British Sports Legends
The greatest british sports people of all time — across 20 sports.
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⚽ Football
English
Sol Campbell
Midfielder
A test athlete to verify the import works correctly.…
English
Wayne Rooney
Forward
England's all-time leading scorer and Manchester United's record goalscorer.…
English
Ashley Cole
Left Back
One of the greatest left-backs in football history, renowned for his defensive excellence against th…
English
Gary Neville
Right Back
Manchester United legend and England international who redefined consistency and professionalism at …
English
Phil Neville
Defender / Midfielder
Versatile and dependable England international who enjoyed success with Manchester United and Everto…
English
David Seaman
Goalkeeper
Legendary Arsenal and England goalkeeper nicknamed 'Safe Hands', renowned for his bravery, positioni…
English
Teddy Sheringham
Forward
Prolific striker whose intelligence, vision and link-up play made him one of England's finest forwar…
English
Andy Cole
Forward
One of the most lethal strikers in Premier League history, third on the all-time scoring list with 1…
English
Nicky Butt
Midfielder
Tough-tackling midfielder and Class of '92 graduate who was a key part of Manchester United's domina…
Scottish
Darren Fletcher
Midfielder
Determined Scottish midfielder who overcame a serious illness to forge a distinguished career at Man…
English
Luke Shaw
Left Back
Talented English left-back who became the most expensive teenager in football history when he joined…
Scottish
Scott McTominay
Midfielder
Energetic Scottish midfielder whose determination and goalscoring ability from deep made him a homeg…
English
Michael Carrick
Midfielder
Elegant central midfielder whose composure, passing range and tactical intelligence made him the hea…
English
Darren Anderton
Midfielder / Winger
Skilful and versatile Tottenham and England winger whose talent was often cruelly curtailed by injur…
English
Jermain Defoe
Forward
Prolific and instinctive goalscorer who ranks among the Premier League's all-time top scorers across…
English
Glenn Hoddle
Midfielder
One of the most naturally gifted English footballers ever, a visionary playmaker whose technique and…
English
Gary Lineker
Forward
England's third-highest goalscorer and 1986 World Cup Golden Boot winner, renowned for his clinical …
English
Peter Reid
Midfielder
Combative and influential midfielder who was the driving force behind Everton's mid-1980s golden era…
English
Trevor Brooking
Midfielder
Elegant and cultured West Ham and England midfielder whose grace on the ball and FA Cup final heroic…
English
Bobby Moore
Centre Back
England's 1966 World Cup-winning captain, widely regarded as the greatest defender in the history of…
English
Geoff Hurst
Forward
The only player in history to score a hat-trick in a World Cup final, sealing England's 1966 triumph…
English
Martin Peters
Midfielder
Versatile and cerebral midfielder who scored in the 1966 World Cup final and was famously described …
English
Gordon Banks
Goalkeeper
England's 1966 World Cup-winning goalkeeper, universally acclaimed as one of the greatest goalkeeper…
English
Bobby Charlton
Forward / Midfielder
Manchester United and England legend, Munich air disaster survivor, World Cup winner and one of the …
English
Jack Charlton
Centre Back
Towering centre-back who won the World Cup with England and later became a national hero in Ireland …
English
Nobby Stiles
Midfielder
Ferocious and fearless midfielder whose toothless jig with the World Cup trophy in 1966 became one o…
English
Roger Hunt
Forward
Liverpool's legendary 'Sir Roger', a prolific goalscorer who was a key member of England's 1966 Worl…
English
Ray Wilson
Left Back
The unsung left-back of England's 1966 World Cup-winning team whose consistency and defensive excell…
English
Jimmy Greaves
Forward
The most natural goalscorer in English football history, whose prolific record across club and count…
Scottish
Dave Mackay
Midfielder
Fearless and inspirational Scottish midfielder whose indomitable spirit and courage made him one of …
Northern Irish
Danny Blanchflower
Midfielder
Charismatic Northern Irish captain who led Tottenham to the historic Double in 1961 and was the inte…
Northern Irish
Pat Jennings
Goalkeeper
Legendary Northern Irish goalkeeper who excelled at both Tottenham and Arsenal across an extraordina…
English
Kenny Sansom
Left Back
England's most-capped left-back for decades, a technically gifted and supremely consistent defender …
English
Tony Adams
Centre Back
Arsenal's legendary captain and defensive rock who led the club to multiple titles and became an ico…
English
Lee Dixon
Right Back
Rock-solid right-back who was a vital member of Arsenal's legendary back four for over a decade.…
English
Nigel Winterburn
Left Back
Tenacious and committed left-back who completed Arsenal's legendary back four and served the club wi…
English
Steve Bould
Centre Back
Commanding centre-back who partnered Tony Adams at the heart of Arsenal's defence and was a pillar o…
English
Martin Keown
Centre Back
Ferociously competitive Arsenal defender whose intensity, man-marking ability and warrior mentality …
English
Ray Parlour
Midfielder
Arsenal's 'Romford Pelé', a tireless and versatile midfielder whose energy and underrated quality ma…
English
Theo Walcott
Forward / Winger
Electric pace and natural finishing made Walcott a thrilling presence at Arsenal, where he became on…
English
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Midfielder / Winger
Dynamic and powerful English midfielder whose career at Arsenal and Liverpool was curtailed by a dev…
Welsh
Aaron Ramsey
Midfielder
Dynamic Welsh midfielder who scored the winning goals in two FA Cup finals and became a modern Arsen…
English
Jack Wilshere
Midfielder
Prodigiously talented English midfielder whose dazzling ability was tragically undermined by persist…
English
Joe Cole
Midfielder / Winger
Dazzlingly skilful English winger whose tricks and creativity lit up West Ham and Chelsea during his…
English
Daniel Sturridge
Forward
Electrifying English striker whose lethal finishing powered Liverpool's famous 2013-14 title challen…
English
Ben Chilwell
Left Back
Attack-minded English left-back whose overlapping runs and delivery made him a key part of Chelsea's…
English
Jack Grealish
Winger / Attacking Midfielder
Dazzling English winger whose close control, creativity and flair make him one of the most entertain…
English
James Milner
Midfielder
The ultimate professional — a versatile, tireless midfielder who excelled across two decades and thr…
English
David Beckham
Right Midfielder
England captain and Premier League icon whose set-piece delivery was unmatched, becoming a global cu…
English
Alan Shearer
Centre Forward
Premier League all-time top scorer with 260 goals, a Newcastle United icon and England striker of ra…
English
Steven Gerrard
Central Midfielder
Steven George Gerrard was born in Whiston, Merseyside in 1980 and spent his entire playing career at…
English
Frank Lampard
Central Midfielder
Frank James Lampard was born in Romford in 1978, the son of West Ham vice-chairman Frank Lampard Sr.…
English
Paul Scholes
Central Midfielder
Manchester United midfielder regarded by Xavi and Zidane as one of the finest passers in the history…
Welsh
Ryan Giggs
Left Winger/Midfielder
