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 David Beckham 1) David Beckham

LOOSER FROM THE START SEND HIM BACK. AND DON’T FORGET A-ROD ANOTHER LOOSER

oriely24

Beckham is the most overrated player, not only in sports, but in LIFE!

jacksonyin

Sucks. period.

mmtennis07


Vote for Pelé 2) 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 Terrell Owens 3) Terrell Owens

SO OVERRATEDDD!

A7X1234

You spin me round Terrell, round.

Leeps

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


Vote for Michelle Wie 4) Michelle Wie

She sucks. It’s a joke she was thinking of playing on the men’s tour. She can barely play on her tour. On another note, Terrel Owens isn’t overrated, he is an amazing athlete.

Cbatower

what a LOSER

redseagrass

she stinks on ice

redseagrass


Vote for Shaquille O’Neal 5) Shaquille O’Neal

this guy just sucks, he gets a airball on a freethrow. now he’s coming to cleveland to ruin the whole team and get mad on king james and takes his mvp trophy by force

nbaallstar

just awefull

nbaallstar

he should avg 40 for his career, just because of his size

donavanef1


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.

over rated yes the worst no! sydni croscby from the penguins isn’t on here, why

journeyrules

Bite a guys ear off and then gets moor atention. just a guy on roids.

schwanie


Vote for Ronildinho 7) Ronildinho

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


Vote for Joe Namath 8) Joe Namath

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

His stats are terrible. If you put Roman Gabriel up against Joe Namath, Namath looks like Ryan Leaf and Gabriel looks like Dan Marino

TrinityTrojan

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

mikeman317


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.

just to popular

shasta23990

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


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.

just try looking at his line for a sec. I woulda ran great too if I had them. oh yeah and the BOYS suck major D! *#

Pag1

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 wouldn’t have been half of what he is now without those steroids

Razor79

freakin barry should be number 1. he’s a cheater.

A7X1234

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

Go9ers

Vote for Peyton Manning 12) 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 Vince Carter 13) Vince Carter

I’m from toronto so you should know why I voted for him

also he fakes injuries

kkk_sucks

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

All he does is dunk. Barry Bonds is not overrated.

Chezlovakian

Vote for Kobe Bryant 14) Kobe Bryant

I personally can’t stand the dude. If he’d developed an original style like MJ, who as a rookie averaged 28. 2 points per game he would be rated correctly, as probably the 14th greatest b-ball player ever.

apachereporter

he sucks. he’s crap

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

Vote for Tom Brady 15) Tom Brady

Tom Brady is not only the most overrated QB, he is the most overrated player. About 48 percent of his passing yards were gained by the recievers after the catch. He has had great defenses and the best coach of all time, or did he? Maybe if Bill didn’t have all the defensive plays of opposing teams, Brady wouln’t be jack! Rodney Harrison said it best, so all you Patriot fans put that in your pipe and smoke it!

669606b

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

Brady has 3 rings because of one guy: Adam Vanatari. Did Manning need Vanatari in the Super Bowl like wimpy little Brady. Brady go tear you other ACL in 2009 and never come back to football, you overrated bum.

Tivo

Vote for Antoine Walker 16) 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 Manny Pacquiao 17) Manny Pacquiao

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 Danica Patrick 19) Danica Patrick

Hasn’t won since go-karts

Darrell

Vote for Yao Ming 20) Yao Ming

Oh wow, he’s tall. He can’t play though!

gibsonrock53

he is only tall

sportingman27

he’s just tall and duhhhhh

jwileson

Vote for Micheal Jordan 21) Micheal Jordan

He was very good, but not even the best of his time. He had to wait for Abdul-Jabbar and Bird to retire, in order to win his first MVP & Championship.

Gutz

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 Michael Vick 22) 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 Reggie Bush 23) Reggie Bush

Reggie still thinks he is playing college ball, you can’t run around everyone dude, you have to occasionally run through them. I don’t agree with a lot of these though. I mean Kobe and MJ, are you kidding me, two of the greatest champions and all around players ever. Jerry Rice I really couldn’t believe, he is one of the best to ever play the sport, he had an AMAZING work ethic, and a great pair of hands. Peyton, say what you want about him, but all he does is win, the only thing I could say about him is he often chokes in a big moment.

steelerfan_1743

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 Ricky Hatton 24) Ricky Hatton

very overrated, manny pacquiao is not overrated, those jealous, ignorant, elitists don’t give a chance for pacman

ronluna

you should retire

ronluna

Vote for Alex Rodriguez 25) Alex Rodriguez

I agree Baltimore1993

moose4life19

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

Baltimore1993

Vote for Lynn Swann 26) 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 Scottie Pippen 27) 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.

