Top 10 Scariest In Game Sports Incidents

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Sports can be thrilling, but these incidents were downright terrifying. For this list, we’ll be looking at terrifying moments during competitions where fans were genuinely concerned for the safety of the athletes and, in some instances, themselves. Our countdown includes Mick Foley's 1998 "King of the Ring" injuries, Monica Seles' 1993 stabbing, Damar Hamlin's mid-game heart attack in 2022, and more. What’s the scariest moment you’ve seen in person during sports? Let us know below.
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[@JaQuanEldridge2001]

Damar Hamlin collapsing. That's scary. And I know that it's not the only scariest thing to see. And it's good that he's doing ok.

[@Bigfunk95]

Yall are sick in the head for using that thumbnail as clickbait

[@whitleysdollhouse877]

My scariest moment I've seen in person during sports, I've seen fights, someone got hurt after a fight and someone else was banned

[@pabloruiz6224]

Mick Foley falling through the Spanish Table during his match with The Undertaker in a Hell In A Cell Match of the 1998 King of the Ring (ppv).

[@mylsyl]

Billy monger f3 Donington crash Sophia flörsch Macau gp flip

[@Akira625]

I remember the Malarchuk incident when I was a kid. The blood was just gushing out of him all over the ice. The skate of the player who collided with him sliced his carotid artery, and he’s lucky to have survived that thanks to him receiving immediate attention.

[@LoneWolf-ib7cu]

I didnt watch it live as it happened. How terrifying that was for the audience. But i do remember watching an ESPN documentary many years ago about the incident and seeing the footage play out as it occured during that game. I vividly remember him after the hit, on his hands and knees watching his own blood gush out onto the ice. Its gruesome. I was traumatized by it. I've never seen any sports injury like it and I have seen many especially those nasty leg breaks (Chris Weidman, Paul George). Those don't come close to Malarchuk. I'm not sure how this isnt in the #1 spot...

[@ev14304]

I'm in Buffalo.. .. hope we don't keep making this list

[@tyvulpintaur2732]

And then the same thing happened to Richard Zednik in a Florida/Buffalo game.

[@NJRDC]

Having a Vietnam combat medic was so critical.

[@nameless.greyceo]

The fact that there is still a sport including sliding on ice with tons of sharp blades whilst smashing into big guys is utterly retarded.

[@stonebone316]

As tragic was it was, Damar's incident spawned such a beautiful outpouring of support on a few different fronts with the most notable 9 million plus being donated to his charity.

[@flickcentergaming680]

I couldn't have said it better myself. My mother and I saw the event live on TV, and the massive support for Damar really warmed my heart.

[@Jen_Wick]

March 31, 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Louisville's Kevin Ware suffered an open tibia fracture. I won't describe it but you can lookup the gruesome injury.

[@CYCLONEFAN88]

I would recommend looking it up either

[@johnanderson9765]

@@CYCLONEFAN88 I remember that one because they were playing against my favorite team, Duke University.

[@jenniferferguson1517]

I was there. It was crazy!

[@afbocc]

@@CYCLONEFAN88 As well as the reaction of his teammates, especially those on the bench. Injury was like 20 feet from them.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

​@@CYCLONEFAN88I hope you mean "I WOULDN'T" look it up, lol.

[@bhhdty2272]

The fact that mankind vs undertaker is on here just shows how crazy mick foley is 😭. Respect to all professional wrestlers that sport is brutal as hell and those guys take more damage than some athletes in other sports. After watching things like this you understand that wrestling definitely isn’t fake but it’s scripted.

[@jakealter5504]

Wrestling might be scripted but the injuries can be very real and very serious

[@stingrey1571]

all the crazy bumps foley took has unfortunately finally caught up with him.

[@berto0757]

i had ordered in pay per view watch in my friends and were like wtf!!!

[@lynnenewell2016]

It's FAKE! Accidents happen, buts it's choreography in brutality rather than dance.

[@adamlennard1828]

@@lynnenewell2016o tell Mick Foley it’s fake you dumb arse. I’ll Chuck you off building like that. Then you tell me it’s fake.

[@laurendamos6651]

If they're picking a WWE event, I would think seeing Owen Harts death live would be a more traumatic thing to witness than Mick Foley's injury. Hockey has had many scary incidents but if you are to google the actual video of Clint Malarchuk injury that to me is truly horrific to see.

[@tamarahicks1377]

Agree! That was much more shocking and tragic!

[@robertgarcia5924]

Yeah that should be number one not Hamlin

[@CrazyBunniEdits]

This list is the scariest, I believe mojo did one on sports death but I don't know if Harts death was on the list

[@versansky75]

@@CrazyBunniEdits Hart was on that list

[@versansky75]

It was scariest deaths caught on live tv

[@devonj6144]

I’m surprised that Joe Theismann wasn’t on this list. He had one of the nastiest NFL leg injuries, caught on film.