The most decorated player in English football history with 13 Premier League titles, known for longe…
English
John Terry
Centre Back
Chelsea captain and one of the Premier League's most commanding centre-backs across two decades at S…
English
Rio Ferdinand
Centre Back
Manchester United's commanding centre-back who formed one of England's finest ever defensive partner…
English
Michael Owen
Forward
Golden Boot winner at the 1998 World Cup aged 18, Ballon d'Or winner in 2001 and one of England's fi…
English
Robbie Fowler
Centre Forward
Liverpool's beloved "God" — one of the most clinical natural finishers English football has ever pro…
English
Raheem Sterling
Forward/Winger
One of England's most effective attackers of the modern era, Premier League champion five times with…
Scottish
Kenny Dalglish
Forward
One of football's greatest ever forwards and managers — King Kenny who won six league titles with Li…
Scottish
Denis Law
Forward
The King — Manchester United's Scottish legend and European Footballer of the Year 1964, scorer of 2…
Northern Irish
George Best
Forward
Manchester United's mercurial genius — European Footballer of the Year 1968 and arguably the most na…
English
Harry Kane
Centre Forward
England's all-time leading goalscorer and one of the Premier League's most prolific strikers — a com…
Scottish
Sir Alex Ferguson
Manager
The most successful manager in British football history — 38 trophies with Manchester United includi…
English
Steve McManaman
Attacking Midfielder/Winger
Liverpool's flying winger who became the first British player to win the Champions League with a non…
Scottish
Charlie Adam
Central Midfielder
Scotland's most technically gifted midfielder of the 2000s and early 2010s — Charlie Adam's range of…
British
Matthew Le Tissier
Attacking Midfielder
Southampton's one-club legend whose goals-to-appearances ratio and technically brilliant play made h…
British
Robbie Blake
Winger/Forward
Burnley's beloved cult hero — Robbie Blake was one of the most technically gifted players to grace t…
Welsh
Dean Saunders
Centre Forward
Wales's most prolific striker of the late 1980s and 1990s — a quick, intelligent forward who scored …
British
Tony Cottee
Centre Forward
West Ham and Everton striker whose 213 top-flight goals across fifteen seasons made him one of the m…
Welsh
Ian Rush
Centre Forward
Liverpool's greatest ever goalscorer — 346 goals for the club across two spells and Wales's all-time…
Welsh
Mark Hughes
Centre Forward
Sparky — one of the most competitive and technically accomplished centre-forwards of his era, winnin…
British
Kevin Keegan
Forward
Two-time European Footballer of the Year and one of English football's most charismatic figures. Won…
British
Cyrille Regis
Centre Forward
West Brom and England striker who was one of the first Black players to represent England at senior …
British
Peter Beardsley
Attacking Midfielder/Forward
One of the most technically gifted English forwards of the 1980s and early 1990s — Peter Beardsley's…
British
Chris Waddle
Winger
One of the most elusive wingers English football produced in the 1980s — Chris Waddle's shuffling, u…
British
Paul Gascoigne
Attacking Midfielder
Gazza — the most naturally gifted English footballer of his generation whose tears at Italia 90 made…
British
Trevor Steven
Right Midfielder/Winger
Trevor Steven — one of the most complete right midfielders English football produced in the 1980s, a…
Scottish
Ally McCoist
Centre Forward
Rangers' all-time leading scorer with 355 goals — the most prolific striker in Scottish football his…
Scottish
Paul McStay
Central Midfielder
The Maestro — Paul McStay was the most technically gifted Scottish midfielder of his generation, a p…
Scottish
Jim Baxter
Left Midfielder
Slim Jim — arguably the most naturally gifted Scottish footballer of the twentieth century, a left-s…
Scottish
Kenny Miller
Centre Forward
The only player to have scored for both Celtic and Rangers — a goal-poacher of remarkable consistenc…
Scottish
Scott Brown
Central Midfielder
Celtic's warrior captain who led the club to nine consecutive Scottish league titles — one of the mo…
British
Les Ferdinand
Centre Forward
Sir Les — Newcastle's beloved centre-forward whose combination of power and technique made him one o…
British
Ian Wright
Centre Forward
Arsenal's record goalscorer before Thierry Henry — 185 goals for the Gunners after not turning profe…
British
Jimmy Bullard
Central Midfielder
Championship and Premier League cult hero — one of the most entertaining and likeable players of his…
British
Rickie Lambert
Centre Forward
Rickie Lambert — one of the great late-developer stories in English football, a striker who was play…
Welsh
Gareth Bale
Winger/Forward
Wales's greatest footballer — four Champions Leagues with Real Madrid and the overhead kick heard ar…
English
John Stones
Centre-back
The ball-playing centre-back who grew into a Champions League winner under Pep Guardiola.…
English
Jude Bellingham
Midfielder
The most complete English player in a generation — Champions League winner at 20 and Real Madrid's h…
English
Bukayo Saka
Winger/Right-back
Arsenal's heartbeat and England's bravest miss — the penalty that scarred him and the career that re…
English
Phil Foden
Midfielder/Winger
The Stockport Iniesta — Champions League winner, PFA Player of the Year and City's most gifted acade…
English
Declan Rice
Midfielder
Arsenal's £105 million midfielder — one of the Premier League's finest all-round midfielders of the …
English
Trent Alexander-Arnold
Right-back/Midfielder
The right-back who created more chances than most midfielders — Liverpool's most technically gifted …
English
Marcus Rashford
Forward/Winger
The campaigner who forced a government U-turn on free school meals — and a United player of two very…
English
Mason Mount
Winger/Forward
Chelsea's academy graduate who became one of England's most important midfielders of the 2020s — tec…
English
Harry Maguire
Centre-back
The most expensive defender in history at the time — and the most publicly discussed since.…
English
Reece James
Right-back
Chelsea's captain and England's finest right-back — persistent injury frustration of a truly special…
English
Jordan Henderson
Midfielder
Liverpool's Champions League and Premier League-winning captain — a leader defined by collective ach…
English
Cole Palmer
Midfielder/Forward
Chelsea's match-winner — named Premier League Player of the Season at 21, the breakout story of 2023…
English
Kobbie Mainoo
Midfielder
Manchester United's youngest key player in decades — scored at Wembley in the FA Cup Final at 19.…
English
Tammy Abraham
Forward
Roma's record-breaking striker — scored the goal that won the Europa Conference League.…
English
James Ward-Prowse
Midfielder
The finest free kick taker in Premier League history — broke David Beckham's dead ball record.…
English
Ollie Watkins
Forward
The goal that sent England to the Euro 2024 Final — from League One to the decisive goal at Dortmund…
English
Emile Smith Rowe
Midfielder/Forward
Arsenal's creative breakthrough of 2021 — the attacking midfielder who kept Özil's shirt number warm…
English
Ben White
Defender/Right-back
Arsenal's most versatile defender — deployed as both centre-back and right-back with equal excellenc…
Scottish
Andrew Robertson
Left-back
