ice hockey history, scorer of the gol…
Canadian
Geraldine Heaney
Defence
The greatest defenceman in women's ice hockey history — seven World Championship titles, Olympic gold, and an …
Finnish
Noora Räty
Goaltender
The finest goaltender in women's ice hockey history — Finland's most celebrated female athlete, multiple World…
Canadian
Manon Rhéaume
Goaltender
The first woman to play in any of North America's four major professional sports leagues — signed a profession…
Thai
Nutcharut Wongharuthai
Professional Snooker Player
Thailand's greatest female snooker player and a trailblazer for Asian women in the sport — the first Thai woma…
British
Beau Greaves
Professional Darts Player
The most dominant women's darts player of the modern era — two-time PDC Women's World Championship finalist at…
Dutch
Aileen de Graaf
Professional Darts Player
The Netherlands' most successful female darts player — multiple WDF Women's World Championship appearances, a …
British
Bryony Frost
National Hunt Jockey
Britain's most celebrated female jump jockey — winner of the King George VI Chase on Frodon, the biggest win b…
Irish
Nina Carberry
National Hunt Jockey
Ireland's greatest female jump jockey — five-time Cheltenham Festival winner including the cross-country race …
Irish
Katie Walsh
National Hunt Jockey
The most successful female jockey in Grand National history — finished third in the 2012 Grand National, the b…
British
Cathy Gannon
Flat Racing Jockey
One of Britain's most successful female flat racing jockeys — multiple winners at Group level and a consistent…
American
Tara Lipinski
Figure Skater
The youngest Olympic figure skating champion in history — won gold at Nagano 1998 at just 15 years and 255 day…
American
Michelle Kwan
Figure Skater
The most decorated figure skater in US history — five World Championship titles, nine US National Championship…
Norwegian
Marit Bjørgen
Cross-Country Skier
The most decorated Winter Olympian in history — 15 Olympic medals including 8 gold across five Games, 18 World…
British
Charlie Martin
Racing Driver (Endurance)
A trailblazer for LGBTQ+ athletes in motorsport — the first transgender woman to race at the Nürburgring 24 Ho…
British
Pippa Mann
Racing Driver (IndyCar)
Britain's most successful female IndyCar driver — six Indianapolis 500 starts, a Indy Lights champion and the …
French
Micheline Mouton
Rally Driver
The greatest female rally driver in history and the only woman to win a round of the World Rally Championship …
British
Leena Gade
Race Engineer
The most successful race engineer in Le Mans history — led Audi to three consecutive Le Mans 24 Hours victorie…
American
Gabrielle Reece
Outside Hitter (Beach)
The most influential figure in the globalisation of beach volleyball — model, athlete and ambassador whose com…
Chinese
Zhang Changning
Outside Hitter
China's most prolific match-winner in the modern era of women's volleyball — two-time World Champion, Olympic …
Russian
Ekaterina Gamova
Outside Hitter
The most physically dominant volleyball player in history at 2.02m — two-time Olympic silver medallist, World …
Brazilian
Sheilla Castro
Opposite Spiker
Brazil's most decorated volleyball player — three Olympic gold medals across a career of extraordinary longevi…
Chinese
Zhang Yining
Professional Table Tennis Player
The most dominant table tennis player of the 2000s — two consecutive Olympic gold medals, four World Champions…
Chinese
Ding Ning
Professional Table Tennis Player
The finest table tennis player of the 2010s — Olympic gold medallist, six-time World Champion and the player w…
Chinese
Liu Shiwen
Professional Table Tennis Player
China's most consistent performer across three decades — World Champion, five-time World Cup winner and Olympi…
Japanese
Ai Fukuhara
Professional Table Tennis Player
Japan's most beloved table tennis player and the face who transformed the sport's popularity in Japan — began …
Chinese
Sun Yingsha
Professional Table Tennis Player
The defining player of the current era in women's table tennis — Olympic gold medallist and the player who end…
Chinese
Zhang Ning
Badminton Player (Singles)
The oldest Olympic badminton champion in history — won consecutive Olympic gold medals at Athens 2004 and Beij…
Chinese
Li Xuerui
Badminton Player (Singles)
China's dominant force in women's singles in the early 2010s — Olympic gold medallist at London 2012 and World…
Thai
Ratchanok Intanon
Badminton Player (Singles)
Asia's most beloved badminton player outside China — became World Champion at just 18, Thailand's Olympic meda…
Indian
PV Sindhu
Badminton Player (Singles)
India's most successful badminton player and the country's most decorated female Olympian — the first Indian w…
Taiwanese
Tai Tzu-ying
Badminton Player (Singles)