[@DiscoSamurai]

Agreed. That one still haunts me, having watched it as it happened. :(

[@devonj6144]

@@B1inded3agle__ I’m not even gonna look at that, but if I remember correctly, it was at the hip.

[@devonj6144]

@@B1inded3agle__ Good on you for remembering, I think. I remember the constant replays, but my brain doesn’t want to remember all the details. It was a traumatizing experience, for all watching, live or televised.

[@samkingsway6564]

Yes!! The way It snapped back too. It was so haunting.

[@scottstout7595]

And the fact that Alex Smith had the same exact injury, in the same exact spot on the field, in the same exact stadium, while playing QB for the same exact team.

[@tmoore4075]

Was at that Lions Reggie Brown game. That place got very quiet but with no social media, no one really knew what was going on until you watched the news when you got home. Freaking scary.

[@bwines16]

Knew Malarchuk had to be on here. He said his goal was to get off the ice because he didn’t want his mom to see him die

[@Baddknewz]

Sounds cool but definitely not true. Nobody is thinking about their mom while on the brink of death, its not how we’re wired. Flight or fight and adrenaline are real things, don’t be so gullible.

[@robpaxson4455]

@@Baddknewz”Malarchuk, meanwhile, believed that he was going to die. "All I wanted to do was get off the ice," said Malarchuk. "My mother was watching the game on TV, and I didn't want her to see me die."

[@Baddknewz]

@@robpaxson4455 wow u quoted it so it must be true!

[@robpaxson4455]

@@Baddknewz a quote from Malarchuk, so yeah it’s true

[@bwines16]

@@Baddknewz some of us do think that way. Just because you don’t doesn’t mean others don’t. He knew his mom was watching. Adrenaline makes you think a lot differently. He had no reason to lie about it 😂 sorry you have to think everyone is lying because you can’t consider others actually think that way.

[@normanrodriguez6670]

I was at the Bills home game the week after Hamlin's collapse. The energy at Highmark was so awesome! As well as seeing Buffalo knock the Pats out of the playoff picture. Buffalo needs to Win for Hamlin!

[@RpGfreak901]

Like how the Red Wings won the Stanley Cup in 1998 for their fallen teammate; Vlad Konstantinov?

[@vortexvirus755]

Once again the Bills choke in the playoffs

[@RpGfreak901]

@@vortexvirus755 How can a team go from looking like contenders one minute, to absolute crap the next? Did the Bills' defense even try?

[@believing1989]

⁠@@vortexvirus755The Bills did NOT choke!!!! Do you have any idea what that team went through that season?! They had to have two of there games moved to other stadiums because of the weather. Then after one of the games they had to figure out how to get home cuz Buffalo was going through one of the worst blizzards in history which caused all sorts of problems for the people of Buffalo! They eventually had to fly to Rochester and then take a bus back to Buffalo and then somehow both find and dig out there cars! There were so many players in and out of games because of injuries! Then they witnessed one of there teammates/brothers literally die on the field and then come back to life again! I mean they performed CPR on Damar for 9mins and then watch him leave in the back of an ambulance without knowing if he was going to survive or not! Thankfully they didn’t make them keep playing and the way the other team and there fans treated the situation was amazing. But the Bills went through far more then any other team has gone through and when they stepped out onto that field that night you could just tell that they were tired. Normally when they play they’re running around with smiles on there faces and laughing. You’ll see Allen doing all his different “handshakes” with the guys and they’ll be dancing or showing off. But in this game there was none of that. So if you wanna say they “choked” then fine, but what I saw on that field that night was a team that was completely drained and just had no more drive left in them.

[@JanieGal16]

It’s still boggles my mind that Clint Malarchuk actually survived that.

[@TSierra]

That’s scary… all that blood and his neck being cut

[@redred222]

the guy that was on the medical staff for the game was a combat medic during the Vietnam war im sure he knew what pressure to put on the wound, makes me think hes seen something like that or worse

[@JZJ7777]

It’s all thanks to the medic that pinched off the artery.

[@kaykay3772]

I am a die hard Bengals fan and I remember when Damar Hamlin collapsed. I was getting off work to watch the game with my family, when my oldest sister texted about what happened on the group chat. I obviously knew that it was serious, but the gravitation of it didn't hit me until I got into my Mom's car and I heard the sports announcers talking about what happened on the radio. I just broke down in tears and begged God with all my might to not take him. I didn't stop praying until I had faith Damar was going to be alright. I am so blessed and thankful to God that Cincinnati and Buffalo came together to share each other's pain and support Damar. Even though the incident was almost two months ago, I will still remember it like it was yesterday. #lovefordamar 💙

[@jarrettowens6073]

Fans of other teams pray for any player to be alright, even if they're on opposing teams. That's very noble of you. I was also praying he was alright, even with me being a die-hard Cowboys fan.