From promotion-playoff with Hull to Champions League winner — the most remarkable full-back developm…
English
Jamie Vardy
Forward
The most remarkable story in English football — non-league to Premier League champion in four years.…
British
Lucy Bronze
Right Back
England's most decorated female footballer and the finest full-back in women's football — Champions …
Scottish
Kim Little
Attacking Midfielder
Scotland's greatest ever footballer — Arsenal's creative fulcrum and the player who has single-hande…
🏉 Rugby Union
English
Owen Farrell
Fly-half
English fly-half and Lions captain whose reliability under pressure, accurate goal-kicking and calm …
English
Marcus Smith
Fly-half
Exciting English fly-half whose attacking instincts, quick thinking and ability to unlock defences h…
English
Ellis Genge
Prop
Aggressive and combative English loosehead prop whose abrasive carrying style, set-piece reliability…
English
Kyle Sinckler
Prop
Powerful English tighthead prop whose scrummaging technique, dynamic ball-carrying and Lions appeara…
English
Jamie George
Hooker
English hooker and national team captain whose reliable lineout throwing, strong carrying and leader…
English
Courtney Lawes
Lock
Veteran English lock and Lions captain whose exceptional lineout work, tireless carrying and outstan…
English
Tom Curry
Flanker
English flanker whose outstanding pace, physicality and ability to compete at the breakdown make him…
English
Sam Underhill
Flanker
English flanker whose elite defensive technique, ability to jackal ball at the breakdown and fierce …
English
Freddie Steward
Fullback
English fullback whose imposing frame, secure under the high ball and growing attacking confidence h…
English
George Ford
Fly-half
English fly-half whose reliable kicking game, smart decision-making and Lions appearances have made …
English
Ben Youngs
Scrum-half
England's most capped scrum-half in history whose reliable service, competitive spirit and extraordi…
English
Dan Cole
Prop
Durable English tighthead prop who has served Leicester Tigers and England with distinction across 1…
Welsh
Alun Wyn Jones
Lock
Wales' most capped player in history and one of the finest locks the game has seen, whose extraordin…
Welsh
Ken Owens
Hooker
Welsh hooker and national captain whose whole-hearted commitment, reliable set-piece work and passio…
Welsh
Jonathan Davies
Centre
Welsh centre whose powerful carry, strong defence and ability to create try-scoring opportunities ha…
Welsh
Josh Adams
Winger
Welsh winger whose prolific try-scoring record, reliable finishing and Lions appearances have establ…
Welsh
Louis Rees-Zammit
Winger
Welsh winger who left rugby union for a record-breaking NFL career with the Kansas City Chiefs, havi…
Scottish
Stuart Hogg
Fullback
Scottish fullback and the most capped Scottish player in history, whose brilliant attacking instinct…
Scottish
Finn Russell
Fly-half
Scottish fly-half whose brilliantly creative and instinctive style of play divides opinion but has p…
Scottish
Hamish Watson
Flanker
Scottish flanker whose relentless work rate, outstanding breakdown technique and ability to play at …
Scottish
Rory Darge
Flanker
Scottish openside flanker whose dynamic carrying, breakdown ability and enthusiastic all-action styl…
Scottish
Duhan van der Merwe
Winger
Scottish winger whose imposing physical presence, powerful running and outstanding try-scoring recor…
English
Matt Dawson
Scrum-half
England World Cup-winning scrum-half whose superb service, on-field leadership and important Lions c…
English
Neil Back
Flanker
England World Cup-winning flanker and one of the finest open-side flankers of his generation, whose …
English
Phil Vickery
Prop
England World Cup-winning tighthead prop whose powerful scrummaging, abrasive carrying and leadershi…
English
Mike Catt
Fly-half / Centre
England World Cup-winning utility back whose intelligent distribution, cool head under pressure and …
English
Will Carling
Centre
England's most successful captain who led England for a record 59 consecutive matches and presided o…
English
Rob Andrew
Fly-half
England fly-half whose outstanding goal-kicking, intelligent game management and consistent performa…
English
Rory Underwood
Winger
England winger and the most prolific try-scorer in English rugby history at the time of his retireme…
English
David Duckham
Winger
England winger of the early professional era whose flamboyant running style, remarkable balance and …
Welsh
JPR Williams
Fullback
Wales Lions fullback of the 1970s whose fearless tackling, brilliant counterattacking play and excep…
Welsh
Barry John
Fly-half
Welsh fly-half nicknamed 'The King' whose ghostly running lines, telepathic connection with Gareth E…
Welsh
Gerald Davies
Winger
Wales and Lions wing whose electrifying side-step, exceptional pace and instinctive finishing made h…
Welsh
Phil Bennett
Fly-half
Welsh fly-half and standout player of the 1970s whose creative play, exceptional goal-kicking and Li…
Welsh
Mervyn Davies
Number 8
Welsh number eight whose exceptional athleticism, outstanding reading of the game and brilliant capt…
Welsh
Graham Price
Prop
Welsh tighthead prop and one of the most durable forwards in Lions history, whose exceptional scrumm…
English
Fran Cotton
Prop
England loosehead prop and a British and Irish Lions selector and ambassador, whose powerful scrumma…
Welsh
Shane Williams
Winger
Wales winger and the greatest try-scorer in Welsh rugby history, whose exceptional balance, lightnin…
Scottish
Gavin Hastings
Fullback
Scotland fullback and Lions captain whose extraordinary goal-kicking, powerful play and leadership m…
Scottish
Gregor Townsend
Fly-half / Centre
Scotland fly-half whose attacking instincts, exceptional vision and Lions contributions established …
Scottish
Doddie Weir
Lock
Scotland lock and one of the game's most beloved figures, whose extraordinary community work followi…
English
Martin Johnson
Lock
England's World Cup-winning captain — the most imposing figure in Test rugby history.…
English
Jonny Wilkinson
Fly-half
The drop goal that won the World Cup — the most pressure-resistant kicker in rugby history.…
Welsh
Leigh Halfpenny
Fullback
The finest goal kicker in Welsh rugby history — Lions player of the series in 2013.…
English
Jason Leonard
Prop
The most-capped England forward — 114 Tests and the great survivor of a professional era he bridged.…
English
Maro Itoje
Lock/Flanker
The best player in English rugby — Lions test starter at 21 and the dominant lock of his generation.…
Welsh
Gareth Edwards
Scrum-Half
The try against the Barbarians in 1973 — Gareth Edwards's score, launched from inside the Welsh half…
Welsh
Gareth Thomas
Wing/Centre/Fullback
Gareth Thomas — the first professional rugby player to publicly come out as gay, making an announcem…
British
Jeremy Guscott
Centre
England's greatest centre — Jeremy Guscott's drop goal on the 1997 Lions tour sealed the series agai…
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 tw…
British
Maggie Alphonsi
Flanker
The Magician — England's most celebrated women's rugby player of her era and World Rugby Women's Pla…
British
Sarah Hunter
Flanker/Number 8
England's most capped women's rugby player and one of the sport's greatest leaders — Red Roses capta…
British
Rochelle Clark
Prop
England's most capped rugby union player of any gender — 137 Test appearances for the Red Roses acro…
British
Nolli Waterman
Wing
