Jump to content

Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/5/People/Sports figures

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Overview
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
Level 5 Sublists

People History Geography Arts Philosophy and religion Everyday life Society and social sciences Biology and health sciences Physical sciences Technology Mathematics

Writers and journalists Artists, musicians, and composers Entertainers, directors, producers, and screenwriters Philosophers, historians, political and social scientists Religious figures Politicians and leaders Military personnel, revolutionaries, and activists Scientists, inventors, and mathematicians Sports figures Miscellaneous

Vital articles is a list of subjects for which Wikipedia should have corresponding high-quality articles. It serves as a centralized watchlist to track the status of Wikipedia's most essential articles. This is one of the sub-lists of the fifty thousand article Vital articles/Level 5 and is currently under construction.

Articles in the Vital list have their assessments labelled as:

  • Featured articles
  • Former featured articles
  • A-class articles
  • Good articles
  • Delisted good articles
  • Failed good article nominees
  • B-class articles
  • C-class articles
  • Start-class articles
  • Stub-class articles
  • List-class articles
  • Unassessed articles

The progress bar is auto-updated via category count, and the symbols and article counts are updated daily by User:cewbot. Please read the FAQ before modifying the article list.

Quota 1,200 articles.

Total 1,169 articles.

Class #Articles
FA 41
GA 116
A 1
B 330
C 360
FFA 5
DGA 27
Start 311
Stub 11

Association football

[edit]

This section contains 109 articles.

Forwards

[edit]

This section contains 59 articles.

European

[edit]

This section contains 34 articles.

  1. Roberto Baggio
  2. Dennis Bergkamp
  3. Josef Bican
  4. Oleg Blokhin
  5. Eric Cantona
  6. John Charles
  7. Johan Cruyff (Level 4)
  8. Kenny Dalglish
  9. Dixie Dean
  10. Eusébio
  11. Just Fontaine
  12. Ada Hegerberg
  13. Thierry Henry
  14. Zlatan Ibrahimović
  15. Kevin Keegan
  16. Robert Lewandowski
  17. Gary Lineker
  18. Stanley Matthews
  19. Giuseppe Meazza
  20. Kylian Mbappé
  21. Gerd Müller
  22. Birgit Prinz
  23. Ferenc Puskás
  24. Cristiano Ronaldo (Level 4)
  25. Wayne Rooney
  26. Paolo Rossi
  27. Ian Rush
  28. György Sárosi
  29. Alan Shearer
  30. Andriy Shevchenko
  31. Matthias Sindelar
  32. Hristo Stoichkov
  33. Davor Šuker
  34. Marco van Basten

Others

[edit]

This section contains 25 articles.

  1. Paulino Alcántara
  2. Gabriel Batistuta
  3. Cha Bum-kun
  4. Ali Daei
  5. Alfredo Di Stéfano (Level 4)
  6. Didier Drogba
  7. Samuel Eto'o
  8. Mia Hamm (Level 4)
  9. Marta (footballer) (Level 4)
  10. Nwankwo Kanu
  11. Sam Kerr
  12. Lionel Messi (Level 4)
  13. Roger Milla
  14. José Manuel Moreno
  15. Alex Morgan
  16. Neymar
  17. Pelé (Level 4)
  18. Romário
  19. Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer) (Level 4)
  20. Hugo Sánchez
  21. Christine Sinclair
  22. Alberto Spencer
  23. Sun Wen (footballer)
  24. Abby Wambach
  25. George Weah

Midfielders

[edit]

This section contains 33 articles.

European

[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Gareth Bale
  2. David Beckham
  3. George Best
  4. Bobby Charlton
  5. Kevin De Bruyne
  6. Luís Figo
  7. Ryan Giggs
  8. Gheorghe Hagi
  9. Roy Keane
  10. Michael Laudrup
  11. Carli Lloyd
  12. Dzsenifer Marozsán
  13. Lothar Matthäus
  14. Michel Platini
  15. Clarence Seedorf
  16. Luis Suárez (footballer, born 1935)
  17. Fritz Walter
  18. Zinedine Zidane (Level 4)

Others

[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. José Leandro Andrade
  2. Michelle Akers
  3. Teófilo Cubillas
  4. Didi (footballer, born 1928)
  5. Landon Donovan
  6. Garrincha
  7. Diego Maradona (Level 4)
  8. Hidetoshi Nakata
  9. Jay-Jay Okocha
  10. Abedi Pele
  11. Megan Rapinoe
  12. Ronaldinho
  13. Homare Sawa
  14. Juan Alberto Schiaffino
  15. Zico (footballer)

Defenders

[edit]

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Franco Baresi
  2. Franz Beckenbauer (Level 4)
  3. Cafu
  4. Roberto Carlos
  5. Elías Figueroa
  6. Ruud Gullit
  7. Paolo Maldini
  8. Bobby Moore
  9. Carlos Alberto Torres

Goalkeepers

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Gordon Banks
  2. Gianluigi Buffon
  3. Iker Casillas
  4. José Luis Chilavert
  5. Peter Schmeichel
  6. Hope Solo
  7. Lev Yashin (Level 4)
  8. Dino Zoff

Basketball

[edit]

This section contains 62 articles.

U.S. men, prior to 1980

[edit]

This section contains 19 articles.

