Athletes that contain B

List of Athletes That Contain B

1

Bill Russell

American basketball center who won 11 NBA championships with the Boston Celtics, the most of any player in league history.

2

Billie Jean King

American tennis player who won 12 Grand Slam singles titles and led advocacy for equal prize money in women's tennis.

3

Bjorn Borg

Swedish tennis player who won 11 Grand Slam singles titles before retiring at age 26 in 1983.

4

Bobby Charlton

English midfielder and 1966 World Cup winner regarded as one of England's greatest footballers and a Manchester United icon.

5

Caeleb Dressel

American swimmer who won seven Olympic gold medals and holds world records in the 100m butterfly and 100m individual medley.

6

David Beckham

English football midfielder known for accurate long passing and free kicks, with league titles in four different countries.

7

Dick Fosbury

American high jumper who won the 1968 Olympic gold and pioneered the back-first jumping technique now used by virtually all elite jumpers.

8

Didier Drogba

Ivorian football striker and Chelsea club legend, known for powerful hold-up play and big-match goals including the decisive 2012 Champions League header.

9

Eusebio

Mozambican-born Portuguese forward who won the 1965 Ballon d'Or and finished as top scorer at the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

10

Franz Beckenbauer

German defender who won the 1974 FIFA World Cup as captain and the 1990 edition as manager, pioneering the modern attacking sweeper role.

11

Gareth Bale

Welsh football winger known for powerful left-footed strikes and five UEFA Champions League titles with Real Madrid.

12

George Best

Northern Irish forward and 1968 Ballon d'Or winner regarded as one of the greatest dribblers in football history.

13

Gianluigi Buffon

Italian goalkeeper and 2006 FIFA World Cup winner widely regarded among the greatest in football history, with a record number of Serie A appearances.

14

Haile Gebrselassie

Ethiopian long-distance runner who won two Olympic gold medals in the 10,000m and set 27 world records.

15

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

American basketball center who won six NBA championships and held the league's all-time scoring record for nearly four decades.

16

Karrie Webb

Australian professional golfer and seven-time major champion who completed the LPGA Career Grand Slam at the youngest age in tour history.

17

Khabib Nurmagomedov

Russian mixed martial artist who retired undefeated at 29-0 as UFC lightweight champion.

18

Kobe Bryant

American basketball guard who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers across two decades.

19

Kylian Mbappe

French forward who won the 2018 FIFA World Cup at age 19 and has been among the world's top scorers across Ligue 1 and La Liga.

20

Larry Bird

American basketball forward who won three NBA championships with the Boston Celtics during the 1980s.

21

LeBron James

American basketball forward, four-time NBA champion, and the league's all-time leading scorer.

22

Misbah-ul-Haq

Pakistani cricket batter and former Test captain who led Pakistan to the number-one Test ranking in 2016 and shared the record for the fastest Test fifty.

23

Odell Beckham Jr.

American football wide receiver and Pro Bowl selection, remembered for a one-handed catch that became one of the most-replayed moments in NFL history.

24

Oksana Baiul

Ukrainian figure skater who won Olympic gold in Lillehammer in 1994 at age 16, the first Olympic champion from independent Ukraine.

25

Oscar Robertson

American basketball guard who recorded the first NBA season triple-double average in 1961-62 and won the 1971 NBA championship with Milwaukee.

26

Sebastian Coe

British middle-distance runner who won two Olympic 1500m gold medals and set world records across 800m to the mile.

27

Sebastien Loeb

French rally driver and nine-time World Rally Championship winner, the most successful driver in WRC history.

28

Sergey Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter who won six consecutive World Championships and set 35 world records.

29

Sugar Ray Robinson

American boxer who held the welterweight world title and five middleweight world titles, often called the greatest boxer pound-for-pound.

30

Tom Brady

American football quarterback who won seven Super Bowls, more than any player in NFL history, across stints with the Patriots and Buccaneers.

31

Ty Cobb

American baseball outfielder who held the all-time MLB career batting average record above .366 and led the American League in batting average a record 12 times.

32

Ugo Humbert

French tennis player who reached the world top 15 in singles and won multiple ATP titles in the early 2020s.

33

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter who set world records in the 100 metres and 200 metres and won eight Olympic gold medals.

34

Wahab Riaz

Pakistani fast bowler known for hostile left-arm pace, particularly remembered for a 2015 Cricket World Cup spell against Australia.

35

Wilt Chamberlain

American basketball center who scored 100 points in a single NBA game and held many of the league's scoring and rebounding records.

36

Yelena Isinbayeva

Russian pole vaulter, two-time Olympic gold medalist and the first woman to clear 5 metres in pole vault.

37

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Swedish football striker who won league titles in four different countries and is widely regarded as Sweden's greatest footballer.

38

Zola Budd

South African long-distance runner who set a women's 5000m world record at age 17 and competed barefoot for Great Britain at the 1984 Olympics.