England's most prolific try scorer in women's rugby — a wing of electric pace whose 43 tries in 57 E…
🎯 Darts
English
Luke Littler
Professional Darts Player
The Nuke — PDC World Champion at 17, the youngest in the competition's history, and the most talked-…
English
Luke Humphries
Professional Darts Player
Cool Hand Luke — PDC World Champion in 2024 and world number one, whose methodical preparation, clin…
Welsh
Gerwyn Price
Professional Darts Player
The Iceman — PDC World Champion in 2021 and former professional rugby union player, whose transition…
Scottish
Peter Wright
Professional Darts Player
Snakebite — two-time PDC World Champion and the most visually distinctive player in darts history. P…
Scottish
Gary Anderson
Professional Darts Player
The Flying Scotsman — two-time PDC World Champion in 2015 and 2016, and one of the most naturally gi…
English
Michael Smith
Professional Darts Player
Bully Boy — PDC World Champion in 2023 after years of agonising near-misses, and the man who produce…
English
Rob Cross
Professional Darts Player
Voltage — the former electrician who won the PDC World Championship at his first attempt in 2018, de…
English
Nathan Aspinall
Professional Darts Player
The Asp — two-time UK Open champion and one of the PDC tour's most consistent and combative top-eigh…
Welsh
Jonny Clayton
Professional Darts Player
The Ferret — 2021 Premier League and Grand Slam of Darts champion, and one of the most consistently …
Northern Irish
Josh Rock
Professional Darts Player
Rocksy — the Northern Irish prodigy who became one of the youngest PDC ranking event winners in hist…
English
Chris Dobey
Professional Darts Player
Hollywood — the passionate, crowd-pleasing professional from the North East of England who broke thr…
English
Joe Cullen
Professional Darts Player
The Rockstar — Yorkshire's consistent PDC major champion whose Masters title in 2022 confirmed his s…
English
Dave Chisnall
Professional Darts Player
Chizzy — one of the PDC's most experienced and popular players, whose fluid throwing action, consist…
Northern Irish
Daryl Gurney
Professional Darts Player
Superchin — two-time PDC major champion and one of the finest darts players Northern Ireland has pro…
English
James Wade
Professional Darts Player
The Machine — eight-time PDC major champion and one of the most consistent performers across two dec…
Northern Irish
Brendan Dolan
Professional Darts Player
The History Maker — Brendan Dolan achieved the most statistically improbable feat in professional da…
English
Phil Taylor
Professional Darts Player
The Power — the greatest darts player of all time, 16 World Championship titles, 214 professional ti…
English
Eric Bristow
Professional Darts Player
The Crafty Cockney — five World Championship titles and the man who made professional darts a televi…
English
Glen Durrant
Professional Darts Player
Duzza — three consecutive BDO World Championships from 2017 to 2019 and PDC Premier League winner in…
English
Adrian Lewis
Professional Darts Player
Jackpot — two-time PDC World Champion in back-to-back years and one of the most naturally gifted pla…
English
John Lowe
Professional Darts Player
Old Stoneface — three-time World Champion spanning 14 years and the first player in history to hit a…
Scottish
Jocky Wilson
Professional Darts Player
The Jock — two-time BDO World Champion and one of the most beloved and unlikely champions darts has …
English
Dennis Priestley
Professional Darts Player
The Menace — two-time World Champion and the first-ever PDC World Champion, whose place in darts his…
English
Martin Adams
Professional Darts Player
Wolfie — three-time BDO World Champion whose extraordinary titles at ages 50, 52 and 54 make him the…
English
Ted Hankey
Professional Darts Player
The Count — two-time BDO World Champion whose gothic Count Dracula-inspired presentation, complete w…
English
Stephen Bunting
Professional Darts Player
The Bullet — 2014 BDO World Champion who made a seamless switch to the PDC and became one of its mos…
English
Fallon Sherrock
Professional Darts Player
The Queen of the Palace — the first woman in history to defeat a man at the PDC World Championship, …
English
Beau Greaves
Professional Darts Player
The most dominant women's darts player of the modern era — multiple WDF World Champion and the holde…
English
Wayne Mardle
Professional Darts Player
Hawaii 501 — a flamboyant, colourful personality on the PDC circuit in the 2000s and 2010s who becam…
English
Andy Fordham
Professional Darts Player
The Viking — 2004 BDO World Champion and one of the most beloved personalities in darts history. For…
English
Bobby George
Professional Darts Player
Bobby Dazzler — three-time BDO World Championship finalist and the man who established the theatrica…
English
Keith Deller
Professional Darts Player
The Fist — 1983 BDO World Champion whose victory over the five-time champion Eric Bristow as a 500-1…
English
Bob Anderson
Professional Darts Player
The Limestone Cowboy — 1988 BDO World Champion and three-time consecutive World Masters champion, wh…
Welsh
Richie Burnett
Professional Darts Player
The Prince of Wales — 1995 BDO World Champion and one of the most courageous personal stories in the…
Scottish
Les Wallace
Professional Darts Player
The Gentle Giant — 1997 BDO World Champion whose smooth, consistent throwing and calm match temperam…
English
Scott Waites
Professional Darts Player
The Wizard — two-time BDO World Champion in 2007 and 2009, whose non-consecutive titles demonstrated…
English
Steve Beaton
Professional Darts Player
The Bronzed Adonis — 1996 BDO World Champion and one of the most durable professional darts players …
English
John Walton
Professional Darts Player
John Boy — 2001 BDO World Champion whose victory at Lakeside provided one of the more emotional mome…
English
Andy Hamilton
Professional Darts Player
The Hammer — PDC World Championship finalist in 2012 whose crowd-pleasing, high-energy style and pop…
English
Tony O'Shea
Professional Darts Player
The Shamrock — BDO World Championship finalist in 2009 and one of the most experienced and consisten…
English
Mervyn King
Professional Darts Player
The King — a consistent PDC circuit presence for over 15 years and one of the most experienced profe…
Welsh
Mark Webster
Professional Darts Player
The Spider — 2008 BDO World Champion and the last Welsh player to win the BDO World Championship. We…
English
Kevin Painter
Professional Darts Player
The Artist — protagonist of one of the greatest finals in PDC World Championship history. His 7-6 de…
🏇 Horse Racing
British
Ryan Moore
Jockey
Ireland's most successful Flat jockey and a nine-time British champion jockey whose exceptionally qu…
British
William Buick
Jockey
Danish champion jockey and multiple British champion whose stylish riding, outstanding results on Sh…
British
Tom Marquand
Jockey
British Flat jockey whose rapid rise to the top of the sport, multiple Classic victories and growing…
British
Oisin Murphy
Jockey
Irish champion jockey and three-time British champion whose powerful finish, intelligent race-readin…
British
James Doyle
Jockey
British Flat jockey whose consistent performances for the Godolphin operation and multiple Group One…
British
Hollie Doyle
Jockey
British champion jockey and the most successful female jockey in the history of British Flat racing,…
British
Hayley Turner
Jockey
