The BEST Athlete Of Every Decade In Sports

These are the best athletes of every decade over the last half-century.
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The BEST Athlete Of Every Decade In Sports

[@openingfreecase8715]

The title should be changed to "The best Americans athletes of every decade in Sports"

[@NBAChampions-vc3zx]

Gretzky is Canadian

[@carlkarabo2273]

Honestly...

[@ccc548]

@@carlkarabo2273 No…

[@SuperMuiscLibrary]

Americans has won 3 times more gold than any other country in the Olympics so of course they have the best athletes of all time.

[@ccc548]

@@SuperMuiscLibrary it’s juste the best athlete of the most popular sport in the US. Pelé best in 60s, Maradona in 80s, Bolt in 2000s, Messi in 2010s Nobody cares of basketball in the rest of the world in 60s, with all the respect that i have for Bill Russell. Same for NFL or baseball, nobody cares around the world except Japanese for baseball. It’s an american standpoint

[@TheS0L0]

I'm not a huge sports fan but even I know some names that weren't mentioned: Usain Bolt - fastest man EVER Michael Phelps - athlete with the most olympic gold medals EVER Floyd Mayweather - NEVER lost a fight professional boxing Valentino Rossi - widely considered one of the best riders EVER Lewis Hamilton & Michael Schumacher - some of the most dominant f1 drivers of all time! Mike Tyson - yeah sure he lost a few but most boxers agree that in his prime he was unbeatable

[@Magnetrite]

mayweather is undefeated cause he was featherweight division where not really good players were

[@precillasalvacion4276]

Manny Pacquiao - 8 division world champion

[@yuribatista7268]

I bet. If Usain bolt were american they would put him in the same level of Michael jordan or Muhammad Ali.

[@alrose8870]

@@yuribatista7268 every champion had the drive to win, but Jordan had a toxic obsession with it. Becoming a champion in races took only a few runs. In boxing, just One fight. In bball, it takes months. Ali and Bolt are no where close as competitive as Jordan was.

[@chefcurryj8469]

Eluid Kipchoge the greatest athlete ever

[@zalanbartha8406]

Michael Phelps should be a honorable mention either in the 00's or the 10's, dude legit won 23 gold medals at the olypics.

[@aiHappiness]

olympics

[@kaero3132]

im not a big mike tyson fan, but not putting him in is just a very stupid mistake

[@mannggoo3886]

Money and pac for the 00s and 10s too

[@kaero3132]

@@mannggoo3886 yessir id also put lennox he a top 3 boxer all time imo but he is not known and influential like mike and the list mostly consists of atheles that are

[@jjguy6604]

Nah Mayweather

[@kaero3132]

@@jjguy6604 i wasnt talking about him

[@jjguy6604]

@@kaero3132 what I meant was that nah Floyd mayweather should be on this list over Tyson

[@vaughancavan]

let me know if i am wrong but in the 2010's wasn't the fastest man ever blazing down the 100 and 200m strips on a track?

[@big8dog887]

While I agree with the sentiment that Usain Bolt should be here, "the fastest man ever" ran pretty much every decade, and I'm sure Bolt's records will be broken as well.

[@vaughancavan]

@@big8dog887 ya i know that his records wont be there forever but as of now he's #1 :)

[@alfredrinatkoski2749]

Is this only for Americans because Ronaldo would be for the rest of the world

[@alfredrinatkoski2749]

Or messi

[@russthestuff1808]

I think that was the 2000s

[@mattrider4788]

Kareem deserved am honorable mention for the 70's

[@xxheroxx2574]

😭 underated

[@mase7874]

Kareem is the G.O.A.T

[@mattrider4788]

He literally scored 30 or more points for 3 straight seasons and scored 20 or more every season in the 70's

[@markjefferson2434]

Marino 80s,Favre,Aikman and Elway in the 90s. Shaq in 00s. Duncan 00s. Wilt in the 60s. Lol a lot of people really.