Centers

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Level 4)
  2. Wilt Chamberlain (Level 4)
  3. Joe Lapchick
  4. George Mikan
  5. Bill Russell

Forwards

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Rick Barry
  2. Elgin Baylor
  3. Nat Clifton
  4. Julius Erving
  5. John Havlicek
  6. Elvin Hayes
  7. Jerry Lucas
  8. Bob Pettit

Guards

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Bob Cousy
  2. George Gervin
  3. Pete Maravich
  4. Wat Misaka
  5. Oscar Robertson
  6. Jerry West

U.S. men, 1980 to present

[edit]

This section contains 22 articles.

Centers

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Moses Malone
  2. Shaquille O'Neal
  3. Hakeem Olajuwon
  4. David Robinson

Forwards

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Charles Barkley
  2. Larry Bird
  3. Tim Duncan
  4. Kevin Durant
  5. Kevin Garnett
  6. LeBron James (Level 4)
  7. Karl Malone
  8. Dennis Rodman

Guards

[edit]

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Ray Allen
  2. Kobe Bryant
  3. Stephen Curry
  4. Allen Iverson
  5. Magic Johnson (Level 4)
  6. Michael Jordan (Level 4)
  7. Jason Kidd
  8. John Stockton
  9. Isiah Thomas
  10. Dwyane Wade

Non-U.S. men

[edit]

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Giannis Antetokounmpo
  2. Sergei Belov
  3. Ramon Fernandez
  4. Pau Gasol
  5. Andrew Gaze
  6. Manu Ginóbili
  7. Nikola Jokić
  8. Steve Nash
  9. Dirk Nowitzki
  10. Dražen Petrović
  11. Arvydas Sabonis
  12. Oscar Schmidt
  13. Yao Ming

Women

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Tamika Catchings
  2. Sue Bird
  3. Lauren Jackson
  4. Lisa Leslie
  5. Ann Meyers
  6. Uljana Semjonova
  7. Sheryl Swoopes
  8. Diana Taurasi

Baseball

[edit]

This section contains 53 articles.

Catchers

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Yogi Berra
  2. Josh Gibson

Infielders

[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

United States

[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Cap Anson
  2. Jimmie Foxx
  3. Lou Gehrig
  4. Rogers Hornsby
  5. Derek Jeter
  6. Nap Lajoie
  7. Mark McGwire
  8. Cal Ripken Jr.
  9. Jackie Robinson (Level 4)
  10. Alex Rodriguez
  11. Honus Wagner

Others

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Sadaharu Oh (Level 4)

Outfielders

[edit]

This section contains 19 articles.

United States

[edit]

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Hank Aaron (Level 4)
  2. Barry Bonds
  3. Ty Cobb (Level 4)
  4. Joe DiMaggio
  5. Ken Griffey Jr.
  6. Rickey Henderson
  7. Shoeless Joe Jackson
  8. Mickey Mantle
  9. Roger Maris
  10. Willie Mays (Level 4)
  11. Stan Musial
  12. Pete Rose
  13. Babe Ruth (Level 4)
  14. Tris Speaker
  15. Mike Trout
  16. Ted Williams

Others

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Roberto Clemente
  2. Shohei Ohtani
  3. Ichiro Suzuki

Pitchers

[edit]

This section contains 20 articles.

United States

[edit]

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Grover Cleveland Alexander
  2. Roger Clemens
  3. Jean Faut
  4. Bob Gibson
  5. Randy Johnson
  6. Walter Johnson
  7. Clayton Kershaw
  8. Sandy Koufax
  9. Greg Maddux
  10. Christy Mathewson
  11. Satchel Paige
  12. Charles Radbourn
  13. Nolan Ryan
  14. Tom Seaver
  15. Warren Spahn
  16. Ed Walsh
  17. Cy Young

Others

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Pedro Martínez
  2. Hideo Nomo
  3. Mariano Rivera

Cricket

[edit]

This section contains 60 articles.

Male cricketers

[edit]

This section contains 55 articles.

Batters

[edit]

This section contains 26 articles.

  1. Allan Border
  2. Geoffrey Boycott
  3. Don Bradman (Level 4)
  4. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  5. Rahul Dravid
  6. Sunil Gavaskar
  7. Chris Gayle
  8. Jack Hobbs
  9. Len Hutton
  10. Inzamam-ul-Haq
  11. Douglas Jardine
  12. Mahela Jayawardene
  13. Younis Khan
  14. Virat Kohli
  15. Brian Lara
  16. Graeme Pollock
  17. Ricky Ponting
  18. Ranjitsinhji
  19. Viv Richards (Level 4)
  20. Bob Simpson (cricketer)
  21. Steve Smith (cricketer)
  22. Herbert Sutcliffe
  23. Sachin Tendulkar (Level 4)
  24. Victor Trumper
  25. Frank Worrell
  26. Steve Waugh

Bowlers

[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Wasim Akram
  2. Curtly Ambrose
  3. James Anderson (cricketer)
  4. Sydney Barnes
  5. Joel Garner
  6. Clarrie Grimmett
  7. Dennis Lillee
  8. Malcolm Marshall
  9. Glenn McGrath
  10. Muttiah Muralitharan
  11. Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)
  12. Fred Spofforth
  13. Dale Steyn
  14. Fred Trueman
  15. Shane Warne (Level 4)

Wicket-keepers

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Jack Blackham
  2. MS Dhoni
  3. Adam Gilchrist
  4. Alan Knott
  5. Kumar Sangakkara

All-rounders

[edit]

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Ian Botham
  2. Kapil Dev
  3. W. G. Grace (Level 4)
  4. Richard Hadlee
  5. Sanath Jayasuriya
  6. Jacques Kallis
  7. Keith Miller
  8. Shakib Al Hasan
  9. Garfield Sobers (Level 4)

Female cricketers

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Enid Bakewell
  2. Belinda Clark
  3. Jhulan Goswami
  4. Ellyse Perry
  5. Mithali Raj

Ice hockey

[edit]

This section contains 46 articles.

