Top Ten Most Overrated Athletes

It?s not that they aren?t great players, they just aren?t everything we?ve been led to believe. Don't agree with the list? Place your vote or if you are a logged in, add a new item for others to vote on.

Vote for Pelé 1) Pelé

Is soccer actually considered a sport?

Music

He played during an era where defenders had respect for there opponents and wouldn’t resort to cheap tactics like they did in Maradona’s time. He also never played in the European domestic leagues.

judas

definitely... this guy is extremely jelous of Maradona’s popularity among football fans all over the world... always coming to hide under the protection of the all mighty and all corrupted FIFA organization


Vote for David Beckham 2) David Beckham

he SUCKS! doesn’t do anything with LA Galaxy and also sucked with Real MAdrid

Craztec7007

Beckham is more like an adult movie star than a futbol player.

Malorian

OLD!

wolffwalker


Vote for Michelle Wie 3) Michelle Wie

what a LOSER

redseagrass

she stinks on ice

redseagrass

... has never won a professional tournament.


Vote for Shaquille O’Neal 4) Shaquille O’Neal

I used to be fan of Shaq, but call it being a child and not knowing anything... because I don’t know why I ever liked Shag. No wonder he does those Ice/Heat wraps, they prob. sponser a whole body suit for him with those wraps. Considering more than most the time he’s never playing because "he has a injury". Yea right... he’s just a big wimp.

Shaq Daddy is a 7’1", 325 pound dunk machine. In the paint he is an absolute beast, but outside of seven feet he is all but worthless. We all know of his free throw woes over the years. And don’t tell me about how big his hands are compared to the ball. All NBA players have large hands. Shaq has hit less then 3 game winning shots in his career and can’t shoot free throws. So in a close game in the fourth quarter he is more of a liability then an asset. He has never won a championship without a superstar guard to compliment his game.


Vote for Ronildinho 5) Ronildinho

True, what has this guy accomlplished on his own so fer??

preachinpreach

So over-rated. Does not deserve the "greatest ever" praise he gets


Vote for Mike Tyson 6) Mike Tyson

Great puncher, yes. Great boxer, no. Tyson wouldn’t have stood a chance against the best boxers in their prime.

WAY OVERRATED!!!

GoRazorbacks

over rated.

freddie60


Vote for Joe Namath 7) Joe Namath

173 TD passes, 220 INTs, completion percentage of 50.1%. Hardly the career stat line of a football legend.

Guarantee In Super Bowl 3 and all of a sudden he’s a Hall Of Famer!?

mikeman317

those stats prove it

123klongike


Vote for Terrell Owens 8) Terrell Owens

he needs to get his pop corn ready. and watch some football for real.

Terrel Owens is a good receiver, but if the quarterback makes a mistake he gets slappedin the face by T.O.

Nothing but team destructive drama!


Vote for Babe Ruth 9) Babe Ruth

Let’s be honest here. The Babe played in a time when baseball was in its infancy and many of the best athletes weren’t allowed in the league. Today, Ruth would be stuck working as a DH in the minors.

He shouldnt get all the glory he does

Srry white people but thats all that played durin Ruth time

IF they allowed every1 to play Latino’s, and Blacks
Ruth wouldn’t have been great

plus every1 sucked back than

ballanico23

ruth was a fat drunk who couldnt even see his feet...hes the alltime strikeout leader...thats all...thats all...and in a time when minorities couldnt play cause MLB was racist


Vote for Emmitt Smith 10) Emmitt Smith

Good runner, great offensive line. Most running backs would be happy to line up behind four different pro bowl linemen in a career but in the 1995 Super Bowl Emmitt had four pro bowlers in front of him at once. And that doesn’t count the pro bowl full back blowing up the holes, the pro bowl tight end drawing the attention of the linebackers, or the pro bowl quarterback and wide receiver keeping the secondary honest. Half the backs in the league would have put up hall of fame numbers in a setup like that.

Barry Sanders would have had 3,000 yrds every season on that team.

I agree, Smith is one of the most overated backs ever. So what he has the rushing record,4 pro bowl offensive lineman every year, and he was slowwww


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Choices Not In The Top Ten

Vote for Barry Bonds 11) Barry Bonds

Barry Bonds SUCKS! He only broke the record becouse he took steroids

Go9ers

I so hope he is caught with the roids before he breaks the HR record. I can think of a dozen relief pitchers more deserving of the HR record than him!

if u use steriods for competition you are a worthless human being and should be banned forever, not be allowed to chase a record that a decent man created. He should be tarred and feathered and run out of town

Vote for Vince Carter 12) Vince Carter

Just flashy not a all around player. Guys like him are horrible for your team they ruin the chemistry and they take up tons of cap so you cant afford to bring in anyone.

Chris-1

He can dunk and take awful shot selctions and remember a honey dip, windmill, through the legs or dunk over a seven footer is only worth 2points.

