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
1065 athletes
Ken Griffey Jr.
British
443 athletes
Allison Fisher
Australian
177 athletes
Cameron Smith
Canadian
164 athletes
Brooke Henderson
French
88 athletes
Renaud Lavillenie
Brazilian
83 athletes
Felipe Massa
New Zealander
74 athletes
Codie Taylor
Spanish
63 athletes
Lamine Yamal
German
62 athletes
Manuel Neuer
Italian
53 athletes
Nicolò Barella
Russian
47 athletes
Alexander Popov
Dutch
46 athletes
Joop Zoetemelk
South African
46 athletes
Duane Vermeulen
Chinese
46 athletes
Li Ning
Irish
40 athletes
Jonathan Sexton
AR
Argentine
39 athletes
Lionel Messi
Japanese
38 athletes
Kohei Uchimura
Indian
36 athletes
Jasprit Bumrah
Swedish
30 athletes
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Belgian
23 athletes
Tom Boonen
Portuguese
22 athletes
José Mourinho
Norwegian
20 athletes
Ada Hegerberg
Pakistani
17 athletes
Younis Khan
Jamaican
16 athletes
Shericka Jackson
Finnish
16 athletes
Valtteri Bottas
Czech
16 athletes
Petr Čech
Dominican
15 athletes
Vladimir Guerrero
Austrian
14 athletes
David Alaba
Swiss
14 athletes
Granit Xhaka
Polish
14 athletes
Robert Korzeniowski
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