Forwards

[edit]

This section contains 30 articles.

  1. Hilary Knight (ice hockey)
  2. Caroline Ouellette

Centre

[edit]

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Jean Béliveau
  2. Bobby Clarke
  3. Sidney Crosby
  4. Phil Esposito
  5. Wayne Gretzky (Level 4)
  6. Angela James
  7. Mario Lemieux
  8. Mark Messier
  9. Howie Morenz
  10. Joe Sakic
  11. Peter Šťastný
  12. Hayley Wickenheiser
  13. Steve Yzerman

Wingers

[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Hobey Baker
  2. Mike Bossy
  3. Cammi Granato
  4. Jayna Hefford
  5. Gordie Howe (Level 4)
  6. Bobby Hull
  7. Brett Hull
  8. Jaromír Jágr
  9. Valeri Kharlamov
  10. Guy Lafleur
  11. Sergei Makarov (ice hockey, born 1958)
  12. Sergei Mozyakin
  13. Willie O'Ree
  14. Alexander Ovechkin
  15. Maurice Richard

Defense

[edit]

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Ray Bourque
  2. Viacheslav Fetisov
  3. Doug Harvey (ice hockey)
  4. Geraldine Heaney
  5. Tim Horton
  6. Nicklas Lidström
  7. Bobby Orr
  8. Börje Salming
  9. Eddie Shore
  10. Cyclone Taylor

Goaltenders

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Martin Brodeur
  2. Dominik Hašek
  3. Bernie Parent
  4. Jacques Plante
  5. Terry Sawchuk
  6. Vladislav Tretiak

American football

[edit]

This section contains 42 articles.

Quarterbacks

[edit]

This section contains 14 articles.

  1. Sammy Baugh
  2. Terry Bradshaw
  3. Tom Brady (Level 4)
  4. John Elway
  5. Brett Favre
  6. Otto Graham
  7. Patrick Mahomes
  8. Peyton Manning
  9. Dan Marino
  10. Joe Montana
  11. Bart Starr
  12. Johnny Unitas
  13. Kurt Warner
  14. Steve Young

Running backs

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Jim Brown (Level 4)
  2. Red Grange
  3. Bronko Nagurski
  4. Walter Payton
  5. Barry Sanders
  6. Gale Sayers
  7. O. J. Simpson
  8. Emmitt Smith

Ends and wide receivers

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Don Hutson
  2. Jerry Rice (Level 4)

Linemen

[edit]

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Joe Greene
  2. John Hannah (American football)
  3. Pudge Heffelfinger
  4. Deacon Jones
  5. Gino Marchetti
  6. Anthony Muñoz
  7. Merlin Olsen
  8. Reggie White

Linebackers and defensive backs

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Dick Butkus
  2. Jack Lambert (American football)
  3. Night Train Lane
  4. Ray Lewis
  5. Ronnie Lott
  6. Ed Reed
  7. Deion Sanders
  8. Lawrence Taylor

Special teams

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. George Blanda

Tennis

[edit]

This section contains 51 articles.

  1. Andre Agassi
  2. Arthur Ashe
  3. Boris Becker
  4. Björn Borg
  5. Bryan brothers
  6. Don Budge
  7. Maria Bueno
  8. Kim Clijsters
  9. Maureen Connolly
  10. Jimmy Connors
  11. Margaret Court (Level 4)
  12. Novak Djokovic (Level 4)
  13. Stefan Edberg
  14. Roy Emerson
  15. Chris Evert
  16. Roger Federer (Level 4)
  17. Althea Gibson
  18. Pancho Gonzales
  19. Evonne Goolagong Cawley
  20. Steffi Graf (Level 4)
  21. Justine Henin
  22. Martina Hingis
  23. Billie Jean King
  24. Jack Kramer
  25. Shingo Kunieda
  26. René Lacoste
  27. Rod Laver (Level 4)
  28. Ivan Lendl
  29. Suzanne Lenglen (Level 4)
  30. Li Na
  31. John McEnroe
  32. Andy Murray
  33. Rafael Nadal (Level 4)
  34. Martina Navratilova (Level 4)
  35. John Newcombe
  36. Fred Perry
  37. William Renshaw
  38. Renée Richards
  39. Ken Rosewall
  40. Pete Sampras
  41. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
  42. Richard Sears (tennis)
  43. Monica Seles
  44. Maria Sharapova
  45. Bill Tilden
  46. Esther Vergeer
  47. Guillermo Vilas
  48. Mats Wilander
  49. Serena Williams (Level 4)
  50. Venus Williams
  51. Helen Wills

Golf

[edit]

This section contains 35 articles.

