The Sportspedia 100 - Year 2020
The Class of 2020 of the 100 best sportspeople in the world competed in 39 sports and hail from 34 countries, from every permanently inhabited continent.
Some sports and groups of sports were totally absent due to a total or partial shutdown during the pandemic, and some sportspeople did not compete at all due to travel limits.
Nevertheless, the Class of 2020 saw several historical milestones being achieved and extended. Feel free to click on each photo to know more about these individuals. You can also consult the full list with pictures here.
Revised Edition: On May 22, 2021 we discovered two numerical mistakes in our scoring that have now been corrected directly affecting the following the following results -and by consequence, some others:
1.-Several Bayern München players had not been accounted for some of the team’s records during the season. Some had. This has been corrected, only adjudicating them records in the tournaments where these players participated at least as part of the bench.
2.-There was a scoring mistake in one of Ørjan Larsen’s cells: he had correctly been scored the points for being the most successful Age of Empires Players of all time however this number had not been factored by the number of years the Age of Empires series has existed competitively. The score has now been corrected with a change of about 8 points.
We apologize for these mistakes!
Rank | Sportsperson | Sport | Nation 1 | Points | Sex |
1 | LeBron James | Basketball | United States of America | 88.49125275 | Male |
2 | Novak Djokovic | Tennis | Serbia | 87.43717896 | Male |
3 | Antoni Bou | Motorcycling | Spain | 85.9605 | Male |
4 | Rafael Nadal | Tennis | Spain | 84.61905724 | Male |
5 | Francesco Friedrich | Bobsleigh | Germany | 82.83221331 | Male |
6 | Sue Bird | Basketball | United States of America | 82.19891071 | Female |
7 | Hakuhō Shō | Sumo | Japan | 80.67886755 | Male |
8 | Lewis Hamilton | Automobilism | England, United Kingdom | 77.41102941 | Male |
9 | Tom Brady | American Football | United States of America | 76.95625 | Male |
10 | Ireen Wüst | Ice Skating | Netherlands | 76.16811786 | Female |
11 | Mo Farah | Athletics | England, United Kingdom | 75.59731429 | Male |
12 | Amélie Wenger-Reymond | Skiing | Switzerland | 75.58122321 | Female |
13 | Ronnie O’Sullivan | Cue sports | England, United Kingdom | 75.53315 | Male |
14 | Roger Federer | Tennis | Switzerland | 75.11135714 | Male |
15 | Sven Kramer | Ice Skating | Netherlands | 74.19311786 | Male |
16 | Mikaël Kingsbury | Skiing | Canada | 73.195025 | Male |
17 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Association Football | Portugal | 72.97857143 | Male |
18 | Kane Waselenchuk | Racquetball | Canada | 72.803 | Male |
19 | Isabell Werth | Equestrian | Germany | 72.20021429 | Female |
20 | Allyson Felix | Athletics | United States of America | 72.10374286 | Female |
21 | Sarah Storey | Para Cycling | England, United Kingdom | 71.94402911 | Female |
22 | Paola Longoria López | Racquetball | México | 71.84409211 | Female |
23 | Frankie Dettori | Horse Racing | Italy | 71.03892857 | Male |
24 | Martina Sáblíková | Ice Skating | Czechia | 70.78311786 | Female |
25 | Jon Jones | Mixed Martial Arts | United States of America | 70.5633 | Male |
26 | Shingo Kunieda | Wheelchair Tennis | Japan | 70.4466 | Male |
27 | Shane Hendrixson | Esports | United States of America | 70.25811951 | Male |
28 | Jason Belmonte | Bowling | Australia | 69.35671429 | Male |
29 | Reginald Bamford | Croquet | Republic of South Africa | 69.30204071 | Male |
30 | Serena WIlliams | Tennis | United States of America | 68.82492437 | Female |
31 | Mathew Fraser | Crossfit | United States of America | 68.820559 | Male |
32 | Therese Johaug | Skiing | Norway | 67.7361817 | Female |
33 | Adolfo Cambiaso | Polo | Argentina | 67.58107143 | Male |
34 | Pavel Andreev | Triathlon | Russian Federation | 66.93226607 | Male |
35 | Sébastien Ogier | Automobilism | France | 66.77125 | Male |
36 | Nikola Karabatić | Handball | France | 66.72792857 | Male |
37 | Lionel Messi | Association Football | Argentina | 66.34107143 | Male |
38 | Ørjan Larsen | Esports | Norway | 66.31690809 | Male |
39 | Mike Smith | Horse Racing | United States of America | 66.26392857 | Male |
40 | Ben Ainslie | Sailing | England, United Kingdom | 65.42267857 | Male |
41 | Mathieu van der Poel | Cycling | Netherlands | 65.18478985 | Male |
42 | Marie Bochet | Para Skiing | France | 65.16742786 | Female |
43 | Reanne Evans | Cue sports | England, United Kingdom | 65.03551643 | Female |
44 | Khabib Nurmagomedov | Mixed Martial Arts | Russian Federation | 64.9008 | Male |
45 | Felix Loch | Luge | Germany | 64.79612143 | Male |
