Posted October 14, 20195 yr We made it! After months and months of digging through name after name from most of the world's countries, before sticking them together in an intercontinental battle, we've finally reached the results. Over the next (insert however long it takes to complete this) we'll give you the full countdown of the best sportspeople, as voted by you. A massive thank you to the nine of you who voted in the final, plus everyone else who has helped this contest along its way! Results will be starting soon, beginning with the 71-100 section so you've got plenty of time to predict your winner!
October 14, 20195 yr I'm guessing either Pele or Muhammad Ali has won this but there was no one near the top of each person's list so this will be fairly unpredictable.
October 14, 20195 yr Author 71-100 (groups 9 and 10 had their points factored down due to an extra voter taking part in these two groups) 71. Ferenc Puskas - 28.875pts 72. Niki Lauda - 28pts 73. Carlos Alberto - 27pts 74. Cafu - 25pts (one 5) 75. Vitali Klitschko - 25pts (no 5s) 76. Evonne Goolagong Cawley - 24pts 77. Nadia Comaneci - 23pts (one 2) 78. Ezekiel Kemboi - 23pts (one 4) 79. Ian Thorpe - 23pts (one 5) 80. Rebecca Adlington - 23pts (no 5s) 81. Zico - 22.75pts 82. Marta - 22pts 83. Didier Drogba - 21pts (one 4) 84. Ronaldo - 21pts (no 4s) 85. Richard Hadlee - 20.125pts 86. Said Aouita - 20pts (one 4) 87. Boris Becker - 20pts (no 4s) 88. Genzebe Dibaba - 19.25pts 89. Cathy Freeman - 19pts (one 4, one 6) 90. Paul Tergat - 19pts (one 4, no 6s) 91. Stephen Hendry - 18pts 92. Scott Dixon - 17pts 93. Valerie Adams - 16pts 94. Vijay Singh - 15pts 95. Jacques Kallis - 14pts (one 5) 96. Nwankwo Kanu - 14pts (no 5s) 97. Ricky Ponting - 12pts (one 7, one 8) 98. Samuel Eto'o - 12pts (one 7, no 8s) 99. Jairzinho - 11.375pts 100. Gary Player - 8pts So here we have the bottom end of the table i.e. those who failed to make it past the group stages. This section (particularly the bottom half) is filled with people from continents who perhaps should have been given a few less qualifying spaces, however then again it introduces a few more nationalities into the Top 100 that we would probably have gotten had the allocations been a little different. Golfer Gary Player is sadly the wooden spoon in this competition, failing to even reach double figures, and in fact it's not a good competition for South Africa as a whole as their only other qualifier reaches a measly 95th place. But at least they qualified! Also towards the bottom of this list we have our only representatives from Nigeria, Fiji, Cameroon and the Ivory Coast. Stephen Hendry has the dubious honour of being the lowest-ranked European, four places behind Boris Becker, although Becker's score may be a little misrepresented as he finished last in the Group of Death. Towards the top we have some more Europeans just missing out, including Puskas who I thought would sail through to the Final. Also interesting to notice that no North Americans finished in the bottom 30.
October 15, 20195 yr I forgot to vote also - sorry Pete! Will have a go at voting if you are still allowing, no problem if not...
October 16, 20195 yr Quite surprised about Boris Becker only finishing 87th in this. I thought he would be much higher up.
October 16, 20195 yr Voted. There's no one here that looks like a glaring omission from above, though would have been nice to have Hendry representing Snooker a bit higher.
October 16, 20195 yr At least Hendry made the Top 100 for snooker with Ronnie O'Sullivan out in the playoffs.