  1. Seve Ballesteros
  2. Patty Berg
  3. James Braid (golfer)
  4. Ernie Els
  5. Nick Faldo
  6. Walter Hagen
  7. Ben Hogan
  8. Bobby Jones (golfer)
  9. Rory McIlroy
  10. Phil Mickelson
  11. Old Tom Morris
  12. Young Tom Morris
  13. Jack Nicklaus (Level 4)
  14. Byron Nelson
  15. Greg Norman
  16. Lorena Ochoa
  17. Pak Se-ri
  18. Arnold Palmer
  19. Inbee Park
  20. Willie Park Sr.
  21. Gary Player
  22. Gene Sarazen
  23. Patty Sheehan
  24. Sam Snead
  25. Annika Sörenstam (Level 4)
  26. Payne Stewart
  27. Louise Suggs
  28. John Henry Taylor
  29. Lee Trevino
  30. Harry Vardon
  31. Tom Watson (golfer)
  32. Karrie Webb
  33. Kathy Whitworth
  34. Tiger Woods (Level 4)
  35. Mickey Wright

Athletics

[edit]

This section contains 91 articles.

  1. Abebe Bikila
  2. Harold Abrahams
  3. Valerie Adams
  4. Chioma Ajunwa
  5. Almaz Ayana
  6. Roger Bannister
  7. Randy Barnes
  8. Bob Beamon
  9. Fanny Blankers-Koen (Level 4)
  10. Usain Bolt (Level 4)
  11. Alistair Brownlee
  12. Sergey Bubka (Level 4)
  13. Thomas Burke (athlete)
  14. Galina Chistyakova
  15. Sebastian Coe
  16. Mary Decker
  17. Heike Drechsler
  18. Armand Duplantis
  19. Ashton Eaton
  20. Jonathan Edwards (triple jumper)
  21. Hicham El Guerrouj (Level 4)
  22. Jessica Ennis-Hill
  23. Mo Farah
  24. Allyson Felix
  25. Dick Fosbury
  26. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
  27. Cathy Freeman
  28. Genzebe Dibaba
  29. Florence Griffith Joyner (Level 4)
  30. Haile Gebrselassie (Level 4)
  31. Armin Hary
  32. Yelena Isinbayeva
  33. Caitlyn Jenner
  34. Michael Johnson (sprinter)
  35. Rafer Johnson
  36. Marion Jones
  37. Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Level 4)
  38. Kipchoge Keino
  39. Mary Jepkosgei Keitany
  40. Ezekiel Kemboi
  41. Kenenisa Bekele
  42. Eliud Kipchoge
  43. Robert Korzeniowski
  44. Stefka Kostadinova
  45. Jarmila Kratochvílová
  46. Inessa Kravets
  47. Carl Lewis (Level 4)
  48. Natalya Lisovskaya
  49. Liu Xiang (hurdler)
  50. Bob Mathias
  51. Bobby Morrow
  52. Edwin Moses (Level 4)
  53. Wayde van Niekerk
  54. Simone Niggli-Luder
  55. Paavo Nurmi (Level 4)
  56. Al Oerter
  57. Merlene Ottey
  58. Jesse Owens (Level 4)
  59. Sally Pearson
  60. Marie-José Pérec
  61. Sandra Elkasević
  62. Oscar Pistorius
  63. Mike Powell (long jumper)
  64. Paula Radcliffe
  65. Betty Robinson
  66. Bobbie Rosenfeld
  67. David Rudisha
  68. Wilma Rudolph (Level 4)
  69. Viktor Saneyev
  70. Jürgen Schult
  71. Dave Scott (triathlete)
  72. Yuriy Sedykh
  73. Caster Semenya
  74. Saif Saaeed Shaheen
  75. Javier Sotomayor
  76. Emma Snowsill
  77. Barbora Špotáková
  78. Shirley Strickland
  79. Yusuke Suzuki (racewalker)
  80. Irena Szewińska
  81. Daley Thompson
  82. Tirunesh Dibaba
  83. Wyomia Tyus
  84. Lasse Virén
  85. Samuel Wanjiru
  86. Anita Włodarczyk
  87. Kevin Young (hurdler)
  88. Emil Zátopek (Level 4)
  89. Jan Železný

Figure skating

[edit]

This section contains 31 articles.

  1. Shizuka Arakawa
  2. Dick Button
  3. Cecilia Colledge
  4. Robin Cousins
  5. Peggy Fleming
  6. Gillis Grafström
  7. Jackson Haines
  8. Dorothy Hamill
  9. Scott Hamilton (figure skater)
  10. Yuzuru Hanyu (Level 4)
  11. Tonya Harding
  12. Sonja Henie (Level 4)
  13. Nancy Kerrigan
  14. Yuna Kim
  15. Ilia Kulik
  16. Michelle Kwan
  17. Tara Lipinski
  18. Scott Moir
  19. Axel Paulsen
  20. Evgeni Plushenko
  21. Irina Rodnina
  22. Ulrich Salchow
  23. Karl Schäfer (figure skater)
  24. Barbara Ann Scott
  25. Irina Slutskaya
  26. Madge Syers
  27. Tessa Virtue
  28. Katarina Witt
  29. Alexei Yagudin
  30. Kristi Yamaguchi
  31. Alexander Zaitsev (pair skater)

Martial arts

[edit]

This section contains 85 articles.