[@mikerhodes8454]

No mention of Hank Gathers. The look on his face on the court when he knew something bad was happening to him. Still haunts me.

[@crattler5079]

He should have been on here no question. Scariest thing I have ever seen.

[@nerdynekogirl4299]

@@crattler5079 who's Hank Gathers

[@leifopstad2972]

I'm pretty sure they left out fatalities

[@Baddknewz]

Why would they talk about someone’s death in an injury video? Use ur common sense fam

[@brianbowles6544]

@@Baddknewz It's not an injury video. It is a scariest moments video.

[@tehf00n]

Mick Foley's tooth came through his nose. In the video where he is being helped backstage you can see it stuck there when he smiles. This is the same guy who lost his ear flipping through the ropes for a tie-up. The ropes were too tight and he had force himself out but they pulled one of his ears completely off. A true legend of professional sports entertainment.

[@bjBMB]

You had to ruin your beautiful comment? It's wrestling

[@Kingbossdon]

Everytime I see Mick Foley I bow to him and thank him for my childhood

[@DwightMarten]

Dude, you can say "wrestling" here. Vince is not on KZbin.

[@tehf00n]

@@DwightMarten Or I can call it whatever I like.

[@peterstratta]

Seeing Ryan Newman's 2020 Daytona 500 wreck in person was a bone-chilling experience.

[@josephharrison5639]

Yeah I was surprised it wasn’t here

[@evanblack8642]

NASCAR deserves its own list doesn't it?

[@coolbreeze3793]

NASCAR isn’t a sport boys. It’s an extreme activity.

[@josephharrison5639]

@@coolbreeze3793 yet they’ve called F1 a sport?

[@Billy-ot8mk]

Another scary NASCAR wreck was Sterling Marlin's 2002 wreck at Kansas where he suffered a cracked vertebra in his neck.

[@SentaiYamaneko]

Doctors say Hamlin probably suffered commotio cordis, a rare cardiac event where an impact to the center of the left ventricle right in the upstroke of the T wave (a 20 microsecond period of time when the heart is resetting itself) disrupts the rest of the electrical signals and causes the heart to stop.

[@wilfordbrimley6938]

The entire world has known this for awhile... Thanks, chief 👌

[@arnoldhenry]

@@wilfordbrimley6938 There are some people didn't believe that happen. They believe that the COVID vaccine almost kill him, which that rumor was spreading rampant and some still believe that misinformation. I don't.

[@funtimes7757]

I'd of added romain grosjean's crash. It hadn't been that long since the last f1 fatality and I'd of never expected anyone to walk out of that. Was such a tense moment

[@easybeautybybrandycolorstr2463]

I'm so glad Hamlin came out of everything relatively unscathed

[@kelsimorrison5386]

Me too

[@believing1989]

Yup and he’s at training camp! Hopefully he’ll be able to play this season!

[@ErikZarins]

Jiri Fischer should've been mentioned too after his scary collapse on the bench during a Red Wings game. It was because of that incident that defibrillators were REQUIRED to be in all NHL and other major/minor hockey arenas

[@thomaswatkins3686]

With the difference being Jiri was caused largely by an undiagnosed condition, not a on ice collision.

[@Pensfan5919]

Not just that; but Jiri's episode also helped to spurn the rest of North American sports to better the response time and readiness of EMTs for situations like his. And the only reason Detroit was anywhere near ready was due to an incident in 1998 with Chris Pronger. Those two have inadvertently saved so many lives due to their incidents and the responses to them.

[@kcbaby136]

I’m shocked that the surfer who was attacked by a shark on live tv during a surf competition wasn’t on here, because that was terrifying!

[@nathansmith2062]

That was Michael Fanning. That was a scary moment.

[@ARTSONICFAN990]

1:34 to 2:33 This is proof that wrestling is not as fake as some people think.

[@dragonrana88]

Yup. There's also Hayabusas botched moonsault, D'Los powerbomb to Droz, Sid's leg,

[@ARTSONICFAN990]

@@dragonrana88 Even Jeff Hardy had an incident on his face involving pyrotechnics.

[@MainerdLoyd]

It is fake. That doesn't mean that they are not athletes though. Pro wrestling is nothing more than a beautifully choreographed testosterone filled soap opera. Before the match they know who's going to win and it is well rehearsed to try and avoid accidents.

[@pabloruiz6224]

@@MainerdLoyd Not all wrestling matches can be faked, some events can lead to death or serious injury for one’s career. For example, Mick Foley was tossed by the Undertaker through the table during their match in a Hell In A Cell match, resulted as falling (injury). Owen Hart dies when a hook or grapple rope, was loose and he fall through the ring(death).