If anything hes underated the bulls record without pippen was very averge and jordan would have never won all those titles without him. If he was on any other team he would be a superstar, he would hav been a lebron

scottie was friken awesome..no way is he overrated..if anything hes underrated..

Vote for Sidney Crosby 28) 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 Brady Quinn 29) Brady Quinn

Vote for Christiano Ronaldo 30) Christiano Ronaldo

So overrated

livinglegend

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

Vote for Deion Sanders 31) 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 Sammy Sosa 32) 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 LeBron James 33) LeBron James

Vote for John Cena 34) John Cena

Vote for Donovan McNabb 35) Donovan McNabb

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!

really sucks bad cant win in the post season

Vote for Oscar De La Hoya 36) Oscar De La Hoya

Vote for Frank Lampard 37) 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 Julio Cesar Chavez 38) Julio Cesar Chavez

Vote for Ryan Leaf 39) Ryan Leaf

How can you leave this bust off of this list

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

Vote for Brett Favre 40) Brett Favre

throws alot of picks

Vote for Michael Phelps 41) Michael Phelps

Vote for Allen Iverson 42) Allen Iverson

His teams haven’t ever won jack. He scored a lot of points in his career because he heaves up a lot of shots (42 career shooter). His turnovers-to-assists ration (3. 6 to 6. 2) has got to be one of the worst EVER for a point guard. Hurts his team more than helps.

Vote for Randy Moss 43) Randy Moss

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

... 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

Vote for Jerry Rice 44) Jerry Rice

He took him 20 years to get those stats

olhrocks

Vote for Tiger Woods 45) 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 Tony Romo 46) Tony Romo

Vote for Nolan Ryan 47) Nolan Ryan

Vote for Willis Mcgahee 48) Willis Mcgahee

Vote for Vince Young 49) 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 Tim Tebow 50) Tim Tebow

his nickname is Superman people. Come On!

Vote for Amare Stoudamire 51) Amare Stoudamire

Vote for Darren Sharper 52) 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 53) Carl Edwards

Genuine as a 3-dollar bill.

Vote for Thierry Henry 54) 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. 55) Cal Ripken Jr.

Vote for Billy Slater 56) Billy Slater

He scored one try in State of Origin and people think he’s God. Besides that..nothing!

Vote for Troy Aikman 57) 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 58) David Trezeguet

Awful player

Vote for DeAngelo Hall 59) DeAngelo Hall

Sure he’s fast... but is he good? Nope

aman28

the most overrated db to ever play

Vote for Gilbert Arenas 60) Gilbert Arenas

He has great players such as Antawn Jamison and Caron Butler, the very few games that he does play, but he plays like he is the only player on the team that could score the ball. He takes the worst shots and doesn’t get the ball to the right players in the right situations.

Vote for Justin Morneau 61) Justin Morneau

Vote for Lennox Lewis 62) Lennox Lewis

Vote for Carlos Zambrano 63) Carlos Zambrano

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.

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!

Vote for Jerome James 64) 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 Dirk Nowitzki 65) Dirk Nowitzki

all he does is shoot the ball, everything else he sucks at

Vote for Roger Federer 66) Roger Federer

Most overrated athlete in history

livinglegend

Vote for Jimmy Rollins 67) Jimmy Rollins

Other than his MVP season in ’07, J-Roll only hit 20 homers in a season once, 20, and he never batted. 300 in his career. Matt Holliday should’ve won the MVP that year anyways

Vote for Carlos Tevez 68) Carlos Tevez

50 appearances 8 goals for argentina. sucks

Vote for Anders Jochumsen 69) Anders Jochumsen

Worst professional soccer player ever!!!

Coach

Vote for Usain Bolt 70) Usain Bolt