Martial arts in general

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Hélio Gracie
  2. Bruce Lee
  3. Manuel dos Reis Machado
  4. Ip Man
  5. Samart Payakaroon
  6. Hadi Saei
  7. Morihei Ueshiba
  8. Wong Fei-hung

Boxing

[edit]

This section contains 40 articles.

  1. Laila Ali
  2. Muhammad Ali (Level 4)
  3. Henry Armstrong
  4. Cecilia Brækhus
  5. Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)
  6. Julio César Chávez
  7. James J. Corbett
  8. Oscar De La Hoya
  9. Jack Dempsey
  10. Roberto Durán
  11. Bob Fitzsimmons
  12. George Foreman
  13. Joe Frazier
  14. Harry Greb
  15. Marvelous Marvin Hagler
  16. Thomas Hearns
  17. Holly Holm
  18. Evander Holyfield
  19. Bernard Hopkins
  20. Jack Johnson (boxer)
  21. Vitali Klitschko
  22. Wladimir Klitschko
  23. Sugar Ray Leonard
  24. Joe Louis (Level 4)
  25. Rocky Marciano
  26. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
  27. Carlos Monzón
  28. Archie Moore
  29. Manny Pacquiao
  30. László Papp
  31. Willie Pep
  32. Sugar Ray Robinson (Level 4)
  33. Félix Savón
  34. Max Schmeling
  35. Teófilo Stevenson
  36. Gene Tunney
  37. Mike Tyson
Bare-knuckle boxing (3 articles)
  1. Jem Mace
  2. Daniel Mendoza
  3. John L. Sullivan

Judo

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Kanō Jigorō (Level 4)
  2. Masahiko Kimura
  3. Gene LeBell
  4. Ryoko Tani

Karate and kickboxing

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Gichin Funakoshi
  2. Andy Hug
  3. Joe Lewis (martial artist)
  4. Mas Oyama
  5. Chōjun Miyagi

Mixed martial arts

[edit]

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Randy Couture
  2. Fedor Emelianenko
  3. Royce Gracie
  4. Demetrious Johnson
  5. Jon Jones
  6. Conor McGregor
  7. Amanda Nunes
  8. Khabib Nurmagomedov
  9. Tito Ortiz
  10. B.J. Penn
  11. Ronda Rousey
  12. Anderson Silva
  13. Georges St-Pierre

Sumo

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Asashōryū Akinori
  2. Futabayama Sadaji
  3. Hakuhō Shō
  4. Taihō Kōki
  5. Tanikaze Kajinosuke

Wrestling

[edit]

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Kurt Angle
  2. Dan Gable
  3. George Hackenschmidt
  4. Kaori Icho
  5. Aleksandr Karelin (Level 4)
  6. Aleksandr Medved
  7. Kristjan Palusalu
  8. Buvaisar Saitiev
  9. Saori Yoshida
  10. Ivan Yarygin

Cycling

[edit]

This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Jacques Anquetil
  2. Lance Armstrong
  3. Rachel Atherton
  4. Gino Bartali
  5. Alfredo Binda
  6. Anne-Caroline Chausson
  7. Fausto Coppi
  8. Chris Froome
  9. Maurice Garin
  10. Bernard Hinault
  11. Chris Hoy
  12. Miguel Induráin
  13. Laura Kenny
  14. Greg LeMond
  15. Eddy Merckx (Level 4)
  16. Leontien van Moorsel
  17. Lucien Petit-Breton
  18. Bernard Thévenet
  19. Nicolas Vouilloz
  20. Bradley Wiggins

Gymnastics

[edit]

This section contains 25 articles.

WAG

[edit]

This section contains 17 articles.

  1. Simone Biles
  2. Věra Čáslavská
  3. Nadia Comăneci (Level 4)
  4. Gabby Douglas
  5. He Kexin
  6. Olga Korbut
  7. Larisa Latynina (Level 4)
  8. Nastia Liukin
  9. Shannon Miller
  10. Aliya Mustafina
  11. Carly Patterson
  12. Lilia Podkopayeva
  13. Aly Raisman
  14. Mary Lou Retton
  15. Yelena Shushunova
  16. Ludmilla Tourischeva
  17. Elena Zamolodchikova

MAG

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Nikolai Andrianov
  2. Paul Hamm
  3. Li Ning
  4. Alexei Nemov
  5. Sawao Katō
  6. Vitaly Scherbo
  7. Boris Shakhlin
  8. Takashi Ono (gymnast)

Auto racing

[edit]

This section contains 40 articles.