[@MainerdLoyd]

@@pabloruiz6224 You've proven nothing other then accidents happen. They don't fake being tossed around. That is part of the act. They are just like Hollywood stuntmen. Both professions can be extremely dangerous but both are scripted. This doesn't detract from the skill it takes to preform these things.

[@kellibradley]

The Monica Seles one is even worse when you find out he only got probation.

[@munkustrap2]

Did you do more than superficial research for this??? No mention of the Boston Bruins going into the stands at MSG on 23 December 1979. No mention of the HORRENDOUS career ending break to Joe Theismann's leg on 18 November 1985. But the absolute worse mistake is not only did you not mention New England Patriots Darryl Stingley's injury on 12 August 1978 at all but I argue that that should've been number one! Stingley took a hit from Jack Tatum in a pre-season game & suffered compression of his spinal cord & broke two of his vertebrae. Stingley never regained the use of his arms or legs. He died in 2007 from an illness brought on by the complications of quadriplegia. Tatum never apologized for what happened to Stingley & he never spoke with him after the hit. Could you are least pretend to research!! 🙄

[@sevynlayne5365]

Don't forget about Tua, Dale Earnhardt, Owen Hart, and the New Jack stabbing.

[@josephharrison5639]

Ryan Newman 2020

[@Pensfan5919]

Yeah, missing Owen and Dale is just insane.

[@TheWill.Suttie45]

As a Buffalo Sports fan, the Malarchuk and Hamlin incidence hurt bad

[@stonebone316]

Agreed. So did Kevin Everett.

[@Sieg15]

Two more I can think of are: 1) Darren Drozdov. Former wrestler from the then WWF. He was in a regular match with another wrestler, D'Lo Brown. When the two were setting up for a powerbomb, Brown wasn't able to get a proper safe grip on Droz when he hit the canvas. He fractured two vertebrae in his neck. While initially Droz was quadriplegic, he has since regained control of his upper body. 2) Zeke Upshaw. Professional Basketball player from the NBA G-League, Zeke collapsed in the final minutes of a game. Immediately rushed to a hospital, the doctors were able to resuscitate him but he would end up passing away two days later. Autopsy showed he died a sudden cardiac death.

[@real_jackstabber]

Kevin Ware's injury nearly a decade ago was one of the worst IMO. That was quite horrifying, I couldn't even look it up again.

[@soonerlilsis]

I remembered this one!!! it still gives me the chills

[@45TRANSFORMERSFAN]

Gotta give Rebecca (the narrator) my utmost respect for delivering a voice so solemn and ominous as she read through the entries on this somewhat eerie list. It definitely felt like a scary moments video.

[@kentond19]

💯

[@katerinasimpson1100]

What happened to Damar Hamlin was very scary. Glad to hear he’s doing better and out of the hospital.

[@JoeG_420]

I think the first words he said when he woke up were “Did we win the game?”

[@believing1989]

@@JoeG_420Yes it was, he asked one of his doctors that and the doctor replied, “yes, the game of life!”

[@kingdedede7335]

@@JoeG_420 iirc the doctors replied, "yes, Damar. You won. You won the game of life."

[@leesashriber5097]

God bless them all. Damar Hamlin I knew would would be number one. In all my years of watching football I've never cried for a player. My heart was broken. I checked my ESPN updates constantly. Praise God he is doing so well. 🙏❤️🙏

[@nerdynekogirl4299]

Everyone taught he was gonna die but he lived

[@believing1989]

@@nerdynekogirl4299Yup and he’s at training camp now too! We’ll have to wait and see if he makes it on the field this season!

[@LittleMan27]

Owen Hart died on May 23, 1999, during his entrance from the rafters of Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. The equipment that was lowering him to the ring malfunctioned and he fell to his death in front of a live audience and live on Pay Per View during WWF's Over the Edge event.

[@gedhoughton9523]

As a Brit, you guys should see the chanting at Spurs ground for Muamba. It was a beautiful sight and sound.

[@allenmorgan6847]

The Chris Pronger hockey puck strike was memorable for me

[@nicoleyork790]

One I remember was Dale Earnhardt's crash at Dayton. That was devastating.

[@johnanderson9765]

Maybe it wasn't included because it wasn't televised.

[@cartergarrison4952]

@@johnanderson9765 Yeah it was.

[@angelicabutterfly1794]

Malarchuk's injury was so bad that 11 people fainted, 2 had heart attacks, and 3 more threw up. Also, Malarchuk's mom was watching that game. He said that he wanted to get off the ice so she wouldn't see him die.

[@AmunrA1991]

What about about any of the sport incidents from Australia. Jharal Yow Yeh (Rugny League Player) who compound fractured his right ankle during a game and it ended up ending his playing career. Chaz Mostert (V8 Supercars Driver) who crashed his Ford Falcon during qualifying for the Bathurst 1000 and ended up severely breaking his leg.

