Play "Pick Or Pass" With Some Famous Athletes And We'll Guess Your Favorite Sport
- by Andrew Brethauer
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There are amazing athletes in every single sport around the world, and it would be hard to pick the best one from a group of them because they all bring something different to the table. But in the world-wide debate about which sport is the best, picking multiple favorite athletes will go a long way to deciding which sport is the best of them all. Sports has this way of uniting people together, which is what makes them so popular. Rivalries create friendships with people who support the same teams, and the competition in sport keeps everyone on their seat.
So really, there is no wrong answer when it comes to the best sports in the world. Except everyone does have their favorite sport they lean towards and what they think is a cut about the rest. In this quiz, pick or pass on some of the best athletes in the world and we’ll reveal your favorite sport. The sport that is above them all, that keeps fans locked to their televisions sets and keeps them coming back for more. Pick based on popularity or based on the skill, which could be difficult, considering these are some of the best at what they do.
Tom Brady
Tom Brady will go down as one of the greatest football players of all-time and many have him as the greatest, considering he has played in eight Super Bowl championship games in his 16-years as an NFL quarterback and won five of them, a record he shares with another New England teammate for most in league history.
LeBron James
LeBron James is constantly in consideration for the greatest basketball player of all time. The NBA MVP award could go to him every year without much question, as he has dragged teams to the NBA Finals, appearing in nine so far, while winning three of them since being drafted straight from high school.
Sidney Crosby
Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins is still considered by many to be the best player in the game today and the face of the NHL. During his time as captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins, he has won three Stanley Cup rings, as well as multiple individual awards, including league MVP and the scoring title.
Mike Trout
Mike Trout has already been a two-time AL MVP and seven-time All-Star with the Los Angeles Angels and is considered one of the best players in Major League Baseball today. He was named the Rookie of the Year in 2012 and was league RBI and home run leading in 2014.
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods has won each major golf tournaments at least four times, winning the Masters and PGA Championship four times each for 14 major tournament over his many years in the PGA. He is often considered to be the golfer that made the sport popular again and one of the best all time.
Lionel Messi
Lionel Messi has won a record-tying five Ballon d'Or awards as the FIFA Player of the Year and is often considered the greatest soccer player in the world. He has spent his entire soccer life professionally with Barcelona where he has won 33 trophies and he has scored over 600 goals.
Roger Federer
Roger Federer has been a world number-one ranked player in professional tennis, having been in that spot for 310 weeks over his life, as well, he has won the most Grand Slam titles of any player in men’s tennis with 20 victories, eight of those coming on the grass courts at Wimbledon.
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton is one of the most successful Formula One drivers in history and currently holds the records for all-time most career points with 2,823, the most wins at different circuits with 26, the all-time most pole positions with 77, and the most grand slams in a season with three.
Usain Bolt
Usain Bolt won eight Gold Medals in sprinting, defending his title in the 100 meter and 200 meter races for three straight Olympic Games, breaking world records each time he ran in front of the world crowd. He would also win in the 4 x 100 meter relay race for Jamaica.
Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather went undefeated in his professional boxing life with a record of 50-0 and is most known for his big money bouts, including huge wins over Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao and Conor McGregor, all of which made the highest paid athlete in the world for multiple years.
Drew Brees
Drew Brees is no stranger to throwing for over 5,000 yards in a season. While other quarterbacks have done it once before, Brees has done it five times in his career. He also holds the record for most yards throwing as an NFL quarterback and the most touchdown passes thrown for, both of which he earned this season.
Stephen Curry
Stephen Curry is one of the main reasons the Golden State Warriors are so talented and why they have reached the NBA Finals the last four seasons in a row, winning three NBA titles. From the three-point line he is perhaps the most accurate shooter in the league and is known for his extremely long distance shots.
Alex Ovechkin
This past season Alex Ovechkin finally captured his first Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals, cementing his place as one of the best to ever play the game of hockey. He is a multi-time Rocket Richard winner as the league’s top scorer and is known for being one of the best shots in hockey.
Josh Donaldson
Josh Donaldson is known as the ‘Bringer of Rain’ because of his power hitting ability with the Toronto Blue Jays. In 2015 he was the home run leader, RBI leader and runs scored leader in the MLB, helping put Toronto back into the playoffs for the first time since 1993. He was traded, however, from Toronto to Cleveland last season.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of two players to hold the honor of winning five Ballon d’Or awards as the FIFA Player of the Year, making him one the best players to ever play the game. He has scored over 670 goals, making him one of the greatest strikers in soccer history.