  1. Giacomo Agostini
  2. Mario Andretti
  3. Michael Andretti
  4. Alberto Ascari
  5. Jack Brabham
  6. Peter Brock
  7. Donald Campbell
  8. Guido Cappellini
  9. Jim Clark
  10. Joey Dunlop
  11. Dale Earnhardt
  12. Juan Manuel Fangio (Level 4)
  13. A. J. Foyt
  14. Jeff Gordon
  15. Dan Gurney
  16. Lewis Hamilton
  17. Graham Hill
  18. James Hunt
  19. Junior Johnson
  20. Jimmie Johnson
  21. Eliška Junková
  22. Niki Lauda
  23. Sébastien Loeb
  24. Bruce McLaren
  25. Colin McRae
  26. Stirling Moss
  27. Barney Oldfield
  28. Danica Patrick
  29. Richard Petty
  30. Alain Prost
  31. Valentino Rossi
  32. Michael Schumacher (Level 4)
  33. Ayrton Senna (Level 4)
  34. Jackie Stewart
  35. Kunimitsu Takahashi
  36. Keiichi Tsuchiya
  37. Sebastian Vettel
  38. Darrell Waltrip
  39. Jamie Whincup
  40. Cale Yarborough

Swimming

[edit]

This section contains 20 articles.

  1. Florence Chadwick
  2. Natalie Coughlin
  3. Anastasia Davydova
  4. Gertrude Ederle
  5. Krisztina Egerszegi
  6. Dawn Fraser
  7. Grant Hackett
  8. Katie Ledecky
  9. Ryan Lochte
  10. Roland Matthes
  11. Michael Phelps (Level 4)
  12. Lewis Pugh
  13. Mark Spitz (Level 4)
  14. Jenny Thompson
  15. Ian Thorpe
  16. Matthew Webb
  17. Johnny Weissmuller (Level 4)
  18. Esther Williams

Rugby

[edit]

This section contains 23 articles.

Rugby league

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Arthur Beetson
  2. Reg Gasnier
  3. Andrew Johns
  4. Wally Lewis
  5. Darren Lockyer
  6. Dally Messenger

Rugby union

[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Serge Blanco
  2. David Campese
  3. Dan Carter
  4. Sébastien Chabal
  5. Danie Craven
  6. Daisuke Ohata
  7. Gareth Edwards (Level 4)
  8. Martin Johnson (rugby union)
  9. Jonah Lomu (Level 4)
  10. Richie McCaw
  11. Colin Meads
  12. Brian O'Driscoll
  13. Francois Pienaar
  14. Waisale Serevi
  15. Jonny Wilkinson

Action & adventure sports

[edit]

This section contains 45 articles.

Aggressive inline skating

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Arlo Eisenberg

BMX

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Mat Hoffman
  2. Dave Mirra
  3. Mariana Pajón
  4. Māris Štrombergs

Bullfighting

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Juan Belmonte
  2. Manolete
  3. Pedro Romero

Climbing and mountaineering

[edit]

This section contains 16 articles.

  1. Josune Bereziartu
  2. Walter Bonatti
  3. Catherine Destivelle
  4. Wolfgang Güllich
  5. Lynn Hill
  6. Edmund Hillary (Level 4)
  7. Alex Honnold
  8. Andrew Irvine (mountaineer)
  9. Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner
  10. George Mallory
  11. Reinhold Messner
  12. Tenzing Norgay (Level 4)
  13. Adam Ondra
  14. Edurne Pasaban
  15. Chris Sharma
  16. Junko Tabei (Level 4)

Motocross

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Ricky Carmichael
  2. Jeremy McGrath
  3. Travis Pastrana

Parkour

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. David Belle

Rodeo

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Trevor Brazile
  2. Charmayne James
  3. J.B. Mauney
  4. Jim Shoulders

Skateboarding

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Steve Caballero
  2. Tony Hawk
  3. Nyjah Huston
  4. Rodney Mullen
  5. Elissa Steamer

Skydiving and BASE jumping

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Felix Baumgartner

Surfing

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Layne Beachley
  2. Björn Dunkerbeck
  3. Duke Kahanamoku
  4. Kelly Slater

Tabletop games

[edit]

This section contains 43 articles.

Card games

[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Ely Culbertson

Poker

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Doyle Brunson
  2. Phil Hellmuth
  3. Phil Ivey
  4. Chris Moneymaker
  5. Johnny Moss
  6. Stu Ungar

Chess

[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Alexander Alekhine
  2. Mikhail Botvinnik
  3. José Raúl Capablanca
  4. Magnus Carlsen
  5. Bobby Fischer (Level 4)
  6. Anatoly Karpov
  7. Garry Kasparov (Level 4)
  8. Emanuel Lasker
  9. Paul Morphy
  10. Judit Polgár
  11. Mikhail Tal
  12. Wilhelm Steinitz

Cue sports

[edit]

This section contains 9 articles.

  1. Raymond Ceulemans
  2. Joe Davis
  3. Ralph Greenleaf
  4. Stephen Hendry
  5. Walter Lindrum
  6. Willie Mosconi
  7. Efren Reyes
  8. Ronnie O'Sullivan
  9. Rudolf Wanderone

Table tennis

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Deng Yaping
  2. Ma Lin (table tennis)
  3. Ma Long
  4. Jan-Ove Waldner
  5. Wang Nan (table tennis)

Carrom

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. A. Maria Irudayam

Scrabble

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Nigel Richards (Scrabble player)

Go

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Lee Chang-ho
  2. Cho Hun-hyun
  3. Go Seigen
  4. Hon'inbō Sansa
  5. Hon'inbō Shūsaku

Shogi

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Yoshiharu Habu
  2. Yasuharu Ōyama

Checkers

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Marion Tinsley

Target sports

[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

Archery

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Howard Hill
  2. Kim Soo-nyung
  3. Darrell Pace
  4. Park Sung-hyun (archer)
  5. Hubert Van Innis

Bowling sports

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Tony Allcock
  2. Earl Anthony
  3. Philippe Quintais
  4. Walter Ray Williams Jr.