British jockey whose distinction of becoming the first female to ride at Royal Ascot and multiple Cl…
British
John Gosden
Trainer
British horse racing trainer whose outstanding record with Flat horses at Clarehaven Stables and mul…
British
Charlie Appleby
Trainer
British horse racing trainer for Godolphin whose remarkable record of Group One victories across the…
British
Nicky Henderson
Trainer
British National Hunt trainer whose Seven Barrows operation has produced some of jump racing's fines…
British
Paul Nicholls
Trainer
British National Hunt champion trainer whose Ditcheat operation and remarkable record of winners wit…
British
Dan Skelton
Trainer
British National Hunt trainer whose rapid rise to the top of the championship, prolific win rates an…
British
Kauto Star
Racehorse
British National Hunt champion whose extraordinary rivalry with Denman, multiple Cheltenham Gold Cup…
British
Denman
Racehorse
British National Hunt champion whose imposing physique, devastating power and 2008 Cheltenham Gold C…
British
Altior
Racehorse
British two-mile champion chaser whose remarkable unbeaten record over fences, multiple Champion Cha…
British
Constitution Hill
Racehorse
British two-mile champion whose unbeaten record, extraordinary jumping ability and all-conquering pe…
Northern Irish
AP McCoy
National Hunt Jockey
The greatest jump jockey in history — Champion Jockey for 20 consecutive seasons.…
Italian
Frankie Dettori
Flat Racing Jockey
Lanfranco Dettori was born in Milan in 1970, the son of champion Italian jockey Gianfranco Dettori, …
Scottish
Willie Carson
Flat Racing Jockey
Scotland's most successful jockey — five Champion Jockey titles and over 3,800 career wins.…
Northern Irish
Tony McCoy
Jump Jockey
The most successful jump jockey in history — 4,358 career wins across 25 consecutive champion season…
English
Lester Piggott
Flat Jockey
The long fellow — nine Epsom Derby wins and the most celebrated flat jockey in British racing histor…
English
Enable
Racehorse
The greatest mare of the modern era — three consecutive Arc de Triomphe wins attempted, two achieved…
British
Frankel
Racehorse
Unbeaten in 14 career races — the highest-rated racehorse in the history of Timeform ratings.…
British
Pat Eddery
Flat Jockey
Eleven jockey championships and 4,632 winners — the finest flat jockey of his era.…
British
Richard Johnson
Jump Jockey
Four-time Champion Jockey and the most loyal number two in sport — Johnson spent 16 years as runner-…
British
John Francome
Jump Jockey
Champion Jockey seven times — John Francome was the most stylish jump jockey of his era and consider…
British
Red Rum
Racehorse
Three Grand National victories — Red Rum is the most famous horse in British racing history and the …
British
Desert Orchid
Racehorse
Four King George VI Chases and one Gold Cup — Desert Orchid was the most popular racehorse in Britis…
Irish
Mick Fitzgerald
Jump Jockey
Grand National winner and Cheltenham Gold Cup champion — Mick Fitzgerald was one of the most stylish…
British
Sir Henry Cecil
Flat Racing Trainer
The greatest flat racing trainer in British history — 10 Champion Trainer titles and the man who bro…
British
Bryony Frost
National Hunt Jockey
Britain's most celebrated female jump jockey — winner of the King George VI Chase on Frodon, the big…
British
Cathy Gannon
Flat Racing Jockey
One of Britain's most successful female flat racing jockeys — multiple winners at Group level and a …
🎱 Snooker
English
Ali Carter
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional nicknamed 'The Captain' whose precise positional play and remarkable co…
English
Stuart Bingham
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker champion whose Masters and UK Championship victories have produced one of the more d…
English
Barry Hawkins
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional nicknamed 'The Hawk' whose multiple World Championship final appearance…
English
Kyren Wilson
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker world champion whose 2024 World Championship victory at The Crucible ended a long wa…
English
Jack Lisowski
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional known for his flowing breaks, entertaining style and consistent appeara…
English
David Gilbert
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional nicknamed 'The Rock' whose meticulous positional play and consistent lo…
English
Ricky Walden
Professional Snooker Player
English snooker professional whose patient and safety-first playing style and multiple ranking event…
Welsh
Matthew Stevens
Professional Snooker Player
Welsh snooker legend and two-time World Championship finalist whose flowing break-building style and…
English
Allison Fisher
Professional Pool / Snooker Player
English professional pool player and eight-time World Pool Champion known as 'The Duchess of Doom' w…
British
Ronnie O'Sullivan
Professional Snooker Player
Seven-time World Champion and the most naturally gifted snooker player ever produced.…
Scottish
Stephen Hendry
Professional Snooker Player
Seven-time World Champion who dominated snooker through the 1990s — won five consecutive World title…
English
Mark Selby
Snooker Player
The Jester from Leicester — four World Championships through tactical mastery.…
Scottish
John Higgins
Snooker Player
The Wizard of Wishaw — four World Championships and 31 ranking titles.…
Welsh
Mark Williams
Snooker Player
Three World Championships — the most naturally gifted left-handed potter in the game.…
British
Jimmy White
Professional Snooker Player
The Whirlwind — six-time World Championship finalist who never won the title, the most beloved nearl…
Northern Irish
Dennis Taylor
Professional Snooker Player
The man behind the glasses — Dennis Taylor's 1985 World Snooker Championship final against Steve Dav…
Northern Irish
Alex Higgins
Professional Snooker Player
Hurricane Higgins — the most charismatic and self-destructive genius snooker produced, a player whos…
Welsh
Terry Griffiths
Professional Snooker Player
The 1979 World Snooker Champion whose composed, methodical style made him one of the most reliable p…
British
Steve Davis
Professional Snooker Player
Six World Snooker Championship titles and the man who dominated the sport so completely through the …
British
Judd Trump
Professional Snooker Player
The 2019 World Champion and one of the most naturally gifted players in snooker history — his flair …
British
Peter Ebdon
Professional Snooker Player
The 2002 World Champion — his 17-hour final against Stephen Hendry remains the greatest final in Cru…
British
Joe Johnson
Professional Snooker Player
The 150-1 outsider who won the 1986 World Championship — one of sport's greatest upsets.…
British
Shaun Murphy
Professional Snooker Player
The Magician — the first qualifier to win the World Championship in the modern professional era, in …
Scottish
Graeme Dott
Professional Snooker Player
The 2006 World Champion — Scotland's most successful modern snooker player. Snooker rewards precise …
British
Reanne Evans
Professional Snooker Player
The most successful female snooker player in history — 10-time Women's World Snooker Champion who be…
British
Rebecca Kenna
Professional Snooker Player
One of Britain's leading female snooker players on the modern WST circuit — a Tour Card holder who c…
🏏 Cricket
English
Stuart Broad
Bowler