October 16, 20195 yr Author 51-70 (Scores calculated by adding the scores from the group stage to the number of votes in the Playoff. Ties were broken by number of playoff votes, then by highest rating given in the Group stage) 51. Paolo Maldini - 39.5pts 52. Muttiah Muralitharan - 35.25pts 53. Sebastian Coe - 35pts (2 votes) 54. Margaret Court - 35pts (1 vote) 55. Diego Maradona - 34pts 56. Ryan Giggs - 33pts (3 votes) 57. Emerson Fittipaldi - 33pts (1 vote) 58. Hicham El Guerrouj - 32.75pts 59. Juan Manuel Fangio - 32.625pts 60. Rod Laver - 32pts (3 votes) 61. Shane Warne - 32pts (2 votes) 62. Eliud Kipchoge - 32pts (0 votes) 63. Nelson Piquet - 31pts 64. Ben Ainslie - 30pts 65. Jack Brabham - 29pts (3 votes) 66. Billie Jean King - 29pts (2 votes) 67. Kapil Dev - 27pts (1 vote) 68. Mark Waugh 27pts (0 votes) 69. Andy Murray - 26pts (0 votes, one 4) 70. Roy Emerson - 26pts (0 votes, 0 4s) And here we have the playoff losers, which are notable for being peppered with Australians (out of the 11 that qualified, only ONE managed to make the Final). Most of the Argentinian contingent crash out here also, as well as 100% of the Sri Lankan contingent which consisted solely of Muralitharan. Oh and 100% of the Welsh contingent as well. Only one North American out of all the qualifiers fails to make the Top 50, the unlucky individual being tennis player Billie Jean King. Would be interesting to see if Kipchoge had placed any higher after his super-quick marathon the other day.
October 19, 20195 yr Author Let's kick this off then! 46-50 46. David Rudisha - 98pts 47. Kenenisa Bekele - 88pts 48. Jonah Lomu - 80pts 49. Tirunesh Dibaba - 79pts 50. Garrincha - 71pts Interestingly enough no-one got universally low scores, so every player ended up with a decent number after their name. Someone still had to take the wooden spoon though, and in this case it is late Brazilian footballer Garrincha, who was probably very lucky in the group and playoff he was placed in. Alongside him are three quarters of the African finalists, plus the only Oceanian finalist (and the only rugby player) Jonah Lomu. This group rounds up the sub-100 points scorers as well - everyone above these five is in triple figures.
October 20, 20195 yr Was expecting those five to be in the bottom five. But thought Bekele would be higher up.
October 22, 20195 yr Author Apologies for the delay, I've been busy literally every night! Results will recommence tomorrow.
October 23, 20195 yr Author 41-45 41. Ian Botham - 152pts 42. Thierry Henry - 136pts 43. Manny Pacquiao - 132pts 44. Zinedine Zidane - 120pts 45. Ronaldinho - 100pts The points really start hiking up here, as we manage to cross both 100 and 150 points in just one group. Interestingly enough we have two French footballers in this reveal, both of who had to make it through the playoffs to get into the Top 100 and into the Top 50. I thought Ronaldinho might be a bit higher with him beating Maldini in the playoffs but alas no. Pacquiao gets the dubious honour of the lowest-placed person to finish in the Top 3 of a group, however 43rd isn't remotely bad considering he's the second highest boxer here. And at #41 we have Ian Botham, who's made it to the Final based on his ability to play cricket and not on... other things.
October 23, 20195 yr Author 36-40 36. Alain Prost - 172pts 37. Pete Sampras - 171pts 38. Brian Lara - 166pts 39. Garfield Sobers - 164pts 40. Bobby Moore - 159pts And after leaping up the points in that last group, the scoreboard once again becomes a lot tighter. At #40 we have Bobby Moore, captain of the team which won the World Cup which I've conveniently cropped from view on that picture. We then lose three of the North American contingent in a row, with the two West Indies cricketers finishing just two points apart, and Sampras being the lowest American finalist. F1 driver Alain Prost rounds off the group as the highest placed French sportsperson in this countdown.
October 23, 20195 yr Same result as Ultimate Footballer with how Moore, Henry, Zidane, Ronaldinho in that order but runner-up Maradona out in the final.
October 24, 20195 yr Author 31-35 31. Eusebio - 188pts 32. Laura Kenny - 185pts 33. Frankie Dettori - 183pts 34. Franz Beckenbauer - 179pts 35. Jack Nicklaus - 178pts Not going to lie, seeing Laura Kenny between Eusebio and Frankie Dettori feels a little surreal but I'll do anything for more cycling representation on here so yay. Footballer Beckenbauer and seasoned golfer Nicklaus are also in this tight-packed group!
October 28, 20195 yr Great to see Frankie Dettori as high as 33rd. Very pleased that a jockey managed to make the final of the World Cup of Sportspeople.
October 29, 20195 yr Yes Frankie is just great! Shame Bobby Moore is lower down, and Pete Sampras, than I thought they'd be.
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