[@mattrider4788]

@@markjefferson2434 true

[@ryder_beaver1832]

Kareem got no mention for 70's or even 80's and Duncan for '00s

[@mattrider4788]

Exactly I wrote a comment like this too

[@davidchen2866]

Pacquiao, Mayweather, Tiger, Phelps, Williams, Federer all smoke Duncan for the 2000’s. Easily.

[@andymontetaco6730]

@@davidchen2866 look at his stats. He was the best basketball player of that decade.

[@average_bingchilling]

i mean theres others athletes that are better so

[@zenuno4876]

Is funny how every year the winner is American

[@rainless9873]

@UCVLTS3b-23QZYX-RE6xTlMw Why are footballers (soccer players) getting honorable mentions then? I don't really get it maybe somebody can explain

[@g3orgemoren082]

who would you pick for every decade?

[@dimitrosg]

Gretzky?

[@noelsison1904]

Fyi kid. Pele is Brazilian and Gretzky is Canadian.

[@Cdroh]

Pele Ali Carl Lewis Jordan tiger woods messi is the correct list

[@elcartucherasrm7077]

Messi and Ronaldo are the best athletes of the last decade

[@flythew4299]

lol

[@flythew4299]

@JK_oficial9 and so have Lebron and Brady 😂

[@geraldineking6071]

Usain Bolt? Michael Phelps?

[@chrisgriffin9682]

@JK_oficial9 its definitely harder to break nba records lol

[@kiaandavids755]

@@flythew4299 literally no one but americans give a shit about basketball.

[@tonyryantetteh265]

No way Lebron was the GOAT of the 2010s. Messi and Ronaldo’s feats in that decade are unmatched

[@Airi_Iwin]

Bruh LeBron is 6-9 260 moving like 5-9 180 guy with still his strength come on man

[@archithbinoj24-89]

@@Airi_Iwin then why didn't the 80s go to magic or larry but instead go to gretzky? magic is 6'9 , 220. gretzky is 6'0 and 180. so basically the height and weight and other BS dont matter in this discussion. its about accomplishments and importance in the sport in that decade. and 2010s was definitely Messi and ronaldo's decade.

[@Londronable]

@@Airi_Iwin Americans fetish with size is fucking weird, just saying.

[@impacc4182]

@@archithbinoj24-89 yeah no bron is a better athlete than both those nobodies and straight dominated for an entire decade

[@thrasherchris3954]

I actually thought bron and Brady should’ve shared the 2010s

[@RandomUser-ih3sr]

No Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Bjorm Borg, Pete Sampras? Is tennis not an option here?

[@scotttrauger4242]

No, why would it be

[@antong6235]

@@scotttrauger4242 why would it not be ?

[@matijaljubicic4871]

No bc americans arent good at it

[@mihailopavlovic2027]

Federer not being even honorable mention in 2000's is a crime. Also Novak Đoković and Rafael Nadal should be in 2010 at honorable mentions at least. Maradona is the best in 80's, for sure. Where are Kareem, Sampras, Rod Laver, Phelps, Usain Bolt, Tim Duncan, there are so, so many athletes missing..

[@bc1173]

how many fuckin honorable mentions do you want? you want a 2 hour video with 1 hr 55 minutes of it talking about all of the honorable mentions? jesus christ.

[@mihailopavlovic2027]

@@bc1173 Tell me buddy, you ran to an 11 month comment, what's the point of your reply. I said what I said, who tf cares

[@bc1173]

@@mihailopavlovic2027 oh I didn’t realize there was an expiration date on fucking comments. Jesus Christ learn critical thinking skills

[@pkzin2279]

Imagina Pelé e Messi ser só uma menção honrosa kkkk

[@j4ckm433]

I know bros American but you gotta have more football (“soccer”) on the list.