Tall and skilful English fast bowler and England's all-time leading wicket-taker in Tests, renowned …
English
Mark Wood
Bowler
Express English fast bowler whose incredible pace and ability to generate sharp bounce from any surf…
English
Jonny Bairstow
WK/Batter
Combative and explosive English wicketkeeper-batsman renowned for his swashbuckling stroke play in t…
English
Zak Crawley
Batter
Tall and flamboyant English opening batsman whose free-flowing strokeplay and aggressive approach ha…
English
Ollie Pope
Batter
Talented English batsman who plays elegant and attacking cricket across multiple positions, and has …
English
Harry Brook
Batter
Explosive young English batsman whose blistering strokeplay and remarkable average make him one of t…
British
Ben Stokes
All-Rounder
England's greatest modern all-rounder — his unbeaten 135 at Headingley in the 2019 Ashes is consider…
English
Joe Root
Batsman
England's greatest Test batsman — over 13,000 Test runs and one of the finest innings players the ga…
English
Ian Botham
All-Rounder
Beefy — Headingley 1981 and the greatest all-rounder England has produced.…
English
Jos Buttler
Wicketkeeper-Batsman
The most destructive white-ball batsman England has produced — T20 World Cup captain.…
British
Freddie Trueman
Fast Bowler
Fiery Fred — the first bowler in Test cricket history to take 300 wickets, reaching the landmark in …
British
Graham Gooch
Batsman
England's most prolific Test run-scorer before Alastair Cook — Graham Gooch's 8,900 Test runs at an …
British
Alan Knott
Wicketkeeper-Batsman
England's finest ever wicketkeeper — Alan Knott's combination of extraordinary agility behind the st…
British
Denis Compton
Batsman
The Brylcreem Boy — Denis Compton's extraordinary summer of 1947 produced 3,816 runs and 18 centurie…
British
Andrew Flintoff
All-Rounder
Freddie — England's most beloved cricketer of the modern era, whose 2005 Ashes performance was the f…
British
Kevin Pietersen
Batsman
The most naturally gifted England batsman since Denis Compton — 8,181 Test runs and four Ashes serie…
British
Michael Vaughan
Batsman/Captain
The captain who ended England's 18-year Ashes wait — Michael Vaughan's tactical leadership and perso…
British
Alastair Cook
Opening Batsman
England's greatest ever Test batsman — 12,472 Test runs across 161 Tests, including the most Ashes c…
British
James Anderson
Fast Bowler
England's greatest ever bowler — 700+ Test wickets and the leading wicket-taker among fast bowlers i…
British
Heather Knight
Batsman/Captain
England's most successful women's Test captain — the architect of England's 2017 World Cup victory o…
British
Charlotte Edwards
Batsman/Captain
England's most successful women's cricket captain — led England to four Ashes series victories, the …
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…
British
Jan Brittin
Batsman
England's most prolific women's Test batsman — 1,935 Test runs at an average of 49.62, the highest a…
🏈 Rugby League
English
Jamie Peacock
Loose Forward
English rugby league legend and three-time Super League champion with Bradford Bulls who was renowne…
English
Keith Senior
Wing
English rugby league winger and the most prolific try-scorer in Leeds Rhinos history whose exception…
English
Rob Burrow
Halfback
English rugby league legend whose inspirational fight against motor neurone disease, extraordinary c…
English
James Graham
Prop / Hooker
English rugby league hooker and prop whose exceptional durability, confrontational playing style and…
English
Sam Tomkins
Fullback
Wigan Warriors fullback and Great Britain international whose exciting counterattacking play, reliab…
English
Zak Hardaker
Fullback / Centre
English fullback and centre whose electric pace, brilliant finishing and consistent performances for…
English
John Bateman
Second-row
English back-rower and Great Britain international whose powerful carrying, outstanding defence and …
English
Daryl Clark
Hooker
English hooker whose exceptional service from dummy half, game management and consistent excellence …
British
Ellery Hanley
Loose Forward/Centre
Britain's greatest rugby league player of the 1980s — a powerful, athletic and clinical performer.…
English
Martin Offiah
Wing
Chariots — the fastest winger in rugby league history and the sport's most electric finisher.…
English
Roger Millward
Half-back
The smallest giant — only 5ft 4in but the most influential half-back Great Britain produced.…
English
Danny McGuire
Half-back
Leeds Rhinos' most decorated player — six Super League titles and the Super League Dream Team regula…
English
Kevin Sinfield
Loose Forward
Leeds Rhinos captain — and the man who raised millions for motor neurone disease charities through e…
English
Sean Long
Half-back
Three Super League championships and the crafty architect of St Helens' greatest era.…
English
Adrian Morley
Prop
Adrian Morley — the hardest man in rugby league and the forward who embodied the physical confrontat…
British
Paul Sculthorpe
Loose Forward
Man of Steel twice and the most complete loose forward of the Super League era — Paul Sculthorpe's c…
British
Jason Robinson
Wing/Fullback
The most devastating finisher in British rugby league history before switching codes to help England…
British
Billy Boston
Wing
The greatest winger in rugby league history — Billy Boston's 571 tries for Wigan are a club record a…
British
Garry Schofield
Centre/Stand-off
The most talented rugby league player produced by Britain in the 1980s — 46 Great Britain caps and t…
British
Alex Murphy
Half-back/Coach
The finest half-back in rugby league history and the most successful British rugby league coach — wi…
British
Amy Hardcastle
Back
England's most celebrated women's rugby league player — multiple World Cup appearances and a pioneer…
British
Kezie Apps
Back-Row
England's dominant back-row forward and captain — Women's Rugby League World Cup finalist, combining…
🥊 Boxing
British
Tommy Fury
Light Heavyweight
British light-heavyweight whose high profile and unbeaten record in the paid ranks have made him one…
British
Daniel Dubois
Heavyweight
British heavyweight whose thunderous punching power and relentless aggression have produced spectacu…
British
Joe Joyce
Heavyweight
British super-heavyweight Olympic silver medallist whose powerful jab, workrate and durability have …
British
Dillian Whyte
Heavyweight
British heavyweight whose combination of power, awkward style and crowd-pleasing aggression have mad…
British
Chris Eubank Sr
Middleweight
Flamboyant and eccentric British middleweight champion of the early 1990s whose unorthodox upright s…
British
Chris Eubank Jr
Middleweight
British middleweight contender who has revitalised his career and become a legitimate world-level th…
British
Nigel Benn
Middleweight
Ferocious and aggressive British middleweight champion nicknamed 'The Dark Destroyer' whose punching…
British
Amir Khan
Light Welterweight
British light-welterweight Olympic gold medallist and world champion whose hand speed, fluid movemen…
British
Kell Brook
Welterweight
British unified welterweight champion whose surgical technical boxing and devastating stoppage of Ke…
British
Anthony Joshua
Heavyweight
Two-time world heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medallist who unified the heavyweight titles in…
British
Tyson Fury
Heavyweight
The Gypsy King — a two-time heavyweight champion whose comeback from severe mental health battles, o…
