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
1208 athletes
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
British
495 athletes
Allison Fisher
Australian
228 athletes
Cameron Smith
Canadian
188 athletes
Tessa Virtue
French
103 athletes
Kingsley Coman
New Zealander
103 athletes
Sonny Bill Williams
Brazilian
86 athletes
Felipe Massa
German
85 athletes
Manuel Neuer
Spanish
67 athletes
Lamine Yamal
Italian
60 athletes
Nicolò Barella
Russian
57 athletes
Olga Korbut
Dutch
53 athletes
Ruud van Nistelrooy
Chinese
53 athletes
Li Ning
South African
51 athletes
Gary Player
Japanese
46 athletes
Kohei Uchimura
Irish
44 athletes
Willie Mullins
Argentine
41 athletes
Lionel Messi
Indian
38 athletes
MS Dhoni
Swedish
36 athletes
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Norwegian
30 athletes
Ada Hegerberg
Austrian
25 athletes
David Alaba
Swiss
25 athletes
Granit Xhaka
Belgian
25 athletes
Thierry Neuville
Jamaican
23 athletes
Connie Francis
Portuguese
23 athletes
José Mourinho
Finnish
20 athletes
Valtteri Bottas
Czech
17 athletes
Petr Čech
South Korean
17 athletes
Park Ji-sung
Pakistani
17 athletes
Wasim Akram
Polish
16 athletes
Kamil Stoch
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