The greatest deceptive player in badminton history — ranked World No.1 for a record 224 consecutive weeks, Oly…
Australian
Layne Beachley
Surfer
The most successful competitive surfer in women's history — seven World Surf League Championship titles includ…
American
Lisa Andersen
Surfer
The surfer who changed everything — four consecutive World Championship titles from 1994 to 1997 and the cover…
Peruvian
Sofia Mulanovich
Surfer
South America's greatest surfer — the first South American to win the World Surf League Championship (2004) an…
Brazilian
Maya Gabeira
Big Wave Surfer
The greatest big wave surfer in women's history — world record holder for the largest wave ever surfed by a wo…
French
Johanne Defay
Surfer
France's most successful competitive surfer — World Surf League Championship Tour regular, Olympic bronze meda…
German
Birgit Fischer
Kayaker
The most decorated canoeist in Olympic history — eight Olympic gold medals across six Games from 1980 to 2004,…
British
Helen Glover
Rower (Pair)
Britain's most successful female rower — two Olympic gold medals in the coxless pair with Heather Stanning, th…
Brazilian
Formiga
Defensive Midfielder
The most enduring international footballer in history, male or female — Formiga competed at seven consecutive …
German
Nadine Angerer
Goalkeeper
The finest goalkeeper in the history of women's football — FIFA World Player of the Year 2013, Women's World C…
French
Amandine Henry
Defensive Midfielder
France's greatest midfielder and one of the finest players of her generation — captain of Olympique Lyonnais's…
American
Tobin Heath
Right Winger
America's most creative and technically gifted winger — two-time Women's World Cup champion whose dribbling, c…
Scottish
Kim Little
Attacking Midfielder
Scotland's greatest ever footballer — Arsenal's creative fulcrum and the player who has single-handedly raised…
American
Tina Charles
Center
One of the WNBA's greatest centres — two-time Olympic gold medallist, WNBA scoring champion and the most proli…
American
Elena Delle Donne
Forward/Guard
The most versatile scorer in WNBA history — two-time MVP, the only player to average both 20 points and 8 rebo…
American
Seimone Augustus
Guard/Forward
One of the most clutch players in WNBA history — three-time WNBA All-Star, Olympic gold medallist with the US …
American
Sylvia Fowles
Center
The greatest defensive center in WNBA history — two Olympic gold medals, two WNBA championships and the WNBA r…
American
Cappie Pondexter
Guard
One of the WNBA's most gifted scorers and leaders — two-time WNBA champion, multiple All-Star selections and a…
Romanian
Virginia Ruzici
Professional Tennis Player
Romania's greatest tennis player and 1978 French Open champion — the first Romanian to win a Grand Slam single…
Spanish
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
Professional Tennis Player
Spain's greatest tennis player — four Grand Slam singles titles, the first Spanish woman to win a Grand Slam, …
Spanish/Venezuelan
Garbiñe Muguruza
Professional Tennis Player
A two-time Grand Slam champion of exceptional power and versatility — Wimbledon and French Open winner whose c…
American
Jennifer Capriati
Professional Tennis Player
The greatest comeback story in tennis history — a child prodigy who reached the top 10 at 14, then battled per…
French/American
Mary Pierce
Professional Tennis Player
A two-time Grand Slam champion of exceptional power — the first French woman to win the French Open since 1967…
British
Nicola Adams
Flyweight
Britain's most celebrated female boxer and a pioneer of historic significance — the first woman to win an Olym…
Finnish
Eva Wahlström
Super Featherweight
Finland's most successful female boxer — WBC Super Featherweight champion for over four years, an undefeated r…
Swedish
Mikaela Laurén
Super Welterweight
Sweden's most successful female boxer — two-time world champion whose clinical power and technical excellence …
American
Seniesa Estrada
Minimumweight/Light Flyweight
The fastest knockout artist in women's boxing history — recorded a 7-second TKO, the fastest in any profession…
British
Chantelle Cameron
Super Lightweight/Welterweight
Britain's most versatile female world champion — unified super lightweight world champion who stepped up to we…
Jamaican
Merlene Ottey
Sprinter (100m, 200m)
The Queen of the Track — the most prolific medallist in World Athletics Championship history with 14 medals, c…
Ethiopian
Genzebe Dibaba
Middle/Long Distance (1500m)
The world record holder in the 1500m and indoor mile — Tirunesh's younger sister who carved out her own legacy…
Dutch
Dafne Schippers
Sprinter (100m, 200m)
Europe's finest sprinter of the 2010s — World Champion at 200m twice, the fastest European woman in history ov…
British
Fatima Whitbread
Javelin Thrower