[@pabloruiz6224]

I was shocked that Mick Foley, who was tossed by the Undertaker, through the commentators Spanish table, resulted a serious falling injury during their match in Hell In A Cell match in 1998 King of The Ring pay per view. It was a devastating shock for me to see this scary incident, in one of the darkest moments in wrestling history. Thank God, that he is ok, and he almost die in a match.

[@Hardc6reStra5tedge]

The Death of Marc-Vivien Foé was or is still the most daunting sports incident I ever witnessed.

[@yudhabagaskara98]

Hamlin and Eriksen are both life-threatening

[@sebchambers6055]

Absolutely. And let’s not forget so was Fabrice Muamba’s incidenct

[@barry4649]

Do you not remember the Cameroon (I think) player at the 2003 Confederations Cup who had a heart attack in the field and actually died. Or even Enoch Mwepu who retired at 24 last year because of heart problems and he just had a major heart attack this week

[@samueldowd8408]

Phil Hughes definitely should of made this list, I hate it when usually American channels don't branch out into sports that aren't played there, cause there's also been some pretty bad footy incidents over the years

[@DonHomersdonut]

Agreed, his death was an awful tragedy Unfortunately, we’re dealing with a nation that creates a sport played predominantly with the hands and then calls it football 🫤

[@user-em6ie2be7x]

Thank Goodness Damar Hamlin is doing Better. That was scary to watch. 🙇🏿‍♂️

[@JaQuanEldridge2001]

Yeah. He's got a bright future in the NFL. I'm a Packers fan. But I'm glad that he's doing better.

[@MyGuyJustinH]

@@JaQuanEldridge2001 I agree, he does have a bright future in the NFL. I'm a Falcons fan & I'm glad that Damar is doing better too. I didn't see that game, but I saw video of when it happened later. I was praying for him everyday he was in the hospital.

[@BillMoss97]

What about the dude that died in a match with Rey Mysterio?

[@pabloruiz6224]

Perro Aguayo Jr., yep, that lucha libre wrestler, dies of a whiplash neck snap by the 619.

[@pabloruiz6224]

Seriously a scary game incident, one of the scariest incidents in wrestling history.

[@pabloruiz6224]

I mean cervical spine trauma, and cardiac arrest.

[@brianbowles6544]

There wouldn't have been any video of it, but I don't know how you could not include Ray Chapman who was killed after being hit by a pitch. In 1920, Chapman was one of the best players for the Cleveland Indians. Against the Yankees on August 16th, Carl Mays hit him in the head with a spitball. Chapman was unable to see the pitch because the ball was so dirty. The sound was so loud that Mays thought it hit Chapman's bat and fielded the ball and threw to first base. Chapman was rushed to the hospital unconscious, but passed away during the night. To this day, he remains the only player to die directly from an on the field injury. The Tribe would go on to win the World Series that year and dedicated the victory to his memory. His death lead to the banning of the spitball, the rule requiring umpires to replace dirty balls, and the eventual adoption of batter helmets.

[@doctorfeelok8575]

I think you misunderstood the title of the video. If you read the full description, it doesn't say anything about incidents where athletes died. That would be a COMPLETELY different video.

[@brianbowles6544]

@@doctorfeelok8575 There says absolutely nothing in either the title or description that indicates a player's death is a disqualifier.

[@albertmotbey1128]

Missed Phillip Hughes or even Alex McKinnon

[@calzone3843]

100% imo hughes sould be number 1

[@christophercole8114]

I was in the stands for two extremely scary incidents, one of which is on this list, the other isn't. My wife and I were in the stands January 2 at Paycor Stadium to watch our favorite football team, the Buffalo Bills, play the Bengals. That crowd was absolutely electric leading up to the game and continued through the first 9 minutes when Damar collapsed. To go from an insane atmosphere to absolute, unsettled silence in the matter of moments, it's beyond eerie. The only announcement made in the stadium by anyone involved with either team or the league was that the game was temporarily suspended. We sat in the stands for close to an hour before word starting going through the stadium (not by anyone official) that both teams had begun packing up their equipment and leaving the stadium. On our walk across the Ohio River back to our hotel, my wife and I were approached by several Bengals fans offering up their condolences and well wishes for Damar. I heard the same from several other Bills fans. The other one I was in the stands for that didn't make this list was in 2008 with the Buffalo Sabres hosting the Florida Panthers. Richard Zednik of the Panthers had gone into the corner and collided with a teammate. It's something you see often in a hockey game, except Zednik's teammate Olli Jokinen's skate had cut his carotid artery. There wasn't much time left in the game and the Sabres had just taken a lead a few minutes prior, but to this day I don't understand why the NHL didn't determine that, being late in the 3rd, enough of the game had been played and just called it there. It was clear that neither the Sabres or Panthers were really engaged in the game after that incident, even though the Sabres would score another goal, there wasn't the celebration you'd see. I think the NHL really failed on that one and the game should have been stopped there.

