Considering things like improved sports science, and certain humans never having gotten the chance to go pro due to growing up in the wrong place, or even just certain sports stealing potential talent from other sports (how many NBA players would have won gold at high jump?) - can we say that any athlete is truly the best of all time (and no other human anywhere with perfect training could have surpassed them).
I believe only Usain Bolt fits the brief - I doubt any unknown guy living in a hut in africa or some random Indian street-sh****** could have outrun him with perfect training - nor could any NFL athletes.
Tyson Gay would've kekked this fraud if not for the constant USADA harassment
John Ward
Bo Jackson is always the correct answer
Parker Allen
in cycling, the answer would be Lance Armstrong.
Jonathan Morales
Messi is the greatest in the most compettive sport. So he is the greatest athlete full stop, not just soccer.
Jaxon Smith
Not even the best during his era.
Caleb Fisher
purely as an athlete? Bolt. there is literally no deception or complex strategy required for him to defeat competition. He literally has to out-athlete you to win. Combine his times with his size and it's him for now
Gabriel Wright
Johnny Bananas
Jayden Watson
This. He made the best athletes around him look like children and he has the track times to prove what an inhuman monster he was.
Asher Collins
Fucking stupid americans with their childlike minds
Lucas Sanchez
Taking athlete. 7'3 310 pound able to run a 40 yard dash in 4.6 seconds barefoot. Able to bench press over 500 pounds. Could high jump 6'6. Has a vertical over 40+. After retiring from basketball he played volleyball and got into the volleyball hall of fame
4.6 my ass. video of him is so underwhelming. david robinson was probably a better athlete
Jose Scott
>4.6 my ass. video of him is so underwhelming
The 4.6 was recorded by the Kansas city chiefs recruiter who said wilt would have been the greatest tight end of all time. The underwhelming may have to due with the rules of the game being super strict on traveling and palm violations. Wilt was not allowed to use his athletic Abilities 100%
Nathan Parker
Bolt + Phelps
Liam Price
I'd say Bolt and Woods, but I think it's more just them being iconic and popular than being the actual GOAT. He might be the GOAT, but he still isn't basically in-disputed which is what OP is looking for.
Ryder Perry
Forgot about Phelps, this is probably one of the only true answers, Phelps is the GOAT of his respective sport and no one really comes close imo.
Joseph Powell
Nadal on clay is just so far ahead of everybody it's not funny. 12/15 French Opens, with one missing due to injury in the same era as the other big 2 is frankly disgusting.
lemond was better, take the drugs away and armstrong was a pleb
Samuel Torres
Kasparov was greater and Carlsen is better than both
Nathan Sullivan
Is God an athlete?
Luke Reed
wrong.
federer or phelps
James Johnson
Jim Thorpe.
Liam Murphy
Andy Fordham
Caleb Sanchez
That's not Carlsen
Andrew Williams
Didnt realise phelps was good at tennis
Evan Young
Would black people excel in swimming if they cared about it? Or are fast twitch muscles a meme in it's just comes down to doping?
Nathaniel Reed
They usually drown when learning to swim here, 3 death accidents in 5 years in my small town
William Garcia
Messi Mayweather Bolt
Ayden Hall
Phil The Power Taylor The Rocket Ronnie O'Sullivan
Landon Martinez
This guy. >Was undefeated in international competitions for 13 (THIRTEEN) years straight >Won 9 world championships in a row >Won the european championship 12 times in a row >Won olympic gold 3 times in a row I don't think any other human was ever as dominant in any sport as him.
>which athletes are being the most protected by doping agencies?
>pic related
the whole Jamaican team has been busted for PEDS over the years, except for the fastest one of all who claims he doesnt train just eat mcdonalds all day. also happens to be a cash cow and the highest profile celebrity of the lot whose guilt would tarnish the whole sport and the faggot olympics that only nursing home residents watch anyway
How can you be sure there has beenno one born in history with same physical profile.
Jace Gutierrez
Jahangir Khan >Jahangir Khan, HI (Pashto / Urdu: جهانگير خان; born 10 December 1963 in Karachi, Pakistan)[1] sometimes spelled "Jehangir Khan", is a former World No. 1 professional squash player from Pakistan, who is considered to be the greatest player in the history of squash.[2][3][4] Jahangir Khan was born into a Pashtun family originally from Neway Kelay Payan, Peshawar.[5] During his career he won the World Open six times and the British Open a record ten times. From 1981 to 1986, he was unbeaten in competitive play. During that time he won 555 matches consecutively, the longest winning streak by any athlete in top-level professional sports as recorded by Guinness World Records.[6] He retired as a player in 1993, and has served as President of the World Squash Federation from 2002 to 2008, when he became Emeritus President.[7]
Charles Morgan
Sorry magnus but the numbers don't lie. maybe you should focus on rigging norwegian chess
polgar is the correct answer, she btfo everyone and had to compete against men not to get bored
Julian Rodriguez
Negron James
Ayden Lee
Michael Jordan
Levi Nelson
>post ELO numbers >Magnus has the highest of all time This b8 is beyond science
Nolan Cox
>there are still people who believe this lanky nigger didn't use drugs when the rest of the top 20 best marks were from confirmed drug users It's 2008+11 already cmon
Ayden Lee
Nah, there has probably been a few tall negros somewhere in Africa who could beat him if they got proper nutrition and training in basketball since youth. The US black population is 37 million. Sub Sahara Africa has more than a billion people.