British
Lennox Lewis
Professional Boxer
The last undisputed heavyweight champion — Olympic gold and unbeatable in two championship reigns.…
British
Prince Naseem Hamed
Featherweight/Super Featherweight
Prince Naz — the most flamboyant and naturally gifted British boxer of his generation, an unbeaten f…
British
Ricky Hatton
Welterweight/Light Welterweight
The Hitman — Britain's most beloved boxer of the 2000s and a two-weight world champion whose fightin…
British
Carl Froch
Super Middleweight
The Cobra — four-time super middleweight world champion and the most physically courageous British b…
Welsh
Joe Calzaghe
Super Middleweight
The Pride of Wales — undefeated in 46 professional fights and one of the finest super middleweights …
British
Sir Henry Cooper
Heavyweight
Britain's most beloved heavyweight — Sir Henry Cooper was never world champion but is remembered wit…
British
Savannah Marshall
Middleweight
Britain's most successful female boxer — WBO Middleweight World Champion and the only boxer, male or…
British
Nicola Adams
Flyweight
Britain's most celebrated female boxer and a pioneer of historic significance — the first woman to w…
British
Chantelle Cameron
Super Lightweight/Welterweight
Britain's most versatile female world champion — unified super lightweight world champion who steppe…
🏎️ Formula 1
British
John Surtees
Driver
The only man ever to win world titles on both two wheels and four, the British motorcycle champion t…
British
Oliver Bearman
Driver
British teenage sensation who became the youngest points-scorer in Formula One history with Ferrari …
British
Sir Lewis Hamilton
Racing Driver
The most statistically successful F1 driver in history — 105+ wins and 104+ poles.…
British
Lando Norris
Formula 1 Driver
McLaren's charismatic star — Twitch streamer, first F1 win at Miami and the sport's most digitally n…
British
George Russell
Formula 1 Driver
Mr Saturday — Hamilton's Mercedes successor and the driver who outqualified Hamilton in his debut se…
British
Nigel Mansell
Formula 1 Driver
Red 5 — 31 race wins and the most dramatic near-misses in championship history.…
British
James Hunt
Formula 1 Driver
The 1976 champion — the most charismatic and controversial driver in F1 history.…
British
Jenson Button
Formula 1 Driver
The 2009 world champion who won six of the first seven races with Brawn GP — from backmarker team to…
Scottish
Jim Clark
Racing Driver
The most naturally gifted racing driver of his era — Jim Clark won two World Championships before hi…
Scottish
Sir Jackie Stewart
Racing Driver
Three world championships and the man who transformed F1 safety — Sir Jackie Stewart saved countless…
British
Damon Hill
Racing Driver
The son who became champion — 1996 World Championship and the unique distinction of being son of a W…
British
Graham Hill
Racing Driver
Mr Monaco — the only driver to win the Triple Crown: F1 World Champion, Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans…
Scottish
David Coulthard
Racing Driver
Scotland's most successful Formula 1 driver — 13 Grand Prix victories and now one of the sport's mos…
British
Katherine Legge
Racing Driver
Britain's most successful female single-seater racing driver — first woman to win a Champ Car race, …
British
Stirling Moss
Racing Driver
The greatest Formula 1 driver never to win the World Championship — Sir Stirling Moss won 16 Grands …
⛳ Golf
English
Tommy Fleetwood
Professional Golfer
Popular English professional whose consistent ball-striking, silky putting and warm personality have…
English
Matt Fitzpatrick
Professional Golfer
Sheffield-born English champion who won the 2022 US Open at The Country Club with a performance of p…
Scottish
Robert MacIntyre
Professional Golfer
Fiery Scottish left-hander nicknamed 'The Bull' whose powerful ball-striking and passionate Ryder Cu…
Northern Irish
Graeme McDowell
Professional Golfer
Northern Irish champion who won the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach to become his country's first major…
Northern Irish
Darren Clarke
Professional Golfer
Northern Irish champion who won the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's in moving circumstan…
English
Lee Westwood
Professional Golfer
Consistent English professional who spent years as world number one without adding to his solitary E…
English
Ian Poulter
Professional Golfer
Passionate English Ryder Cup warrior nicknamed 'The Postman' for his reliability under team pressure…
English
Luke Donald
Professional Golfer
Precise English former world number one whose meticulous approach and exceptional short game brought…
English
Danny Willett
Professional Golfer
English champion whose stunning 2016 Masters victory shocked the golfing world, allowing Europe to r…
Scottish
Sandy Lyle
Professional Golfer
Scottish champion who delivered one of the most memorable moments in Masters history with an eagle f…
Welsh
Ian Woosnam
Professional Golfer
Diminutive Welsh champion who brought enormous power and technical excellence to complement a fiery …
British
Nick Faldo
Professional Golfer
Six majors and the finest major championship record by a European golfer in history.…
Northern Irish
Rory McIlroy
Professional Golfer
Four majors and the most complete player of the post-Tiger era — finally won the Masters at 35.…
British
Laura Davies
Professional Golfer
Britain's greatest female golfer — four majors and the first British woman to reach world number one…
British
Justin Rose
Professional Golfer
Britain's last male Major champion — 2013 US Open winner and Olympic gold medallist at Rio 2016, who…
🏃 Athletics
British
Matthew Hudson-Smith
Sprinter (400m)
British 400m champion whose smooth stride and consistent sub-44-second performances have made him on…
British
Keely Hodgkinson
Middle Distance (800m)
British two-time Olympic 800m champion whose smooth running style, exceptional front-running ability…
British
Jonathan Edwards
Triple Jumper
World record in triple jump — 18.29m that has stood since 1995.…
British
Dina Asher-Smith
Sprinter
Britain's fastest woman — World Champion at 200m and the most decorated British female sprinter.…
British
Daley Thompson
Decathlete
Back-to-back Olympic decathlon champion — Daley Thompson's extraordinary all-round ability and compe…
British
Sebastian Coe
Middle Distance Runner
Sebastian Newbold Coe — later Baron Coe — was born in Chiswick in 1956 and became, alongside Steve O…
British
Sir Mo Farah
Distance Runner
Britain's greatest ever distance runner — four Olympic golds in the 5000m and 10000m and one of spor…
British
Paula Radcliffe
Marathon Runner
The women's marathon world record holder — Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 in London 2003 stood for 16 yea…
British
Linford Christie
Sprinter 100m
Britain's greatest male sprinter — Olympic 100m champion at 32, the oldest man ever to win the Olymp…
British
Dame Kelly Holmes
Middle Distance Runner
The Athens double — 800m and 1500m gold at Athens 2004, achieved after years of injury and personal …
British
Jessica Ennis-Hill
Heptathlete
The face of London 2012 — her heptathlon gold was the defining moment of Britain's greatest sporting…
Welsh
Colin Jackson
Hurdler 110m
The greatest 110m hurdler in British history — world record holder for 11 years with 12.91 seconds.…
British
Steve Ovett
Middle Distance Runner