[@soonerlilsis]

wow...that hockey story sounds horrific

[@Pensfan5919]

Zednik never gets talked about enough in general. Horrific injury, but has two goals in his return the next season.

[@brandonsmith5880]

I can't believe Mick Foley made the list. It's well deserved. That was the match that made me fall in love with wrestling.

[@Willcifer86]

As a Bolton fan this was a heartbreaking moment thank you to both teams first aiders for their heroic efforts that day

[@DannyBlazor]

Profiting off of scary real life events 👍

[@Kingbossdon]

As an 8 year old watching that match I truly believed mankind was dead not once but twice and he still finished the match. When I met him I bowed to him because I told him I don't know how in the hell you are still standing with all the injuries you had. You made my childhood thank you for all the memories

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Honorable mentions: 1. Owen Hart (1999) 2. Darryl Stingley (1978) 3. Marc Vivien Foe' (2003) 4. Hank Gathers (1990) 5. Perro Aguayo Jr. (2015)

[@munkustrap2]

At least someone else remembers Darryl Stingley. He deserves more than an honorable mention though, as does Owen Hart.

[@dangeiger9796]

The scariest I’ve seen in person was at a small college football game when a player suffered a severe broken leg

[@PSC-ll2dn]

Alex McKinnon he played NRL for the Newcastle Knights in Australia Daring a game in 2014 against the Melbourne Storms he suffered a spinal injury whilst getting tackled that left him a Quadriplegic. Also Phillip Hughes playing cricket at the SCG during a Sheffield shield match at the SCG he was batting and ball that was delivered struck him between the neck and head. He collapsed shortly after was on life support for a few days but sadly died. Was just 25

[@braydenbennett6867]

These are the first 2 players that came to mind for me as well. I couldn’t remember the rugby lads name but I remember the incident. Phil Hughes’ death was horrible. Plus Sam Willoughby’s training accident that put him in a wheelchair

[@Klinsk]

Robert Kubica's crash in the 2007 Canadian Formula 1.

[@Rpena1448]

I forgot the team names but I remember during the NCAA Mens Basketball finals or semis a few yrs back there was that horrific leg snap. It literally looked like the leg was gonna rip in half and the cameras caught the reaction of the team sitting courtside.

[@khephrapakeera9447]

That was the player off the Louisville Cardinals, yea that was gruesome

[@aidenrogatz8071]

Kevin ware for louisville

[@zeldamaster702]

That game was nuts, and that moment was insane

[@johnanderson9765]

Someone else posted about that and said it was March 31st, 2013. Since the final four begins the first weekend in April, that means it would have been a regional final.

[@zeldamaster702]

@@johnanderson9765 it was indeed the Midwest Regional Final game against Duke. Louisville actually ended up not only winning that game but the Tourney in general that year(however the win has since been vacated due to the 2015 Sex Scandal)

[@fredericlatreille]

1-"Stone Cold" Steve Austin couldn't feel his body after a botched piledriver vs Owen Heart in 1997 ... Austin had a broken neck, but has been able to come back 2- The Zedeno Chara hit on Max Pacioretty in 2011 ... I saw it live and I tought he had died ... the police even made an investigation on the incident

[@XGC8283]

Not to mention what happened to Owen Hart HIMSELF. R.I.P.

[@nicholasparnell8845]

You forgot to mention during the match between Mick Foley and Undertaker that the Undertaker broke his ankle as he chokeslam Mankind though the cage

[@ruthjohnson4380]

I’ve been watching the NFL for 50 years and I saw on television the Joe Thiesman compound fracture. But nothing was as terrifying as Damar Hamlin’s case. Just watching the players’ faces, you knew it was unprecedented. So relieved he survived.

[@leatherface964]

Fabrice Muamba had no heartbeat for 78 minutes? Man I need to talk to that guy. I wonder if he saw anything

[@kally0208]

What about Rich Peverly from the Dallas Stars that had a cardiac event and wanted to be put back into the game (from the meme), thought for sure he'd be on this list

[@happybudgeter]

Inky Johnson's paralyzed arm during a University of Tennessee football game in 2006 was really scary.

[@soonerlilsis]

ooooh yes I remember this one

[@abigailmiller78]

There's also the Formula 1 incident in 2020 where Romain Grosjean was trapped in a burning F1 car for more than 2 minutes and no one thought he could have survived.

[@pyrite13]

I've seen several MLB games involving players getting struck in the head either with the pitched ball or the pitcher getting hit with a line drive right back at him. The worst I remember is Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins. If you've ever actually held a real game ball and can imagine one traveling upwards of 90 MPH at your skull, you can imagine how damaging that can be.

[@BlueMolly2024]

Demar Hamlin is loved by The Bills Mafia. Go Bills.

