Michael Phelps ranked the best athlete of the 21st Century by ESPN

[Jplaya2023]

Do y'all agree with this?

I think the difference between team sports, individual sports and the olympics should be stated.

Phelps is great but he does it every 4 years while Serena, Bron, Tom etc.. did it every year

ESPN's top 100 professional athletes of the 21st century: Unveiling 1-25

Who tops our list of the top athletes since 2000? We're unveiling the top 25, including our voters' pick for the No. 1 spot.

www.espn.com

 

[ball15life]

I'd personally go Tiger Woods or Serena

Their dominance was the likes we've never seen

 

[cyndaquil]

How is he better than Usain Bolt?
How are we ranking 21st century athletes when we are only a quarter of the way through it?
Why are we even ranking athletes that play different sports?

 

[Patrick Kane]

Hell nah

Messi and Ronaldo both clear him

 

[CHICAGO]

NOBODY GIVES A fukk ABOUT SWIMMING
BUT I KNEW THEY WERE GONNA
FIND SOME WAY TO GIVE IT TO A WHITE PERSON.

SHOULDA BEEN FLOYD.

HOW THE fukk FLOYD AT 25
BEFORE PPL LIKE DIANA TAURASI?



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[MikelArteta]

He's not better than Bolt

what because bolt didn't run backwards or on one knee?

Usain Bolt 3 straight olympic golds and 3 straight world championships in 100m and 200m and setting world records in both that ish will never happen again

dont forget the relay as well

bolt
wr 100m, wr 200m, wr relay

 

[The_Sheff]

All I’m gonna say is Michael Phelps had nikkas watching swimming like it was game 7 of the finals. He made that sport prime time. Before then nobody gave a damn about the swimming events. Now they do them shyts in football stadiums.

Don’t think he clears Tiger though. He got EVERYBODY in golf paid.

 

[MajesticLion]

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[Knockout_LR_Freshmart]

It's an impossible list to get right, at least the names on it weren't overly egregious.

Glad to see GSP & JBJ make it (though Jon's engaging in more career-blemishing fukkery rn ), could argue Fedor deserves a spot too.

 

[MikelArteta]

hell in swimming Caeleb Dressel is just as dominant as Michael phelps

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Katie Ledecky > Michael Phelps

They'd have less people upset if they gave it to Novak

 

[CHICAGO]

All I’m gonna say is Michael Phelps had nikkas watching swimming like it was game 7 of the finals.

JUST SAY HE HAD YOU WATCHING.

I DONT ANY BLACK PERSON IRL
WHO WATCHED A PHELPS RACE.





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[Black Hans]

It's a respectable choice. He does have the most Gold medals in Olympic history

 

[Remote]

JUST SAY HE HAD YOU WATCHING.

I DONT ANY BLACK PERSON IRL
WHO WATCHED A PHELPS RACE.





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Black people watch baseball, Mr Chicago.
Do the right thing.

 

[Tommy Gibbs]

It's a respectable choice. He does have the most Gold medals in Olympic history

yeah, but there are a bunch of events in swimming. You have 19 chances to win ONE gold medal in swimming. There are 24 events for track and field as well. It's still impressive though. for him to have 23. Maybe one day boxing will get more events like a speed bag events(one hand and 2 hands), jump rope, or punching power measuring.

JUST SAY HE HAD YOU WATCHING.

I DONT ANY BLACK PERSON IRL
WHO WATCHED A PHELPS RACE.





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I damn sure never watched one.