Jordan Spieth
Jordan Spieth had an amazing 2015 as he won his first major at the Masters tournament and then won his second just a few short weeks later when he won the US Open. He would come in second at the PGA Championship that year, but would win the FedEx Cup golf playoff that year.
Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal has won 17 Grand Slam titles as a professional tennis player, which includes 11 French Open titles, putting him second on the last all-time. Nadal has become the most dominate player on clay courts in history and he also won two Olympic Gold Medals as well, representing Spain.
Jimmie Johnson
Jimmie Johnson has won seven NASCAR Cup Series championships so far in racing, making him one of the most successful NASCAR racers in the sports history. That includes five in a row between 2006 and 2010. In those series of races, he has won 83 races and has 349 top ten finishes.
Michael Phelps
Michael Phelps has won 28 medals in total, including an Olympic record 23 Gold medals, making him the most decorated Olympic of all time. He won eight of those Gold medals at the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing, where he swept the podium in every swimming race he was in.
Conor McGregor
Conor McGregor won both the UFC featherweight and lightweight championships, holding them both at the same time, one of only two to have ever done that. He’s the biggest pay-per-view draw in MMA history, having headlined four of the six biggest MMA events in history, as well as a major boxing match with Floyd Mayweather.
Todd Gurley
Todd Gurley is the most elite running back in the NFL today. He led the league last season in rushing touchdowns with 13 and added another six through the air, on his way to being named the Offensive Player of the Year. His on pace this season to beat those records, having scored 14 touchdowns already in just seven games.
James Harden
James Harden is considered one of the best players in the NBA today, having just won the Most Valuable Player award, as well as one of the best shooting guards in the NBA. This past season with the Houston Rockets he scored 28.2 points per game, the most he has scored in any year he has played in the NBA.
Connor McDavid
Connor McDavid may be the next face of the NHL and is called a once in a generation talent. The past two seasons he is the only player to have scored over 100 points, one year removed from being selected first overall by the Edmonton Oilers in 2015 NHL Draft.
Justin Verlander
Justin Verlander won the pitchers triple crown which includes winning the Cy Young award, the AL Most Valuable Player and the Sporting News Player of the Year award. He is one of the most talented pitchers in baseball and has won the World Series Championship when he went to Houston last season and won with the Astros.
Harry Kane
Harry Kane is the captain of England’s national soccer team and a striker with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. He has been Premier League Player of the Month six times, a record he shares, and is currently sixth all-time in team scoring. As a professional with Tottenham, he has scored 113 goals in 159 games.
Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson has won three Masters championships, a PGA Championship in 2005, and a UK Open Championship in 2013 and is a life member to the PGA tour. He has spent over 700 weeks in the top ten in golf rankings and has won a total of 43 tournaments since joining the PGA.
Serena Williams
Serena Williams has won 23 single Grand Slam championships and she is the only player in history to win six Grand Slams at three of the major tournaments. She is considered by many to be the greatest tennis player of all time and has been ranked number-one in the world on six different occasions for 319 weeks.
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is one of the most successful drivers in NASCAR, having won the Daytona 500 two-times, and won the Most Popular Driver Award 15 times. He has made an estimated $400 million in his time racing and has won 26 victories and 260 top ten finishes in NASCAR Cup Series races.
Simone Biles
Simone Biles was the most dominate at the Olympics at the 2016 Summer games, winning Gold medals in Team, All-Around, Vault, Floor Exercise and a bronze medal in the balance beam. She was part of the team known as the ‘Final Five’ and in 2017 she won the ESPY Award as the Best Female Athlete.
Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre won the UFC Welterweight championship and held the record for the most wins in title fights, as well as the second longest combined title streak in UFC history at 2204 days. By many in the MMA world, he is considered to be one of the pound-for-pound best in the octagon.
Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers is one of the NFLs elite quarterbacks who is able to toss up thousands of years a season as one of the most dynamic passers in the NFL today. He has won one Super Bowl with Green Bay, doing so in 2010, where he also was the game’s MVP.
Kawhi Leonard
Kawhi Leonard is considered one of the best defensive players in the NBA today and was traded to the Toronto Raptors this past off-season. He has already won an NBA Final and NBA Finals MVP award with the San Antonio Spurs back in 2014, and will be a high public free agent this off-season.
Auston Matthews
Auston Matthews name always comes up when talking about next generational talent, as the Arizona native was drafted first overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2016 and in his first game, scored four goals. He also won the Calder Trophy as the league’s top rookie and is turning into one of the league’s top scorers.