[@derrickrobbins8100]

How is Hank Gathers' collapse and death on the court not up here?

[@endziel9065]

There's been quite a few through the years if they added all of them the video would huge. That's what people don't understand in the last few years people time and time again falsely claim it's due to the COVID-19 vaccine. While it's rare conditions that cause sudden cardiac arrest it's something that's happened through the sports world for many years now .

[@ageadamgmng5231]

For football it should be Johny Knox injury that was super scary and traumatizing to watch

[@danBooth.guitar]

0:40 I was at that match, that was very brutal and I remember some Chelsea fans didn’t take it too kindly and smashed a few bus windows afterwards.

[@FHL-Devils]

Malarchuk - Gets his jugular sliced open, almost dies on the ice, back 10 days later. Hockey players are just a different breed.

[@F1jones]

This whole Hamlin thing is hilarious. Really. I've been on jobs where people had life threatening medical emergencies while working. The workplace didn't shut down. To that end, the company I worked for didn't close when I had a heart attack. It's comical to see the pearl clutching in a sport where 99% of its participants wind up with Swiss cheese for brains from CTE and die on average 17 years sooner than the national average, especially from the players who act surprised that impacts between 250 lb men at a combined 50 mph can critically injure them. Get over it. To that end, I've been a racing fan since I was eleven. A few months after I went to my first race, one of the drivers was killed in an accident. Again, I was eleven, and I figured it would be pretty stupid to pretend I didn't know the sport was potentially deadly until then. It seems the entire NFL is able to though.

[@itoo3654]

You know the ignorance and the callousness of the human race never fails to amaze me. The NFL had never seen a cardiac arrest, dummy, that's the key here! yes, we have seen bad injuries, but never someone that was literally dead, and brought back to a pulse. It was upsetting and shocking. That was the first time ever, really! the other man that died DECADES ago, was in the stands, or on the sideline or locker room. It was an unprecedented situation, and you know they floundered a little bit about how to handle it. Hamlin is really a miracle, because even the doctors didn't think he was going to live, he CODED in the hospital, after he got out of the ambulance. You are inhumane. Working in an office, is much different than an event televised to world. Even the players are both teams that they were a mess, and would not have wanted to play. There was actually sublittoral doubt that he was going to live.

[@flickcentergaming680]

Muamba should not have survived. It's a miracle that they got him back and didn't give up.

[@raidersdad_5597]

In 2013 our football team went on a trip to watch a city college game, and the visiting teams Middle Linebacker through the running back backwards and into the 65 year old referee and he was rushed to the hospital with a collapsed lung

[@jahfeezy7381]

Y’all weird for this one

[@barry4649]

That Petr Cech incident where Stephen Hunt kicked him in the head is a weird one for me because I’m a Chelsea supporter but my granddad is best mates with Stephen Hunt’s dad

[@nes_osterone6217]

I’m sorry, but that dude getting his throat slit was absolutely the scariest thing on this list. I think because of the most recent and fresh in everyone’s minds is why Hamlin is the top.

[@Bryanpeacock33]

You left hockey out lol 2 guys had their throats cut open 2 others guys hearts stopped and had to do CPR

[@GachaReact2024]

That Hell in a Cell match was absolutely one of WWE's scariest moments. Another one (which I'm surprised didn't make it on this list) was at WrestleMania XIX between Kurt Angle and Brock Lesnar. Brock attempted a Shooting Star Press but missed the mark and almost broke his neck in that instant.

[@FCENT0409]

I'm surprised Owens fall didn't make the list

[@GachaReact2024]

@@FCENT0409 What match was that? Another Hell in a Cell?

[@darthnowlan]

No Owen Hart fell from the rafters there's an episode of Dark Side of the Ring on it.

[@GachaReact2024]

@@darthnowlan Oh, right. They should (if they have, let me know) do a list on "top 10 scariest WWE moments".

[@darthnowlan]

@@GachaReact2024 Look up Dark Side of the Ring, you'll find it on Vice and also on Dailymotion.

[@torinhoward1041]

How about the Kevin Ware injury? Probably the most gruesome sports injury ever.

[@Gmacshow]

How about the owen hart incident easily one of the worst in wrestling history.

[@thelonewolf191]

5:23 This is why sports fans are THE worst.

[@joelirizarry4517]

Ok like enough with trying to bank off that incident from a few weeks ago.Really watchmojo?

[@Rayne_Check]

I would like to add Jerry "The King" Lawler's heart attack scare in Montreal to this list. One of the few pro wrestling moments that ever made me cry and be incredibly anxious that entire night.

[@shakingowens839]

Only reason for NOW making this video is because of the Hamlin incident. Much so that they evidently forgot about other horrible accidents.