[@felixroy5503]

Not football.... It's fucking soccer

[@whiteboi3110]

@@felixroy5503 how though football uses a foot to kick a ball. American football involves hands to run with a ball shaped like an egg or a rugby ball should be called handegg or something

[@sehapoul7097]

I call them both football

[@Lsxlva]

Lebron over Messi should be a crime

[@matthewhowe6678]

Swear this guy hates all of Europe 🤣🤣 no one even knows who Tom Brady is outside of USA

[@fusionn4316]

10:37 They showed a picture of the Warriors with KD even though he wasn't even on the 2015-16 Warriors smh... 🤦‍♂️

[@scooterelway9191]

cry me a river

[@aurizon9821]

@@fusionn4316 LMAO why you so mad😂 you’re crying over a picture

[@iso958]

Oh no whatever will we do pussy

[@TomTheNuke]

@RyanXyd bro imagine calling someone a bronsexual like wtf grow up. I swear the people who says that truly believes deep inside with well explaining that Lebron's the goat

[@Uzimacky]

@@TomTheNuke MJ >

[@rgabeatz5225]

Mayweather at the very least deserves an honorable mention

[@carsonleslie2984]

Micheal Phelps should’ve been an honorable mention at LEAST! Man won 23 medals!

[@_duckpirate]

IKR

[@tobysoden1053]

60s pele 70s Ali 80s maradona 90s Jordan 00s woods 10s Messi

[@johnselemani8598]

exactly...

[@iamtheshadows4916]

I would say Federer for 00s.

[@retron5889]

Messi has the qualifications to be the best player of all time in football history but he certainly is not the best athlete of the 2010s whatsoever lol 💀💀

[@tobysoden1053]

@@retron5889 he’s been the best player in the most popular sport

[@tobysoden1053]

@Goatymcgoater lebron has been the best American athlete no doubt but Messi has been more dominant in his sport

[@seanobrien1378]

Does Federer or Nadal not deserve a mention??

[@scotttrauger4242]

Nope

[@lifeisfootball129]

Novac is clear of Nadal

[@lefterispapilas6503]

Tim Duncan deserves a mention for the 2000s

[@TonyMontanaMIYAYO]

yeah but it’s KOBE BRYANT or Floyd Mayweather

[@bobansburner3225]

@@TonyMontanaMIYAYO tim duncan in the 2000's > Kobe in the 2000's

[@TonyMontanaMIYAYO]

@@bobansburner3225 Tim Duncan won 3 championships in the 2000’s…Kobe won 4 and his 5th in 2010..you know Kobe Lakers beat the Tim Duncan Spurs 4 times in the Playoffs in the 2000’s the Spurs only beat the Lakers once..

[@bobansburner3225]

@@TonyMontanaMIYAYO 2010 aint part of the 2000's decade tho

[@TonyMontanaMIYAYO]

@@bobansburner3225 I said it’s 4 Kobe to Duncan 3..the point is Kobe was the one dominating the end of the 2000’s not Duncan

[@masterwilson5259]

How did kareem not get a mention for the 70s or 80s also just realise how did tyson not get one as well or even Floyd Mayweather

[@canataloupe_814]

“Magic was a trailblazer” Me that thought he meant the Portland Trailblazers

[@carsonleslie2984]

😂 I appreciate the respect to come out and say that 🤣

[@koalaboiii1955]

Same

[@shuaybkhan4188]

Such a specific topic. I love it.

[@Bettis68]

7:05 *Jordan was a 10x scoring champ, not 7! Lolx Actually nvm not including the last 3 years of the 80s you right!*

[@jonoraalsteinsson854]

2010’s is Messi or Ronaldo. Lebron is top 2 of all time in basketball but Ronaldo and Messi are the goats of football

[@qceaz11]

Tim Duncan should've been honorable mention in the 00's & Mike Tyson should've been honorable mention in the 80's

[@blackpreyunleashed]

And so is Manny Pacquiao who is also dominant in boxing in the decade 2000s

[@rotary_7812]

Michael Schumacher should have a mention in the 2000's

[@scotttrauger4242]

No

[@radentstwo9793]

Who?

[@13_9onproductions]

Fax and senna in the 80s

[@owenparker6651]

Hard to believe Kareem never made nor any of the crazy dominant tennis players and 'a zillion' others. But, the thing to ask yourself when trying to pick a handful of athletes from ALL sports for an entire decade is who would you drop from the ones selected? We could all grow old including all the 'honourable mentions' we could come up with...