Vote for Peyton Manning 13) Peyton Manning

Ya motha ohh whata expect I’m from Brooklyn. And you ain’t nuthin without ya wide-recievers ya bum bet you can’t even see yah feet ya fat drunk. Hes a bum he’s a wiseguy and I’m from Brooklyn OHH whatya expect he’s no good son of saint(pun intended his dad played for the saints). Hes nothin without his o-line either he’s nuthin I tell you nothin get outta here. I betcha I could out run him and I’m a 300 ilb drunk from Brooklyn who lives with his grandma

ChrisHenry

wanna be brady.

alexx3

is nothing without his o-line.

athilos

Vote for Antoine Walker 14) Antoine Walker

Walker’s entire career is based on the "even a blind squirrel find an acorn once in a while" premise. The dude has a lifetime, standing still with no one in his face, foul shot percentage of less than 65% but still felt compelled to heave up over 580 3-pointer per season during a three year stretch before Boston showed him the door.

nobody guards him

topdis

holds the record for most missed 3’s in a game.

Vote for Kobe Bryant 15) Kobe Bryant

he sucks like hell

Everybody thinks hes gud cos of what he does on occasion eg 81 points but no one sees the games that he is useless in shooting 2 form 16 hes a one dimensional dribble and fade away shot player who pisses off his team and has a cry when something doesnt go his way he just a highlight reel who actually has never shot o0ver 45% field goals for a season MJ was over 45 every season

he sucks. he’s crap

Vote for Manny Pacquiao 16) Manny Pacquiao

Vote for Lynn Swann 17) Lynn Swann

Averaged less than 40 catches a year, not in the top 50 in any major category and yet he is in the Hall of Fame.

And a lousy game show host as well.

Darrell

Vote for Muhammad Ali 18) Muhammad Ali

He was a amazing self promoter and all that pointless junk but he didn’t have great mechanics and he drugged foreman before that fight. Just look at how foreman went down I knew something was up the first time I saw the fight. Not the best fighter at all top 10 or so but come ne. Him and tyson are the 2 most overrated. Tyson is 88 on my top 100 and ali is 11.

Chris-1

ken norton beat him twice

Lost nearly 10 of his fights, Foreman claimed he was drugged when he lost to Ali (and how Foreman went down looks unnatural-I tend to believe him) and less than 2/3 of his victories were by KO. His personality stands out more than his boxing.

Vote for Scottie Pippen 19) Scottie Pippen

The answer to your question is that Michael Jordan was so great that he earned two spots on the NBA’s 50 greatest players list, one for himself and one for Scottie.

Vote for Michael Vick 20) Michael Vick

Was a cancer for the Falcons. With a stable quaterback in Matt Ryan they have been a very good team. Vick only won because of weak competion in that divison and once New Orleans and Tampa finally stepped Atlanta became an under 500 team. He had lots of turnovers as well. But still people act like he was such a great quaterback when he was the international symbol for mediocrity.

Chris-1

I heard he is the MVP of the Prison League and the Dog Fighting league

Crazydudewithabeard

Never was the impact player everyone expected before his career went to the dogs

Vote for Danica Patrick 21) Danica Patrick

Hasn’t won since go-karts

Darrell

Vote for Deion Sanders 22) Deion Sanders

Great athlete but not as good as the hype. Mediocre baseball player and a notoriously poor tackler on the football field, a less than desirable trait in a defensive player.

Vote for Brady Quinn 23) Brady Quinn

Did anyone ever watch him play? I watched 3 or 4 games of his senior year, I wasn’t in the least bit impressed.

Vote for Sammy Sosa 24) Sammy Sosa

A short story of Sammy Sosa ... Sammy comes into the league with little fanfare. A few years later, Sammy starts to swell up and hit baseballs into orbit at an incredible rate completely masking the fact that he is something of a liability in the field. Then the league institutes a new steroid testing policy and Sammy dissappears never to be heard from again.

yah the whole steroids thing with sosa never happened, he plugged his bat that way when he hit the ball it just shot out

Vote for Reggie Bush 25) Reggie Bush

most over rated player ever. This guy only has a 3.7 yard average since he got drafted as a hiseman.(2nd overall), getting paid 10mil/yar. SHOW ME REGGIE

Vote for Sidney Crosby 26) Sidney Crosby

CHERRY PICKER! Zetterburg is way better then this clown and would have more stats then him if he cherry picked!

PEYMAN_18

not gretzky yet so why is everybody saying he is

He’s one of the best in the NHL but is compared to Wayne Gretzky , I don’t think so!

Vote for Tom Brady 27) Tom Brady

Tom Brady was a good passer before Moss, but when Moss came he threw 50 TD passes, 23 to Moss. In 2004 Peyton Manning had three receivers have over 1,000 receiving yards and 10 TD. Everybody says Manning is nothing without his receivers and offensive line. Brady without Moss and his o-line is nothing. Also Manning plays with a defense that can’t stop the run at all.

HawkEye

Vote for Alex Rodriguez 28) Alex Rodriguez

He might be good, but he is normally considered better then he is.