Curling

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Kevin Martin (curler)
  2. Sandra Schmirler

Darts

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Trina Gulliver
  2. Phil Taylor (darts player)

Shooting

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Maria Grozdeva
  2. Jin Jong-oh
  3. Carl Osburn
  4. Kim Rhode
  5. Ralf Schumann

Other individual sports

[edit]

This section contains 84 articles.

Badminton

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Lin Dan
  2. Ratchanok Intanon
  3. Gao Ling
  4. Saina Nehwal
  5. Rudy Hartono
  6. Lee Chong Wei

Biathlon

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Ole Einar Bjørndalen (Level 4)
  2. Darya Domracheva

Bodybuilding

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Ronnie Coleman
  2. Iris Kyle
  3. Eugen Sandow

Diving

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Klaus Dibiasi
  2. Greg Louganis
  3. Natalia Molchanova
  4. Wu Minxia

Equestrianism

[edit]

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Eddie Arcaro
  2. Steve Cauthen
  3. Charlotte Dujardin
  4. Reiner Klimke
  5. Julie Krone
  6. Tony McCoy
  7. Lester Piggott
  8. Bill Shoemaker
  9. Mark Todd (equestrian)
  10. Hans Günter Winkler

Fencing

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Pavel Kolobkov
  2. Edoardo Mangiarotti
  3. Aldo Nadi
  4. Valentina Vezzali

Luge

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Georg Hackl

Racquetball

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Paola Longoria
  2. Kane Waselenchuk

Rowing and kayaking

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Birgit Fischer
  2. Elisabeta Lipă
  3. Michal Martikán
  4. Steve Redgrave (Level 4)

Sailing

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Ben Ainslie
  2. Paul Elvstrøm

Skeleton

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Lizzy Yarnold

International Ski Federation sports

[edit]

This section contains 10 articles.

  1. Marit Bjørgen (Level 4)
  2. Bjørn Dæhlie
  3. Jean-Claude Killy
  4. Mikaël Kingsbury
  5. Hermann Maier
  6. Annemarie Moser-Pröll
  7. Matti Nykänen
  8. Ingemar Stenmark (Level 4)
  9. Lindsey Vonn
  10. Terje Håkonsen

Speed skating

[edit]

This section contains 8 articles.

  1. Bonnie Blair (Level 4)
  2. Steven Bradbury
  3. Eric Heiden (Level 4)
  4. Johann Olav Koss
  5. Sven Kramer
  6. Apolo Ohno
  7. Claudia Pechstein
  8. Ireen Wüst

Squash

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Nicol David
  2. Jahangir Khan
  3. Heather McKay

Strength based sports

[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Vasily Alekseyev
  2. Ed Coan
  3. Louis Cyr
  4. Pyrros Dimas
  5. Bill Kazmaier
  6. Hossein Rezazadeh
  7. Naim Süleymanoğlu

Multiple sports

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Eddie Eagan
  2. Bo Jackson
  3. Anthony Mundine
  4. Jim Thorpe (Level 4)
  5. Babe Didrikson Zaharias (Level 4)
  6. Shaun White

Niche sports

[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

Competitive eating

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Takeru Kobayashi

eSports

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Faker (gamer)
  2. Daigo Umehara
  3. Lim Yo-hwan

Fishing

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Kevin VanDam

Frisbee sports

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Ken Climo
  2. Ken Westerfield

Hunting

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Frank Buck (animal collector)
  2. Jim Corbett

Memory sports

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Dominic O'Brien

Other team sports

[edit]

This section contains 43 articles.

Australian rules football

[edit]

This section contains 4 articles.

  1. Gary Ablett Sr.
  2. Ron Barassi
  3. Gordon Coventry
  4. Leigh Matthews

Bandy

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Sergey Ivanovich Lomanov

Basque pelota

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Mariano Juaristi

Bobsleigh

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Kevin Kuske
  2. Eugenio Monti

Field hockey

[edit]

This section contains 7 articles.

  1. Luciana Aymar (Level 4)
  2. Dhyan Chand (Level 4)
  3. Jamie Dwyer
  4. Rechelle Hawkes
  5. Teun de Nooijer
  6. Dhanraj Pillay
  7. Balbir Singh Sr.

Beach soccer

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Madjer

Futsal

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Falcão (futsal player)

Gaelic sports

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Christy Ring
  2. Henry Shefflin

Handball

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Anja Andersen
  2. Ivano Balić
  3. Nikola Karabatić
  4. Andrey Lavrov
  5. Thierry Omeyer

Kabaddi

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Rakesh Kumar (kabaddi)

Lacrosse

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Gary Gait

Netball

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Irene van Dyk

Paintball

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Oliver Lang

Polo

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Adolfo Cambiaso

Softball

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Lisa Fernandez
  2. Jennie Finch

Volleyball

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Giba
  2. Kerri Walsh Jennings
  3. Karch Kiraly
  4. Lang Ping
  5. Misty May-Treanor
  6. Regla Torres

Water polo

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Manuel Estiarte
  2. Filip Filipović (water polo)
  3. Dezső Gyarmati
  4. Paul Radmilovic
  5. Brenda Villa
  6. Debbie Watson (water polo)

Ancient sports

[edit]

This section contains 5 articles.