[@harshyadav6593]

1960-pele 1970-mohammed Ali 1980-wayne Gretzky 1990-mj 2000-tiger woods 2010-lionel messi

[@philippstarke9081]

MJ in the 90's imo the best athlete the world has ever seen

[@ward4quano]

What bout prime time

[@bc1173]

Gretzky in the 80s had the best decade of any athlete ever, by a significant margin.

[@kingdinodragonite3470]

​@@bc1173 inflated stats era for hockey to promote gretzky to match MJ's success

[@aiHappiness]

the 7 Stanley Cups the Montreal Canadiens won in the 70's, I think at least one of those players deserve a mention

[@Zaghzackio]

But who was the best on that team?

[@owenparker6651]

@@Zaghzackio Nine (9) of them became hall of famers so picking one isn't that tough. Throw a dart! Goalie Ken Dryden, defensemen Larry Robinson, Serge Savard and Guy Lapointe and forwards Guy Lafleur, Yvan Cournoyer, Jacques Lemaire, Steve Shutt and Bob Gainey. I'd say LaFleur was the big name superstar... in the 70's, 2 Harts (MVP), 3 Art Ross's (scoring), 5 stanley's, 1 conn smyth. Not too bad...

[@Zaghzackio]

@@owenparker6651 yeah so can you really say any one player deserves a mention? Out of those maybe Dryden and Lafleur would deserve a shoutout

[@jp3813]

80s = Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Andre the Giant, Randy Savage, Ultimate Warrior 90s = Steve Austin, Undertaker, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Sting 2000s = The Rock, Triple H, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Brock Lesnar

[@Thewaffendaddy]

Disguise content is amazing it’s so entertaining I love it

[@maximrauchman1431]

Messi Ronaldo and Brady are all above lebron in the 2010s

[@nikolaivanovic3163]

Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are above all of them

[@xlumbahx467]

Where TF is Lawrence Taylor

[@FireAttack0811]

Nah I don’t see it

[@mikenavon8347]

As soon as I saw this vid I already knew it was gonna be lebron vs messi and roasting each other lol

[@lukaww4391]

1 Wayne Gretzky all-time leading point scorer in NHL history - 2857 points 2 Michael Jordan 3 Pele 4 Michael Phelps 5 Usain Bolt

[@eldakiasisua1002]

Messi should obviously win the 2010,s and Usain Bolt should have a honorable mention when he ran a anchor leg in 8.65 sec in 2015, he also won six Olympic medals in that decade. Ronaldo should be close second to Messi and LeBron James third.

[@alexanderpringle2305]

Lebron literally won athlete of the decade

[@matthewhowe6678]

@@alexanderpringle2305my dad doesn’t even know who lebron is 💀💀

[@alexanderpringle2305]

@@matthewhowe6678 Your dad isn’t the whole planet. I knew who Lebron was well before I knew Messi and Ronaldo

[@Nutty_Ba11s]

@@alexanderpringle2305 USA isn't whole planet

[@alexanderpringle2305]

@@Nutty_Ba11s Didn't know that it was only for America

[@alex06filion]

Bobby Orr could've had an honorable mention in the '70's. Great video!

[@mattfidler8624]

lebron is my goat but messi is the best athlete of the 2010s

[@sacschinsmith9742]

Where is Usain bolt

[@darrel6724]

Ikr

[@davidyoull8432]

How is 2010s not Messi or Ronaldo 😡😤

[@Taxtino]

The fact that Richie McCaw isn’t even an honourable mention in 2010’s when he led the most successful sports team ever in their most successful period and is the rugby Goat is absolutely criminal

[@brandenvibez6051]

So we just gonna forget about Serena Williams, Michael Phelps, & Usain Bolt

[@cursedmoon3433]

He said that MJ and LeBron were "GOATS" on the same list, wrong, Goat is greatest of *all* time

[@udinelumbu2351]

They should rename it to "greatest american athletes from every decade". SMH

[@noobmaster-wj3qm]

1940s: Maurice Richard 1950s: Gordie Howe 1960s: Pele 1970s: Kareem Abdul Jabbar 1980s: Wayne Gretzky 1990s: Michael Jordan 2000s: Tom Brady 2010s: Lionel Messi

[@reillyhopf6508]

mf said Kareem over Ali.