[@atomicloonybin]

Worst one I ever saw was David Busst, the Coventry player who broke his leg playing against Man Utd. That thing just snapped in half and there was blood everywhere. The main memory is of Peter Schmeichal having to run away and cover his eyes at the sight.

[@RagingMoon1987]

I thought for sure that Kevin Ware would be here.

[@akashsarma8241]

2 f1 drivers died in one weekend San Marino gp 1995 wonder why it's not the first

[@jennadeagle5394]

An honorable mention definitely goes to then New York Mets player Kevin Pillar, who was struck in the face by a 94 mph fastball in 2021. I loved watching him play for the Blue Jays (as they're our only Canadian team), so witnessing that injury (on replays) was harrowing and terrifying to see! He only escaped with multiple nasal fractures, and made the full recovery thankfully!

[@jasminejohnston6393]

And Montreal Canadiens player Jake Evans when he was checked really hard and had to be stretchered off the ice. I was so relieved to hear the news the next morning and find out that he was okay, because I had attended a hockey game where one of the players had a seizure on the ice and it took 10 minutes for the paramedics to show up. I never found out if he survived or not

[@TSierra]

Every time I see the Malarchuk incident, I cringe every time. It’s so crazy to think that his skate cut his neck. All the blood was pouring out of him all over the ice. Can you imagine what he was thinking? Oh my lord…

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

How about every nascar/f1/IndyCar crash ever

[@littlefox3252]

Romain Grosjean's crash was terrifying knowing how safe the cars became. If he died in there...

[@headred76]

No.10 - the knee to the head was definitely deliberate.

[@philsza4568]

Johnny Knox of the bears. Got bent in half backwards. How can you possible miss that. Smh

[@XGC8283]

Don't forget about Zach Miller almost losing his leg and nearly dying after his knee bent the wrong way on a touchdown catch.... THAT GOT TAKEN AWAY

[@kelsimorrison5386]

I am glad that damar Hamlin is okay and out of the hospital

[@EllaDeanPendragon]

watching Christian Erickson on the ground, not really knowing what was going on was terrifying, and watching his teammate's faces as they stood around him will never leave me. Surprised Cisse getting his leg snapped and Roy Kean ending Haaland Srs career wasn't on here.

[@sarahblohm361]

I’ll never forget watching the Denmark players surround Erickson - the looks on their faces made me feel physically sick. And the sight of Cisse’s leg breaking…..although I’m a Liverpool supporter I don’t think it matters what team you follow, that was a horrible thing to witness for anyone. I’m surprised Raul Jimenez isn’t on the list. The sound when he & David Luiz clashed heads was horrendous - and of course, because there was no crowd in the stadium, there really was nothing to mask that noise.

[@SkittyGirl300]

Being a bills fans is a tough thing. I was praying constantly to make sure that Hamlin would pull through. And luckily it happened.

[@ikeownscharizards]

I’m surprised there was no mention of Marc Vivien Foe, Antonio Puerta, or Miklos Feher, who all ended up dying due to heart problems while on the pitch

[@freddiemolinajr.8397]

Watch ⌚ mojo is a good channel

[@CutterHistorical]

Fun fact: Malarchuks injury was also non fatal because at Buffalos arena, the medical center was behind the Sabres net, if it was a different period, he wouldve been a lot farther and who knows what wouldve happened

[@Caffeine_Club]

I guess car racing isn't included in that list, as Canadian F1 driver Gilles Villeneuve was ejected from his disintigrating Ferrari after crashing at 140 MPH. I was 9, and I can still picture his almost lifeless body up against the fence, still strapped into his seat. He had suffered a fatal fracture of the neck and would die after being taken off life support soon afterward.

[@F1jones]

I think these are survived incidents. The list of motorsport accidents could last all day. I saw one of Villeneuve's wins in person. Also saw him lead his first F1 race, and vault over Regazzoni while lapping him to end that lead. He came good the next year though.

[@pipdblock]

You guys forgot about Johnny Knox of the Chicago Bears when he got broken in half

[@XGC8283]

I was LOOKING for this comment. Poor Johnny. I liked him too. Did you see Zach Miller's knee bend the wrong way in the end zone?

[@RandomFatGuy]

I'm surprised that Eddie Guerrero's in ring heart attack didn't make the list

[@darthnowlan]

That was part of a storyline, not legit.

[@pabloruiz6224]

Eddie didn’t die in a wrestling match, but he dies in his hotel room.

[@ahmedmuratspahic1241]

You guys definitely should do a list of hockey players. Bertuzzi sucker punch, jiri fischer heart attack on the bench, goaltenders passing out, other players getting a skate in the throat or eye (zednin & hall) would be interesting to see a top 10!

[@jaxonjaxoff3291]

Easily Ryan Newman 2020 Daytona crash.

[@Constitutionalist76]

I thought he was dead. Every replay that followed the initial crash, I though no way he survived having his collapsed A post hit by a car going full speed.