Half of the greatest rivalry in British athletics — his decade-long battle with Sebastian Coe produc…
British
Fatima Whitbread
Javelin Thrower
Britain's most celebrated field athlete — World Champion in 1987, Olympic bronze and silver medallis…
🚣 Rowing
British
Steve Redgrave
Rower
Five consecutive Olympic gold medals — the greatest achievement in rowing and one of the greatest in…
British
Matthew Pinsent
Rower
Four consecutive Olympic gold medals — Redgrave's partner and one of British sport's most decorated …
British
James Cracknell
Rower
Two Olympic gold medals and the most decorated rower alongside Redgrave and Pinsent.…
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.…
British
Pete Reed
Rower
Three Olympic gold medals — Pete Reed is one of Britain's most decorated rowers, winning gold in the…
British
Tim Foster
Rower
Sydney 2000 gold medallist — part of the most celebrated British rowing four in history.…
British
Ed Coode
Rower
Olympic gold medallist at Athens 2004 as part of the coxless four — Ed Coode stepped up as a late re…
British
Alan Campbell
Rower
Bronze medallist at London 2012 — Alan Campbell is the most decorated British male single sculler in…
British
Helen Glover
Rower (Pair)
Britain's most successful female rower — two Olympic gold medals in the coxless pair with Heather St…
British
Tom George
Rower
Olympic silver medallist at Paris 2024 in the men's pair — part of the new generation of British row…
British
Sir Matthew Pinsent
Rower
Four consecutive Olympic gold medals — the most by any British male Olympian in history. Redgrave's …
British
David Smith
Rower
Paralympic rowing champion and one of sport's most remarkable stories — David Smith had been told he…
British
Sir Steve Redgrave
Rower
The greatest Olympian in British history — five consecutive gold medals across five Olympic Games fr…
🚴 Cycling
Welsh
Geraint Thomas
Road Cyclist
Welsh Tour de France champion whose dogged determination, consistent climbing ability and 2018 Grand…
British
Tom Pidcock
Road / Mountain Bike
British cycling prodigy whose extraordinary versatility — winning Olympic mountain bike gold and Par…
British
Mark Cavendish
Road Cyclist (Sprinter)
Record holder for most Tour de France stage wins (35), surpassing Eddy Merckx.…
British
Bradley Wiggins
Cyclist
The first Briton to win the Tour de France — and an Olympic gold cyclist across two very different d…
British
Chris Froome
Professional Cyclist
Four Tour de France titles — and the crash that left him with 80 injuries but only temporarily stopp…
British
Victoria Pendleton
Track Cyclist
Britain's most successful female track cyclist — Victoria Pendleton's two Olympic gold medals in the…
Scottish
Robert Millar
Road Cyclist
Scotland's finest professional road cyclist and the most successful British climber of the pre-Wiggi…
Scottish
Sir Chris Hoy
Track Cyclist
Six Olympic gold medals — Britain's most decorated Olympian at the time of his retirement and the de…
British
Dame Laura Kenny
Track Cyclist
Britain's most decorated female Olympian with five gold medals — married to Sir Jason Kenny, togethe…
British
Tom Simpson
Road Cyclist
Britain's greatest road cyclist — World Champion in 1965, he died on Mont Ventoux during the 1967 To…
British
Lizzie Deignan
Road Cyclist
Britain's greatest women's road cyclist — World Champion in 2015, winner of the inaugural Paris-Roub…
British
Emma Pooley
Road Cyclist/Time Trialist
Britain's most versatile female cyclist — World Champion in the time trial, winner of La Flèche Wall…
🏁 Motorsport
British
Jonathan Rea
Superbike Rider
Northern Irish Superbike legend who won six consecutive Superbike World Championship titles from 201…
Welsh
Elfyn Evans
Rally Driver
Welsh World Rally Championship contender whose consistent performances, technical excellence and mul…
British
Colin McRae
Rally Driver
The Flat Out Bull — the 1995 WRC champion and the most spectacular driver of his era.…
British
Andy Priaulx
Touring Car Racer
Three consecutive World Touring Car Championship titles — the most successful British touring car ra…
British
Carl Fogarty
Superbike Racer
The King of the Superbikes — four World Superbike Championships and the most popular motorcycle race…
British
Charlie Martin
Racing Driver (Endurance)
A trailblazer for LGBTQ+ athletes in motorsport — the first transgender woman to race at the Nürburg…
British
Pippa Mann
Racing Driver (IndyCar)
Britain's most successful female IndyCar driver — six Indianapolis 500 starts, a Indy Lights champio…
British
Leena Gade
Race Engineer
The most successful race engineer in Le Mans history — led Audi to three consecutive Le Mans 24 Hour…
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, Form…
British
Jamie Chadwick
Racing Driver
Britain's most successful female racing driver of the 21st century — three-time W Series champion, W…
🎾 Tennis
British
Jack Draper
Singles
Britain's most exciting young prospect and a left-hander with huge potential on all surfaces.…
British
Fred Perry
Singles
Fred Perry — the last Briton to win Wimbledon, and one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century.…
British
Andy Murray
Professional Tennis Player
Three-time Grand Slam champion who ended Britain's 77-year wait for a men's Wimbledon title in 2013.…
British
Emma Raducanu
Player
The most extraordinary Grand Slam debut in the Open Era — US Open champion 2021 without dropping a s…
British
Virginia Wade
Tennis Player
Britain's last female Grand Slam singles champion — Virginia Wade's 1977 Wimbledon title, won on the…
🥋 MMA
British
Arnold Allen
Featherweight
British featherweight contender whose long unbeaten record, relentless work rate and technical jiu-j…
British
Tom Aspinall
Heavyweight
British heavyweight interim champion whose incredible first-round knockout power and technical wrest…
British
Paddy Pimblett
MMA Fighter
The Baddy — Liverpool's most famous MMA fighter and the UFC's biggest British star since Michael Bis…
British
Leon Edwards
MMA Fighter
Rocky — the head-kick knockout that shocked the world and a two-time UFC welterweight champion.…
🏀 Basketball
British
OG Anunoby
Small Forward / Power Forward
Elite two-way wing of British-Nigerian heritage whose lockdown defence and evolving scoring made him…
Polish
Jeremy Sochan
Power Forward / Center
Unique Polish-British power forward who plays point-forward style and has become one of the San Anto…
British
Luol Deng
Small Forward
Two-time All-Star and the most decorated British player in NBA history — carried the Bulls for a dec…
🤸 Gymnastics
British
Jake Jarman
Floor Exercise
English gymnast and 2023 World champion on floor exercise who has developed into one of Britain's fi…
British
Joe Fraser
Parallel Bars
British gymnast and parallel bars world champion whose exceptional upper body strength, technical pr…
British
Max Whitlock
Artistic Gymnast
Britain's greatest ever male gymnast — three Olympic gold medals on pommel horse and the first Briti…
🏊 Swimming
British
Matt Richards
Freestyle (Sprint)
British freestyle relay specialist whose consistent performances in the 100m and 200m freestyle have…
British
Adam Peaty
Swimmer (Breaststroke)
Britain's most successful swimmer — unbeaten in the 100m breaststroke for seven years.…
British
Rebecca Adlington
Swimmer (Freestyle)
Britain's most celebrated swimmer since the Victorian era — Rebecca Adlington's two gold medals at B…