[@bignoob24]

Really good channel.

[@chrisprattakastarlord6872]

CR7/Messi > LeBron imo for 2010s

[@aurizon9821]

Lebron went to 9 straight finals bro. Do you realize how insane that is

[@eliz5950]

@@aurizon9821 bruh Ronaldo is the greatest athlete of all time this list ain't it

[@demaradams6165]

Easily It's an American channel so yk

[@chrisprattakastarlord6872]

@@demaradams6165 fair enough

[@dhruvkilaru2265]

heres my list for the 2010s: CR7

[@jahmaiscott7477]

Ken Griffey Jr. Should be an honorable mention in the 90's ... and mike trout should be one in the 2010's

[@hejhej6956]

I would say Muhammed Ali in the 60s, olympic medalist, beating sony liston, defended his title 9 times before he was striped from it

[@moopert86]

... 2001 was MPT Nrady's first full season as a starter. He started off the season as Bledsoe's backup. It wasn't until Bledsoe got hurt vs the Jets in week 2 that he took over.

[@pedrodytzmarin5698]

Not mentioning Pete Sampras and Stefi Graf in the 90’s is an ABSURD

[@andrejtomic890]

I think it's more absurd that none of the big 3 is eaven mentioned

[@pedrodytzmarin5698]

@@andrejtomic890 EXACTLY

[@bc1173]

the 800th ranked male player beats the greatest female players of all time in 6-0, 6-0 sets. women shouldnt get any recognition on all-time great sports videos.

[@avivgamingil3434]

Pele's prime was in the 60's not the 70's, If you were including him in the 60's criteria, he would be over Bill russel for sure

[@yvans.]

Exactly that was my sentiment too. Putting Pele greatest decade in the 70´s is like putting Lebron greatest decade in the 2020’s. That make no sense.

[@Mar_real]

But ali prime was 60s too, and mike tyson prime sould be here too

[@benhurley6122]

Love your vids

[@jahmaiscott7477]

Y'all should make a playlist with baseball videos

[@ITzDem0nTime]

How could you leave out Roger Federer and Serena Williams from Tennis 🙄🙄🙄

[@SaurabhSingh-zr2tw]

No Roger, Nadal, Serena, Djokovic, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Ricky Ponting, Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei, Ma long! Cant take this list seriously.

[@riwajkhanal4108]

@Dhikshith Gajulapalli and golfers can??

[@Raghu.Bharadwaj]

In what universe is Ricky ponting better than Sachin Tendulkar.

[@SaurabhSingh-zr2tw]

@@Raghu.Bharadwaj Im just giving examples of sports which they have missed! Best player in the sport is a personal opinion. And yes Ricky Ponting is better than Sachin.

[@SaurabhSingh-zr2tw]

@Dhikshith Gajulapalli Just youtube any Ma Long matches and come back and apologise for calling him a non athlete.

[@Raghu.Bharadwaj]

@@SaurabhSingh-zr2tw sure great joke man lol.learn to read some stats.

[@RCMartin08]

This guy thought people only watched American Sports and put international players in the honorable mention 😂

[@Soldier979]

He wasnt wrong tho

[@napoleondiepri]

Where's Phelps, Usain bolt, Serena Williams, Mike Tyson, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer?

[@xavierbarba6948]

Wilt should have been 60s he can run 100y in like 10 second and can lift 550 pounds

[@leaf_862]

and bench 500

[@mugabeking5026]

2010's is for the 🐐🐐 MESSI

[@AstralTodd]

Honorable in: 2000's Roger Federer, Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Michael Schumacher, Fedor Emelianenko. 2010's Novak Djokovic, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Khabib Nurmagomedov.

