Athletes that contain S

List of Athletes That Contain S

1

Allyson Felix

American sprinter who won 11 Olympic medals, the most by any track and field athlete in Olympic history.

2

Andre Agassi

American tennis player who won eight Grand Slam singles titles and a career Grand Slam, plus Olympic gold in 1996.

3

Andres Iniesta

Spanish midfielder who scored the winning goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup final and won four Champions League titles with Barcelona.

4

Bill Russell

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

5

Caeleb Dressel

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

6

Carl Lewis

American track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals across four Games in sprints and the long jump.

7

Chris Evert

American tennis player who won 18 Grand Slam singles titles and reached at least the semifinals of 52 consecutive majors.

8

Cristiano Ronaldo

Portuguese football forward and five-time Ballon d'Or winner known for prolific goalscoring across top European leagues and international football.

9

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.

10

Eusebio

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

11

Felix Sanchez

Dominican-American track athlete and two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 400m hurdles, the first Dominican Republic Olympic gold medalist.

12

George Best

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

13

Haile Gebrselassie

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

14

Hugo Sanchez

Mexican football striker and Real Madrid club legend who won five consecutive Pichichi awards as La Liga's top scorer in the late 1980s.

15

Ichiro Suzuki

Japanese outfielder who set the MLB single-season hits record in 2004 and amassed over 4000 professional hits across Japan and the United States.

16

Iker Casillas

Spanish goalkeeper and Real Madrid captain who lifted the 2010 FIFA World Cup as part of Spain's golden generation.

17

Jesse Owens

American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in sprints and the long jump.

18

Joe Louis

American boxer who held the world heavyweight championship from 1937 to 1949, the longest unbroken reign in the division's history.

19

Joseph Schooling

Singaporean swimmer who won the 100m butterfly gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, defeating Michael Phelps and earning Singapore's first Olympic gold.

20

Karsten Warholm

Norwegian 400m hurdler and Olympic gold medalist who set the men's world record at 45.94 seconds at the 2021 Tokyo Games.

21

Keshav Maharaj

South African left-arm spin bowler and Test team specialist, the first bowler to take a Test hat-trick for South Africa.

22

Kostya Tszyu

Russian-Australian boxer and former undisputed light welterweight world champion known for accurate, heavy punching across a 14-year professional career.

23

Krzysztof Piatek

Polish football striker known for prolific Serie A goalscoring with Genoa and AC Milan and a 2018 FIFA World Cup appearance with Poland.

24

LeBron James

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

25

Lennox Lewis

British boxer who became undisputed heavyweight world champion in 1999, the last undisputed champion before the four-belt era.

26

Lionel Messi

Argentine football forward widely considered one of the greatest players in the sport's history, with eight Ballon d'Or awards.

27

Luis Suarez

Uruguayan football striker and three-time league top scorer in three different countries, with international honours including Copa America 2011.

28

Luke Shaw

English football left back known for his Manchester United career and the opening goal of the UEFA Euro 2020 final for England.

29

Magic Johnson

American basketball point guard who won five NBA championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and led the Showtime era of the 1980s.

30

Mark Spitz

American swimmer who won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics, a record that stood until 2008.

31

Michael Johnson

American sprinter who won four Olympic gold medals and set world records in the 200m and 400m.

32

Michael Phelps

American swimmer who won 23 Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympic athlete in history.

33

Mike Tyson

American boxer who became the youngest undisputed heavyweight champion in history at age 20 in 1986.

34

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.

35

Naomi Osaka

Japanese tennis player and four-time Grand Slam singles champion, the first Asian player to reach world number one in singles.

36

Oksana Baiul

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

37

Oksana Chusovitina

Uzbek gymnast and eight-time Olympian, the only gymnast to compete at eight Olympic Games across more than three decades.

38

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer

Norwegian football striker remembered for his late winner in Manchester United's 1999 Champions League final to complete the historic treble.

39

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.

40

Pete Sampras

American tennis player who won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, including seven Wimbledon championships.

41

Prithvi Shaw

Indian cricket batter who became the youngest Indian to score a Test century on debut and captained India's 2018 Under-19 World Cup-winning team.

42

Quincy Promes

Dutch football winger and attacking forward known for his time at Ajax, Sevilla, and Spartak Moscow, and over 50 caps for the Netherlands.

43

Quinton Jackson

American mixed martial artist known as "Rampage," former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion and Pride Fighting Championships fixture.

44

Roy Jones Jr.

American boxer who won world titles in four weight classes from middleweight to heavyweight.

45

Saqlain Mushtaq

Pakistani off-spin bowler credited with developing the modern "doosra" delivery, with over 200 Test wickets in his international career.

46

Sebastian Coe

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

47

Sebastien Loeb

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

48

Serena Williams

American tennis player who won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era.

49

Sergei Fedorov

Russian ice hockey center and three-time Stanley Cup winner with the Detroit Red Wings, the first Russian to win the NHL Most Valuable Player award.

50

Sergey Bubka

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

51

Shaquille O'Neal

American basketball center who won four NBA championships and was one of the most dominant low-post players in league history.

52

Shawn Kemp

American basketball power forward and six-time NBA All-Star known for athletic dunks during his time with the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1990s.

53

Steffi Graf

German tennis player who won 22 Grand Slam singles titles and the only Golden Slam (all four majors plus Olympic gold) in a single calendar year.

54

Stephen Curry

American basketball point guard who has won four NBA championships with the Golden State Warriors and is the league's all-time three-point leader.

55

Sugar Ray Robinson

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

56

Tiger Woods

American golfer with 15 major championships, second on the all-time list, and a record-tying 82 PGA Tour victories.

57

Ulrich Salchow

Swedish figure skater, the first Olympic figure skating champion in 1908 and ten-time World champion who invented the jump that bears his name.

58

Usain Bolt

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

59

Uwe Seeler

German football striker and Hamburger SV club legend who captained West Germany at four FIFA World Cups in the 1950s and 1960s.

60

Venus Williams

American tennis player who won seven Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Serena.

61

Vinicius Junior

Brazilian football winger and Real Madrid forward, known for his pace and dribbling on the left flank and decisive Champions League goals.

62

Willie Mays

American baseball center fielder, 24-time MLB All-Star and 1954 World Series winner, regarded as one of the greatest all-around players in baseball history.

63

Xander Schauffele

American golfer and two-time major champion, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in men's individual golf.

64

Xherdan Shaqiri

Swiss football winger with Kosovan roots, known for powerful long-range shooting and a 2017 UEFA Champions League title with Liverpool.

65

Yelena Isinbayeva

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

66

Yu Darvish

Japanese-Iranian pitcher who set Nippon Professional Baseball strikeout records before joining MLB, where he became a multi-time All-Star.

67

Yulia Lipnitskaya

Russian figure skater who won team gold at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at age 15, the youngest Russian to win Winter Olympic gold.