46 | Manuel Neuer | Association Football | Germany | 64.76607143 | Male |
47 | Emma Bristow | Motorcycling | England, United Kingdom | 64.20731786 | Female |
48 | Boyd Exell | Equestrian | Australia | 64.12266786 | Male |
49 | Tia-Clair Toomey | Crossfit | Australia | 64.050559 | Female |
50 | Robert Lewandowski | Association Football | Poland | 63.96607143 | Male |
51 | Amanda Nunes | Mixed Martial Arts | Brazil | 63.93508571 | Female |
52 | Saúl Álvarez Barragán | Boxing | México | 63.53508571 | Male |
53 | Clarisse Agbegnenou | Judo | France | 63.36071429 | Female |
54 | Diede de Groot | Wheelchair Tennis | Netherlands | 63.2416 | Female |
55 | Dylan Alcott | Wheelchair Tennis | Australia | 63.11052157 | Male |
56 | John Velázquez | Horse Racing | Puerto Rico | 63.08473502 | Male |
57 | Thomas Müller | Association Football | Germany | 63.00535714 | Male |
58 | Joshua Kimmich | Association Football | Germany | 62.86607143 | Male |
59 | Diana Taurasi | Basketball | United States of America | 62.85845617 | Female |
60 | Mike Bryan | Tennis | United States of America | 62.82207143 | Male |
61 | Thorsten Margis | Bobsleigh | Germany | 62.69481071 | Male |
62 | Brian McKeever | Para Skiing | Canada | 62.672785 | Male |
63 | Tiger Woods | Golf | United States of America | 62.58153571 | Male |
64 | Julien Ingrassia | Automobilism | France | 62.47125 | Male |
65 | Scott Dixon | Automobilism | New Zealand | 62.4375 | Male |
66 | Magnus Carlsen | Chess | Norway | 62.22511343 | Male |
67 | Karsten Warholm | Athletics | Norway | 62.15964286 | Male |
68 | Carl-Antoni Cloutier | Esports | Canada | 62.1213308 | Male |
69 | Yui Kamiji | Wheelchair Tennis | Japan | 62.11988054 | Female |
70 | Lucy Ejike | Para Powerlifting | Nigeria | 61.95337893 | Female |
71 | Katie Taylor | Boxing | Ireland | 61.69177857 | Female |
72 | Kinglsey Coman | Association Football | France | 61.56607143 | Male |
73 | Esteban Gaubeka Mendizabal | Basque Pelota | Spain | 61.50022143 | Male |
74 | Martins Dukurs | Skeleton | Latvia | 61.48989643 | Male |
75 | Thomas Chareyre | Motorcycling | France | 61.43253571 | Male |
76 | Kristian Nergaard | Sailing | Norway | 61.33973571 | Male |
77 | Alphonso Davies | Association Football | Canada | 61.2667143 | Male |
78 | Peter Gilchrist | Cue sports | Singapore | 61.10812143 | Male |
79 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Skiing | Norway | 61.0533724 | Male |
80 | Armel Le Cléac’h | Sailing | France | 61.02375 | Male |
81 | Christian Taylor | Athletics | United States of America | 60.91624286 | Male |
82 | Serge Gnabry | Association Football | Germany | 60.79299451 | Male |
83 | Jonathan Rea | Motorcycling | Northern Ireland, United Kingdom | 60.73207143 | Male |
84 | Robert Fulford | Croquet | England, United Kingdom | 60.59542643 | Male |
85 | Michael van Gerwen | Darts | Netherlands | 60.55978135 | Male |
86 | David Alaba | Association Football | Austria | 60.49299451 | Male |
87 | Anna van der Breggen | Cycling | Netherlands | 60.46492143 | Female |
88 | Leon Goretzka | Association Football | Germany | 60.3667143 | Male |
89 | Alex Marshall | Bowls | Scotland, United Kingdom | 60.22424286 | Male |
90 | Jérôme Boateng | Association Football | Germany | 60.0667143 | Male |
91 | Corentin Tolisso | Association Football | France | 59.76607143 | Male |
92 | Teddy Riner | Judo | Guadeloupe, France | 59.72321429 | Male |
93 | Iñaki Osa Goikoetxea | Basque Pelota | Spain | 59.6801139 | Male |
94 | Bob Bryan | Tennis | United States of America | 59.52207143 | Male |
95 | Timothy Cheruiyot | Athletics | Kenya | 59.47624286 | Male |
96 | David Wagner | Wheelchair Tennis | United States of America | 59.3866 | Male |
97 | Niklas Süle | Association Football | Germany | 59.26152597 | Male |
98 | Meg Lanning | Cricket | Australia | 59.03741107 | Male |
99 | Javier Martínez | Association Football | Spain | 58.91607143 | Male |
100 | Benjamin Pavard | Association Football | France | 58.86607143 | Male |
101 | Joshua Cheptegei | Athletics | Uganda | 58.40124286 | Male |
102 | Valentina Shevchenko | Mixed Martial Arts | Kyrgyzstan and Perú | 58.3891 | Female |
103 | Noah Lyles | Athletics | United States of America | 58.34964286 | Male |
104 | Cédric Sorhaindo | Handball | France | 58.33154202 | Male |
105 | Daniil Ivanov | Motorcycling | Russian Federation | 57.37076429 | Male |
106 | Javier Urriza | Basque Pelota | Spain | 57.30522143 | Male |
107 | Jarl Magnus Riiber | Skiing | Norway | 56.933275 | Male |
108 | Thiago Alcântara | Association Football | Spain | 56.92970779 | Male |
109 | Ibeth Zamora Silva | Boxing | México | 56.85526429 | Female |
110 | Stipe Miocic | Mixed Martial Arts | United States of America | 56.4633 | Male |