[@johnperez4166]

You should do a video how good was Mark Aggire or Manute Bol

[@lashkarepatakha790]

Bruh you didn't even include Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather, Khabib, Simone Biles, Usain Bolt and many more I'm missing just like you missed.

[@jiggy7108]

Nah Khabib doesn't deserve a spot here

[@bondsgoat25]

The 2000s is also barry bonds, at bare minimum a mention. 4 Straight MVPs 5 Straight Silver Sluggers 6 All-Star Games 317 Home runs Broke the single season Home Run Record (73 in 2001) Broke the single season Walk Record 3 Times (01,02,04) Broke the single season On-Base Percentage Record (.582 in 2002) Broke his own record again for single season On-Base Percentage (.609 in 2004) Broke the single season slugging record (.867 in 2001) Broke the single season OPS record (1.381 in 2002) Broke his own record again for single season OPS (1.422 in 2004) Broke the single season Intentional walks record (68 in 2002) Broke his own record again for intentional Walks (120 in 2004) BROKE THE ALL TIME HOME RUN RECORD (2007) BROKE THE ALL TIME WALK RECORD (2004) BROKE THE ALL TIME INTENTIONAL WALK RECORD (2000)

[@FomantisSZN]

while on steroids

[@bondsgoat25]

@@FomantisSZN they literally mentioned him for the 90s?

[@jvun8178]

I give 2000s to Tony Hawk, everything was skating in that decade from clothing, internet culture and where kids would hang out (skate parks) all because of Tony. Back then if you weren’t skating then you were probably playing a Tony Hawk game

[@coopsprudle2397]

How is messi not nr 1 in 2010

[@impacc4182]

He’s a nobody quit crying

[@Mercenary54kg]

For the 2000s, you missed out: Manny Pacquiao Floyd Mayweather Wladimir Klitschko Tim Duncan For 2010s, you missed out: Canelo Álvarez Serena Williams Jon Jones Demetrious Johnson

[@mr.formerbrownsgm]

You should’ve put Derek jeter on the 2000s list and Lebron isn’t the greatest 2010s best athete

[@luisraptor5771]

Lebron over messi and cristiano 😂😂😂

[@ascendantking2178]

Ikr what a joke

[@jiggy7108]

Michael Schumacher (won 5 F1 World Championships in the 2000s), Lewis Hamilton (won 5 F1 World Championship in the 2010s), Phelps (won 14 Olympic gold medals in the 2000s and 9 Olympic golds and 3 silvers in the 2010s)

[@dwightsmith6786]

Love this guy’s content

[@theshockmaster1016]

Same

[@barclaypierre740]

MARADONA

[@andrewstevenson8941]

A better list: 1960s - Pele 1970s - Ali 1980s - Gretzky 1990s - Jordan 2000s - Usain Bolt 2010s - Messi and Ronaldo

[@impacc4182]

Your bias for your povertyball players is showing bron and Brady>>>those 2 nobodies

[@alvarojmiranda]

He doesn't seem like those "only america matters" guys, but putting lebron above Messi is outrageous. Messi is the greatest footballers ever, the most recognizable name out there.

[@xixboggaxix1284]

The 90's or 2000's should've been mike tyson

[@bc1173]

Tyson's record was 4-3 in the 2000s and 9-3 in the 1990s. He doesnt deserve an honorable mention let alone the #1 spot.

[@johnduval8624]

Tim Duncan, Shaq deserves a honorable mention No way they didn't get it

[@tyreepowell8367]

Great Documentary Video 📸

[@captkalik]

He said Brady was one win away from a perfect season in Super Bowl 46, I believe that was super bowl 42 where the pats were 18 and 0 before losing to giants

[@joezxc]

10:41 Bron won 4 league mvps NVM I forgot it's about the decade.

[@robertguida8997]

& a whole bunch of steriods to help inflate those numbers!!