Baltimore1993

Vote for Yao Ming 29) Yao Ming

he is only tall

sportingman27

he’s just tall and duhhhhh

jwileson

Hes not aggressive enough he will be open under the hoop at 7ft 6 and lay it up or put down a soft one hes a tall lump of dough

Vote for Frank Lampard 30) Frank Lampard

lazy! can strike a ball and occasionally finds a good pass apart from that he’s crap

sss866

Awful Player. Cannot even TOUCH Steven Gerrard

Vote for Donovan McNabb 31) Donovan McNabb

really sucks bad cant win in the post season

Great QB, that is if you like QBs who choke in the postseason and can’t stay healthy. But hey, his mom makes a great bowl of Chunky’s Soup!

Vote for Ryan Leaf 32) Ryan Leaf

How did this guy not crack this list let alone no 1

How can you leave this bust off of this list

Vote for Brett Favre 33) Brett Favre

throws alot of picks

Vote for Randy Moss 34) Randy Moss

... a wide reciever cant really have great numbers if the quarterback is unable to throw the ball within a 5 yard radius of you. QB would be destroyed by the time Moss would get downfield

he is doing really bad with the raiders right now for 2 seasons

Vote for Julio Cesar Chavez 35) Julio Cesar Chavez

Vote for Willis Mcgahee 36) Willis Mcgahee

Has he even had a 1000 yard season? He’s treated like he has every year. He sucks.

Vote for Oscar De La Hoya 37) Oscar De La Hoya

Over a 1/2 billion dollars in sales and his signature win is fernando vargas?

Vote for Nolan Ryan 38) Nolan Ryan

Vote for Darren Sharper 39) Darren Sharper

Overhyped as an safety in Green Bay, even though he was always getting burned whenever he tried to tackle a wideout. The Packer’s defense improved the moment he was cut.

Vote for Carl Edwards 40) Carl Edwards

Genuine as a 3-dollar bill.

Vote for Troy Aikman 41) Troy Aikman

Played with one of the greatest offensive lines,running backs, recievers ever. When things started turning south, he was just an overated average stiff!

Vote for David Trezeguet 42) David Trezeguet

Awful player

Vote for Micheal Jordan 43) Micheal Jordan

He is one of the greatest don’t get me wrong but I don’t think he is the undisputed greatest athlete of all time.

ChrisHenry

Vote for Thierry Henry 44) Thierry Henry

has more shots off target than any other player, more shots, so of course he’s gonna score goals. but he always hides in the really important games. he’ll be a failure at barca

Vote for Cal Ripken Jr. 45) Cal Ripken Jr.

Good in the 80’s, great in ’91, average in the 90’s. Look at his stats from 1992-2000: averaged around .275, 18 hrs. Not bad, but perennial All-Star, Hall-of-Famer, one of the best third basemen of the 90’s? Not as good as the hype. Overrated because of his streak (mostly luck in not getting injured) and benefitted by being on a bad team

Vote for Billy Slater 46) Billy Slater

Vote for Vince Young 47) Vince Young

A really horrible passer and now that the titans have a decent pocket passer in kerry collins there one of the elite teams. With him there only average so yeah he kinda sucks. At least he’s mobile

Chris-1

He won rookie of the year with a qb rating in the early 60s!

Vote for Amare Stoudamire 48) Amare Stoudamire

Amare is considered one of the best forwards in the league, an all star, but have you seen him with out steve nash? HE SUCKS, he cant even get above 10 points unless he has steve nash there to hold his hand and give him the wide open shot, he cant create a shot by himself, he uses someone else to do it for him

Vote for Jerry Rice 49) Jerry Rice

Great Hands... Speed? Strength? Size? But he can catch the ball. Still, definitely Overrated.

Vote for Carlos Zambrano 50) Carlos Zambrano

He’s always talkin’ about how he’s gonna win 20 games and win the Cy Young and saying the Cubs are gonna win the world series. The only problem with him saying those things is he’s not that good, and the cubs are never going to win a world series because they’re to busy worrying about goats and Steve Bartman!

Everyone’s always talking about how he’s going to win 20 games and win the Cy Young every year. Well every year comes and goes and he doesn’t win 20 or the Cy Young like he promised. He usually ends up with an ERA around 4. 00 too.

Vote for Tiger Woods 51) Tiger Woods

all he does is play golf... he might be the greatest golf player of all time... but how "athletic" do you have to be to play golf... his caddy does more heavy lifting than he does. there’s a lot of better athletes than him.

Vote for Anders Jochumsen 52) Anders Jochumsen

Worst professional soccer player ever!!!

Coach

Vote for Lennox Lewis 53) Lennox Lewis

Vote for Jerome James 54) Jerome James

He has got to be the worst centers to recieve any credit whatsoever in nba history. Everytime I see some clown say he is the greatest b-ball player of all time I die a little inside. And yes there are people who think that just go to the greatest basketball player section. He is a major underrachiever and one of the many mistakes made by isaih with the knicks.

Vote for Christiano Ronaldo 55) Christiano Ronaldo

fades away against good defenders. scores goals but most are because of rooney and scholes