100% | PELE | 4 | IOC's Athlete of the Century |
81% | ALI | 3 | Kentucky's Athlete of the Century |
81% | ALI | 3 | SI's Athlete of the Century |
71% | THORPE | 6 | Athlete of the Century Jim |
67% | BABEZAHARIAS | 12 | *AP's "Woman Athlete of the 20th Century" |
62% | PELE | 4 | Soccer legend named Athlete of the Century by the International Olympic Committee in 1999 |
61% | WAYNEGRETZKY | 12 | Hockey player voted Canada’s male athlete of the 20th century [2010] |
61% | NANCYGREENE | 11 | Alpine skier voted Canada’s female athlete of the 20th century [2010] |
60% | EINSTEIN | 8 | Time's Person of the Century |
60% | ALI | 3 | Boxer Muhammad named Sports Illustrated's greatest athlete of the 20th century |
56% | BILES | 5 | Gymnast named Time's Athlete of the Year in 2021 |
55% | PELE | 4 | Brazilian named "Athlete of the Century" by the International Olympic Committee |
55% | PELE | 4 | Athlete on Time's list of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century |
55% | ALI | 3 | Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century |
55% | LEWIS | 5 | Sports Illustrated's "Olympian of the Century" |
54% | ZAHARIAS | 8 | Babe __, only woman in ESPN's Top 10 North American Athletes of the 20th Century |
53% | OLYMPIAN | 8 | Athlete of the Games |
53% | ACROBATS | 8 | Athletes of the circus |
53% | OWAR | 4 | Man ___ (A.P.'s Horse of the Century) |
52% | HARRIETBEECHERSTOWE | 19 | Author of the century's best-selling novel (published 3/20/1852) |
52% | GANDHI | 6 | Time magazine's Person of the Century runner-up, 1999 |
52% | ALI | 3 | BBC's Sports Personality of the Century |
52% | MMC | 3 | End of the century |
51% | STOWE | 5 | Author of the 19th century's best-selling novel |
51% | MARIS | 5 | A.P.'s 1961 Athlete of the Year |
51% | GRAF | 4 | AP's 1989 Female Athlete of the Year |
51% | ANDRETTI | 8 | AP's Co-driver of the Century Mario |
51% | SIMONEBILES | 11 | Olympic gold medal gymnast who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2021 (2 wds.) |
51% | LEBRONJAMES | 11 | Los Angeles Lakers forward who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2020 (2 wds.) |
51% | ASHE | 4 | Trailblazing athlete of the 1970s |