David Price
David Price is a five-time All-Star pitcher who currently plays for the Boston Red Sox. He was the AL Cy Young award winner in 2012, while also leading the league in wins that season. He’s also a two-time ERA leader in the AL and strikeout leader in 2014. He finally earned his first post-season victory this year with Boston.
Neymar
Neymar with 57 goals, is the third best scoring player in Brazil’s soccer history at the national level and he captained Brazil to their first Olympic Gold Medal in 2016. He is considered one of the best soccer players in the world, despite having not won FIFA’s Most Valuable Player award.
Dustin Johnson
Dustin Johnson is one of the best golfers in the world right now and is currently ranked number-two overall. He has won only one major since turning professional, the 2016 US Open, but has added 18 other tour victories to his trophy case, as well as Player of the Year honors in 2016.
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic has won 13 Grand Slam titles as a professional tennis player and has held the number-one spot in the world for a combined 223 weeks. He became the eighth player in men’s tennis history to win the complete Grand Slam, winning all four majors, making him one of the best players all-time.
Kevin Harvick
Kevin Harvick is a former NASCAR Sprint Cup champion having won in 2014. He’s also a two-time Xfinity Series champion. He holds the all-time record for Cup Series victories at the Phoenix International Raceway with nine victories, and is the third winningest driver in Xfinity Series history with 47 wins.
Penny Oleksiak
Penny Oleksiak at her first Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro won four medals for Team Canada in the swimming pool, becoming the youngest canuck to ever do so. She won a Gold, a Silver and two Bronze medals and is considered to be the next breakout star in swimming.
Anderson Silva
Anderson Silva was once called the greatest mixed martial artist in the world and was a former UFC Middleweight champion as he held the title for a record 2,457 days which is still the longest reign of any championship in UFC history. He has a professional record of 34-8, with his time in the ring spanning over two decades.
Antonio Brown
Considered by many as the best wide receiver in the game, Antonio Brown has been the top target for the Pittsburgh Steelers and has managed over 1,000 yards in six of his first eight seasons in the league, scoring a combined 54 touchdowns so far, while also leading the league twice in both receiving yards and receptions.
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook is a two-time winner of the NBA scoring title, having done so in 2014-15 and 2016-17. He is an elite level scorer in the NBA and also became only one of two players to average a triple-double average for the enter season, having helped lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to one NBA Finals appearance.
Carey Price
Many consider Carey Price to be the best goalie in the NHL today playing with the Montreal Canadiens. In 2015 he had his best season and became the first goalie in league history to win he Ted Lindsay, Jennings, Vezina and Hart trophies all in the same year, something that is very difficult for goalies to accomplish.
Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw has won three National League Cy Young Awards, doing so in 2011, 2013 and 2014 and is considered one of the best starting pitchers in baseball today, having been the top starter for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He’s also been a three-time NL wins leader, five-time NL ERA leader and three-time strikeout leader.
Kevin De Bruyne
Kevin De Bruyne plays for Manchester City and the Belgian National team and is considered the fourth best soccer player in the world and currently. He has been described as the most complete soccer player and helped earn Belgium a third-place finish at the 2018 World Cup. In 100 games with Manchester City he has scored 21 goals.
Brooks Koepka
Brooks Koepka is currently the top golfer in the world as he is the number-one ranked golfer on the PGA. He defended his title US Open championship he won in 2017, and won the 2018 PGA Championship. He is the first golfer to defend the US Open title since 1988 and 1989 when Curtis Strange did son.
Maria Sharapova
Maria Sharapova has been ranked the top tennis player in the world on five different occasions and is one of the most popular on the female tour. She is the only on from Russia and one of ten female players to have won the Grand Slam, winning all four major tournaments since turning professional at the age of 14.
Denny Hamlin
Denny Hamlin has won over 30 NASCAR Cup Series races, including the famous Daytona 500 in 2016. He is considered one of the most consistent drivers in the sport, winning at least one race every year since 2006. He has 31 wins in NASCAR, 234 top ten finishes and 29 pole positions.
Andre De Grasse
Andre De Grasse already has an Olympic silver medal in the 200 meter race from Rio de Janeiro Summer Game in 2016, as well as a bronze medal in the 100 meter sprint and a bronze in the men’s 4 x 100 meter relay. He is being considered to be the next great sprinter and the one to challenge Usain Bolt’s records.
Daniel Cormier
Daniel Cormier is a double holding champion in the UFC currently, having won the light heavyweight and heavyweight championships, becoming just the second person to do so in UFC history. He has won the heavyweight championship in every promotion he has been in and is regarded as one of the best all-time.