Britain's most celebrated field athlete — World Champion in 1987, Olympic bronze and silver medallist and the …
Kenyan
Tegla Loroupe
Marathon/Long Distance
Africa's first female marathon world record holder and a global ambassador for peace — three-time world marath…
British
Jan Brittin
Batsman
England's most prolific women's Test batsman — 1,935 Test runs at an average of 49.62, the highest average of …
Australian
Karen Rolton
All-Rounder
Australia's greatest women's all-rounder before the modern era — ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2006, World…
Australian
Cathryn Fitzpatrick
Fast Bowler
The fastest female bowler in cricket history — capable of genuine pace that troubled the world's best batters,…
Australian
Lisa Sthalekar
All-Rounder
The first woman to complete the double of 1,000 ODI runs and 100 ODI wickets — a genuine all-rounder of rare q…
Trinidadian
Stafanie Taylor
All-Rounder
The West Indies' most accomplished women's cricketer and the first woman to reach No.1 in ICC rankings in both…
South Korean
Inbee Park
Professional Golfer
South Korea's greatest golfer and the finest putter in women's golf history — seven major championships, Olymp…
South Korean
Se Ri Pak
Professional Golfer
The woman who launched South Korea's golf revolution — five major championships and a 1998 US Women's Open vic…
Japanese
Ai Miyazato
Professional Golfer
Japan's most beloved golfer and the player who transformed women's golf in Asia — nine LPGA Tour victories, a …
American
Juli Inkster
Professional Golfer
One of the five players to achieve the career Grand Slam — seven major championships across four decades, Hall…
New Zealander
Lydia Ko
Professional Golfer
The most prodigious talent in women's golf history — became the world's youngest ranked No.1 at 17, Olympic si…
American
Debbie Meyer
Swimmer (Freestyle)
The first swimmer in Olympic history to win three individual gold medals at a single Games — Debbie Meyer's th…
German
Kornelia Ender
Swimmer (Freestyle/Butterfly)
The most dominant swimmer of the 1976 Montreal Olympics — four gold medals in a single Games, Ender's performa…
American
Simone Manuel
Swimmer (Freestyle)
The first African American woman to win an individual Olympic swimming gold medal — Manuel's 100m freestyle go…
Canadian
Kylie Masse
Swimmer (Backstroke)
Canada's most successful backstroke swimmer — World Champion in the 100m backstroke and world record holder, M…
Australian
Cate Campbell
Swimmer (Freestyle)
Australia's most decorated relay swimmer and a world record holder in the 100m freestyle — Campbell's world re…
Canadian
Clara Hughes
Road/Track Cyclist and Speed Skater
The only athlete in history to win multiple Olympic medals in both the Summer and Winter Games — Hughes won cy…
British
Emma Pooley
Road Cyclist/Time Trialist
Britain's most versatile female cyclist — World Champion in the time trial, winner of La Flèche Wallonne and a…
Dutch
Amy Pieters
Road/Track Cyclist
A world-class Dutch cyclist who excelled both on the road and track — World Champion in the team sprint on the…
Dutch
Chantal Blaak
Road Cyclist
The Dutch cycling powerhouse who conquered the cobbles — winner of the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Femmes and mult…
British
Nolli Waterman
Wing
England's most prolific try scorer in women's rugby — a wing of electric pace whose 43 tries in 57 England app…
Irish
Jenny Murphy
Centre
Ireland's most celebrated women's rugby player of the modern era — a centre of exceptional pace and finishing …
American
Odessa Jenkins
Linebacker
The most influential figure in women's professional American football — founder and CEO of the Women's Footbal…
Mexican
Diana Flores
Quarterback (Flag Football)
The global face of women's flag football — a Super Bowl halftime show participant, the most recognisable femal…
American
Jessica Mendoza
Athlete/Broadcaster (Softball)
America's most influential female sports broadcaster — two-time Olympic softball medallist who became the firs…
American
Sarah Fisher
Racing Driver (IndyCar)
The most successful female open-wheel racing driver in American history — eight Indianapolis 500 starts, a fas…
South African
Desire Wilson
Racing Driver
The only woman to win an open Formula racing event — Desirée Wilson won the Aurora AFX Formula One Series race…
Japanese
Juju Noda
Racing Driver
Japan's most talented female racing driver of the modern era — competing in Formula Regional Asian Championshi…
American
Kayla Harrison
Lightweight/Featherweight
The most decorated judoka in American history transitioning to become one of MMA's most dominant champions — t…
Brazilian
Jessica Andrade
Strawweight/Flyweight
Brazil's most powerful female fighter — UFC champion at strawweight, known for carrying the most explosive pow…
American
Crystl Bustos
Third Base (Softball)