  1. Cynisca
  2. Gaius Appuleius Diocles
  3. Leonidas of Rhodes
  4. Milo of Croton
  5. Pheidippides

Sports business-people, coaches, and referees

[edit]

This section contains 138 articles. Note: Sportswriters, journalists, commentators and announcers are listed under writers and journalists

American football

[edit]

This section contains 15 articles.

  1. Bill Belichick
  2. Paul Brown
  3. Bear Bryant
  4. Walter Camp
  5. Al Davis
  6. John Heisman
  7. Curly Lambeau
  8. Tom Landry
  9. Vince Lombardi
  10. Joe Paterno
  11. Knute Rockne
  12. Pete Rozelle
  13. Nick Saban
  14. Amos Alonzo Stagg
  15. Pop Warner

Association football

[edit]

This section contains 33 articles.

  1. Carlo Ancelotti
  2. Ken Aston
  3. Béla Guttmann
  4. Sepp Blatter
  5. Vicente del Bosque
  6. Matt Busby
  7. Herbert Chapman
  8. Brian Clough
  9. Ebenezer Cobb Morley
  10. Pierluigi Collina
  11. Didier Deschamps
  12. Alex Ferguson
  13. Robert Guérin
  14. Pep Guardiola
  15. João Havelange
  16. Helenio Herrera
  17. Udo Lattek
  18. Valeriy Lobanovskyi
  19. Mircea Lucescu
  20. Rinus Michels
  21. José Mourinho
  22. Silvia Neid
  23. Bob Paisley
  24. Alf Ramsey
  25. Jules Rimet
  26. Stanley Rous
  27. Vittorio Pozzo
  28. Arrigo Sacchi
  29. Howard Webb
  30. Arsène Wenger
  31. Mário Zagallo

Australian rules football

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Tom Wills

Baseball

[edit]

This section contains 12 articles.

  1. Alexander Cartwright
  2. Charles Comiskey
  3. Abner Doubleday
  4. Kenesaw Mountain Landis
  5. Connie Mack
  6. Marvin Miller
  7. Buck O'Neil
  8. Branch Rickey
  9. Bud Selig
  10. Albert Spalding
  11. George Steinbrenner
  12. Harry Wright

Basketball

[edit]

This section contains 18 articles.

  1. Red Auerbach
  2. Geno Auriemma
  3. Alexander Gomelsky
  4. Henry Iba
  5. Phil Jackson
  6. Bob Knight
  7. Mike Krzyzewski
  8. John Kundla
  9. James Naismith (Level 4)
  10. Mirko Novosel
  11. Larry O'Brien
  12. Gregg Popovich
  13. Pat Riley
  14. Abe Saperstein
  15. Dean Smith
  16. David Stern
  17. Pat Summitt
  18. John Wooden

Boxing

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Jack Broughton
  2. Angelo Dundee
  3. Don King

Cycling

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Henri Desgrange

Equestrianism

[edit]

This section contains 6 articles.

  1. Bob Baffert
  2. Federico Caprilli
  3. Kikkuli
  4. Vincent O'Brien
  5. François Robichon de La Guérinière
  6. Federico Tesio

Gymnastics

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn
  2. Béla Károlyi
  3. Márta Károlyi

Ice hockey

[edit]

This section contains 11 articles.

  1. Al Arbour
  2. Mike Babcock
  3. Gary Bettman
  4. Toe Blake
  5. Scotty Bowman
  6. Herb Brooks
  7. Frank Calder
  8. Clarence Campbell
  9. Ken Hitchcock
  10. Joel Quenneville
  11. James T. Sutherland

Lacrosse

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. William George Beers

Mixed martial arts

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Dana White

Olympics

[edit]

This section contains 13 articles.

  1. Thomas Bach
  2. Henri de Baillet-Latour
  3. Godefroy de Blonay
  4. Avery Brundage
  5. Pierre de Coubertin (Level 4)
  6. Carl Diem
  7. Sigfrid Edström
  8. Alice Milliat
  9. Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin
  10. Dick Pound
  11. Jacques Rogge
  12. Juan Antonio Samaranch
  13. Demetrios Vikelas

Racing

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Bernie Ecclestone
  2. Bill France Sr.
  3. Gordon Murray

Rugby league

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Wayne Bennett (rugby league)

Rugby union

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. William Webb Ellis
  2. Ned Haig
  3. Graham Henry

Snooker

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Barry Hearn

Swimming

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Bob Bowman (coach)

Tennis

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. Nick Bollettieri
  2. Harry Hopman

Track and Field

[edit]

This section contains 1 article.

  1. Bill Bowerman

Volleyball

[edit]

This section contains 2 articles.

  1. William G. Morgan
  2. Bernardo Rezende

Water polo

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Adam Krikorian
  2. Ratko Rudić
  3. William Wilson (aquatics)

Multiple sports

[edit]

This section contains 3 articles.

  1. Walter A. Brown
  2. Lamar Hunt
  3. Tex Rickard


Retrieved from "https://wiki.riteme.site/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Vital_articles/Level/5/People/Sports_figures&oldid=1273522140"