[@Jacob-nw6ob]

Wow Brady is the best of this decade be real man

[@cvnair1839]

His physical prime and achievement prime came in different decades. That's why He's still the greatest at what he does

[@Tonyg86753]

@@cvnair1839 what physical prime lol 😂 Brady has never been talented physically but what separates Brady is 3 things and if you have these 3 things you don’t need anything else 1.the mental side 2.intangibles and 3.accuracy and Brady’s the best at all 3 which is a big reason why he’s the best to ever do it at least in football.

[@Tonyg86753]

@@cvnair1839 and he should’ve been ahead of lebron same amount of mvps 2 and same amount of championships with 3 during the decade but what separates Brady from lebron is two things. Brady has the amount of championships but it’s a lot harder to win a championship in the nfl than it is in the nba and Brady is 3-2 in the super bowl while lebron is 3-5 during the decade.

[@axeluri]

most accurate list 've ever seen in my life.

[@ruirodrigues5433]

In the 2000's ROGER FEDERER won 15(!) grand slam titles! Enough to be the all time leader when that decade ended!

[@eliz5950]

2010 is CR7 and it's not even close

[@ronhobbs2888]

I think O.J. Simpson should’ve got either the 80s or the 90s and John Cena should’ve had an honorable mention if not a title in one of the decades in the early 2000s

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

OJ was playing in the 70's and not the 90's, but yeah he should have gotten honorable mention.

[@owenparker6651]

It's hard AF to win these kinda titles after murdering a couple people, not gonna lie. And John Cena?? He is not even a professional athlete??

[@luffyMonkey7]

Roger and Novak dominated the tennis in 2000s and 2010s like no any other athelets in their respective sports

[@9t8Blacky]

My opinion: 1960s - Pelé ⚽️ 1970s - Muhammad Ali 🥊 1980s - Wayne Gretzky 🏒 1990s - Michael Jordan 🏀 2000s - Tom Brady 🏈 2010s - Michael Phelps 🏊‍♂️ 2020s - Lionel Messi ⚽️

[@moonpictures4567]

The honourable mention also in 60’s could be Bobby Charlton or Eusebio

[@vetlemathiesen1902]

love the channel, but this is so incredebly american-biased that its pains me to watch

[@jimmy_iKoN]

Gretzky was just insane. He could of never scored any goals and still have the most points in NHL history.. that's simply insane

[@Lingeroni]

how does that make sense

[@jesushchrist6320]

@@Lingeroni Assists

[@LivingisGiving]

Jordan needs to be #1. Bo Jackson if he didn't get hurt would rule this list...

[@liammohan8271]

2010s should’ve been messi

[@eliz5950]

Ronaldo better athlete but ye both lbj

[@liammohan8271]

@@eliz5950 don’t understand how they decided on lbj

[@aaronnsajuli4877]

disagree with 2010s lebron james wasn't the best athlete of the decade it's messi and CR7

[@rayankhan2796]

already here at 9 sec after uploads

[@sir.muffiniii7011]

60s: Pele (Wilt, Russell, Willie mays, Big O, Jim Brown) 70s: Ali (Hank Aaron, Nicklaus, Mark Spitz, Kareem, Joe Frazier) 80s: Gretzky (Carl Lewis, Joe Montanna, Maradona, Jerry Rice, Pete rose) 90s: Jordan (Tyson, bonds, Ronaldo, Bo Jackson,John elway) 00s: Phelps (bolt, kobe, woods, federer, manning) 10s: Messi (CR7, james, brady, trout, Crosby) 1 appearance max and I could have like ten honourable mentions for the 2010s

[@barclaypierre740]

PELE

[@augustovellozo1231]

This is the worst list I have ever seen. Oh my God. Pelé honorable mention in the 70s and not the best in the 60s? hahahahahahaha please

[@marcoszambrano9]

My top: 60s: Pelé 70s: Ali 80s: Gretzky 90s: Jordan 00s: Brady/Federer/Woods 10s: Messi

[@jimmywang2833]

“C-Ro & Messi” just like this era’s “Magic & Bird”🔥🙏