The most feared power hitter in softball history — two Olympic gold medals, the highest on-base percentage in …
American
Stacy Nuveman
Catcher (Softball)
The finest catcher in softball history — three-time Olympian, two-time Olympic gold medallist and the most tec…
American
Natasha Watley
Shortstop (Softball)
The most electrifying base runner in softball history — USA's stolen base record holder, two-time Olympian and…
American
Keilani Ricketts
Pitcher (Softball)
The most dominant collegiate pitcher in softball history — three-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Ye…
Japanese
Eri Yamada
Pitcher (Softball)
Japan's most successful professional softball pitcher — a cornerstone of Japanese softball's Olympic gold meda…
American
Hilary Knight
Forward
America's most celebrated women's ice hockey player of the modern era — four-time Olympic silver medallist who…
American
Meghan Duggan
Forward
America's most important captain in women's ice hockey — led the USA to the long-awaited Olympic gold medal at…
Canadian
Caroline Ouellette
Forward
The most decorated player in the history of women's ice hockey — four consecutive Olympic gold medals, eight W…
Canadian
Vicki Sunohara
Forward
A cornerstone of Canadian women's hockey dominance across three Olympic cycles — two-time Olympic champion, fo…
Canadian
Shannon Szabados
Goaltender
The most accomplished female goaltender in the history of international women's ice hockey — two Olympic gold …
British
Rebecca Kenna
Professional Snooker Player
One of Britain's leading female snooker players on the modern WST circuit — a Tour Card holder who competes on…
American
Shannon Reeves
Professional Darts Player
America's most successful female darts player — USA national women's champion and a regular competitor at WDF …
Canadian
Emma-Jayne Wilson
Flat Racing Jockey
Canada's most successful female jockey — Sovereign Award winner, Queen's Plate competitor and a jockey whose a…
Croatian
Janica Kostelić
Alpine Skier
The most decorated alpine skier from any non-traditional skiing nation — four Olympic gold medals, three World…
Dutch
Ireen Wüst
Speed Skater
The most decorated Dutch Winter Olympian — six Olympic gold medals across five Games from 2006 to 2022, making…
American
Bonnie Blair
Speed Skater
America's most decorated female Winter Olympian — five Olympic gold medals across three Games and the first Am…
Japanese
Shizuka Arakawa
Figure Skater
Japan's most celebrated figure skater and the first Japanese woman to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skat…
German
Sabine Schmitz
Racing Driver
The Queen of the Nürburgring — the only woman to win the Nürburgring 24 Hours (twice), a beloved motorsport am…
Spanish
Laia Sanz
Enduro/Rally Rider
The most decorated female off-road motorcycle racer in history — 13 consecutive Trial World Championships and …
Spanish
Ana Carrasco
MotoGP/WorldSSP300 Rider
The first woman to win a solo motorcycle world championship — Ana Carrasco won the FIM Supersport 300 World Ch…
British
Alice Powell
Racing Driver (Formula E/W Series)
Britain's most successful female single-seater driver of the modern era — W Series race winner, Formula E comp…
British
Jamie Chadwick
Racing Driver
Britain's most successful female racing driver of the 21st century — three-time W Series champion, Williams F1…
Chinese
Lang Ping
Outside Hitter/Coach
The most influential figure in women's volleyball history as both player and coach — Olympic champion as a pla…
Romanian
Elizabeta Samara
Professional Table Tennis Player
Romania's greatest table tennis player and Europe's most consistent female player of the 2010s — multiple Euro…
Austrian
Liu Jia
Professional Table Tennis Player
Austria's most successful table tennis player, born in China — multiple European Championship titles represent…
Japanese
Mima Ito
Professional Table Tennis Player
Japan's greatest table tennis player of the modern era — Olympic mixed doubles gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 al…
Japanese
Nozomi Okuhara
Badminton Player (Singles)
Japan's most technically complete badminton player — World Champion 2017, Olympic bronze medallist and the pla…
Japanese
Akane Yamaguchi
Badminton Player (Singles)
The current world No.1 and Japan's most complete singles player — World Champion 2022 and 2023, Olympic gold m…
Thai
Supanida Katethong
Badminton Player (Singles)
Thailand's rising star and the successor to Ratchanok Intanon's legacy — a BWF World Tour winner and Asian Cha…
Brazilian
Tatiana Weston-Webb
Surfer
Brazil's finest female surfer and a consistent WSL Championship Tour performer — Olympic silver medallist at T…
Australian
Tyler Wright
Surfer
Australia's two-time World Surf League Champion — 2017 and 2022 world title winner whose power surfing and abi…