Live
NASCARJr Truex's Unyielding Grip on the TrackWINTER SPOGoggia Sofia Goggia's Unapologetic Authenticity Wins Fans WorldwideTENNISKuerten Kuerten's Enduring Legacy: A Brazilian Tennis IconBASKETBALLAntetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks missed chance to land LeBron in...UFCUsman Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards rematch headlines UFC 278 predi...BASKETBALLAntetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo returns from knee injury to start 2021 ...NASCARJr Truex's Unyielding Grip on the TrackWINTER SPOGoggia Sofia Goggia's Unapologetic Authenticity Wins Fans WorldwideTENNISKuerten Kuerten's Enduring Legacy: A Brazilian Tennis IconBASKETBALLAntetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks missed chance to land LeBron in...UFCUsman Kamaru Usman vs. Leon Edwards rematch headlines UFC 278 predi...BASKETBALLAntetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo returns from knee injury to start 2021 ...
Editorial · All 710 ranked

Legends by Longevity

Longevity is its own kind of greatness. Every athlete in the network, most senior first.

From all-time greats to active veterans defying the calendar.

RankAthleteSport NationHonoursBorn
201Gerard PiquéFootball · Centre-backFootballSpainFIFA World Cupx8February 2, 1987
202Maria SharapovaTennis · Right-handed (two-handed backhand)TennisRussiaGrand Slam singles titlesx10April 19, 1987
203Kamaru UsmanUFC · WelterweightUFCNigeriaUFC Welterweight Championx5May 11, 1987
204Novak DjokovicTennis · SinglesTennisSerbiaGrand Slam Singles Titlesx8May 22, 1987
205Lionel MessiFootball · ForwardFootballArgentinaFIFA World Cupx8June 24, 1987
206Alex PereiraUFC · Light Heavyweight, MiddleweightUFCBrazilUFC Middleweight Championx5July 7, 1987
207Jon JonesUFCUFCUnited StatesUFC Light Heavyweight Championx7July 19, 1987
208Sidney CrosbyHockey · CentreHockeyCanadaStanley Cupx9August 7, 1987
209Terence CrawfordBoxingBoxingUnited StatesUndisputed Championx5September 28, 1987
210Hikaru NakamuraChess · GrandmasterChessUnited StatesU.S. Chess Championx4December 9, 1987
211Karim BenzemaFootball · StrikerFootballFranceUEFA Nations Leaguex8December 19, 1987
212Alexander VolkanovskiUFC · FeatherweightUFCAustraliaUFC Featherweight Championx529 September 1988
213Federica PellegriniSwimming · FreestyleSwimmingItalyOlympic Gold Medalx55 August 1988
214Glenn MaxwellCricket · Batting all-rounderCricketAustraliaICC Cricket World Cupx514 October 1988
215William BuickHorse Racing · JockeyHorse RacingNorwayBritish Classic Racesx422 July 1988
216Colby CovingtonUFCUFCUnited StatesInterim UFC Welterweight Championx3February 22, 1988
217Valentina ShevchenkoUFC · FlyweightUFCKyrgyzstanUFC Women's Flyweight Championx4March 7, 1988
218Stephen CurryBasketball · Point guardBasketballUnited StatesNBA Championx8March 14, 1988
219Brad MarchandHockey · Left WingHockeyCanadaStanley Cupx5May 11, 1988
220Amanda NunesUFC · Bantamweight/FeatherweightUFCBrazilUFC Women's Bantamweight Championx5May 30, 1988
221Jacob deGromBaseball · PitcherBaseballUnited States5× All-Starx5June 19, 1988
222Belal MuhammadUFC · WelterweightUFCUnited StatesUFC Welterweight Championshipx4July 9, 1988
223Conor McGregorUFC · Featherweight, Lightweight, WelterweightUFCIrelandUFC Featherweight Championx7July 14, 1988
224Tyson FuryBoxing · HeavyweightBoxingUnited KingdomWBC Heavyweight Championx11August 12, 1988
225Robert LewandowskiFootball · StrikerFootballPolandBest FIFA Men's Playerx7August 21, 1988
226Khabib NurmagomedovUFC · LightweightUFCRussiaUFC Lightweight Championx4September 20, 1988
227Kevin DurantBasketball · Small forward / Power forwardBasketballUnited StatesNBA Championx10September 29, 1988
228Mesut ÖzilFootball · Attacking midfielderFootballGermanyFIFA World Cupx6October 15, 1988
229Virat KohliCricket · Top-order batterCricketIndiaICC ODI Player of the Yearx8November 5, 1988
230Russell WestbrookBasketball · Point guardBasketballUnited StatesNBA Most Valuable Playerx9November 12, 1988
231Justin GaethjeUFC · LightweightUFCUnited StatesUFC Interim Lightweight Championx5November 14, 1988
232Ravindra JadejaCricket · All-rounderCricketIndiaICC Champions Trophyx5December 6, 1988
233Nathan AdrianSwimming · FreestyleSwimmingUnited StatesOlympic Gold Medalsx4December 7, 1988
234Daly Cherry-EvansAFL/NRL · Five-eighth, HalfbackAFL/NRLAustraliaNRL Grand Final Winnerx620 February 1989
235Judd TrumpSnookerSnookerEnglandWorld Championx420 August 1989
236Marcel HirscherWinter Sports · Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, CombinedWinter SportsAustriaOlympic Medalsx52 March 1989
237Michael van GerwenDarts · Professional Darts PlayerDartsNetherlandsPDC World Championshipx725 April 1989
238Primoz RoglicCycling · RiderCyclingSloveniaTour de Francex529 October 1989
239Ross SmithDartsDartsEngland1989
240Trent BoultCricket · BowlerCricketNew ZealandICC World Test Championshipx522 July 1989
241Valtteri BottasF1 · DriverF1FinlandFormula One Grand Prix Winsx328 August 1989
242Kohei UchimuraGymnastics · Men's artistic gymnasticsGymnasticsJapanOlympic Gamesx4January 3, 1989
243Dustin PoirierUFCUFCUnited StatesInterim UFC Lightweight Championx4January 19, 1989
244Blake GriffinBasketball · Power forwardBasketballUnited StatesNBA All-Starx4March 16, 1989
245Bianca BelairWrestling · WrestlerWrestlingUnited StatesSmackDown Women's Championx5April 9, 1989
246Rory McIlroyGolfGolfNorthern IrelandPGA Tour Player of the Yearx8May 4, 1989
247Steve SmithCricket · BatterCricketAustraliaICC Men's Cricketer of the Yearx5June 2, 1989
248Gareth BaleFootball · Forward, Right wingerFootballWalesMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)x5July 16, 1989
249Israel AdesanyaUFC · MiddleweightUFCNigeriaUFC Middleweight Championx3July 22, 1989
250James HardenBasketball · Point guard / shooting guardBasketballUnited StatesNBA Most Valuable Playerx5August 26, 1989
251Freddie FreemanBaseball · First basemanBaseballUnited States9× All-Starx6September 12, 1989
252Thomas MüllerFootball · Forward / Attacking MidfielderFootballGermanyFIFA World Cupx10September 13, 1989
253Jimmy ButlerBasketball · Small forwardBasketballUnited StatesNBA All-Starx5September 14, 1989
254Travis KelceFootball (US) · Tight endFootball (US)United StatesSuper Bowl Championshipsx6October 5, 1989
255Anthony JoshuaBoxing · HeavyweightBoxingUnited KingdomUnified Heavyweight Championx6October 15, 1989
256Charles OliveiraUFC · LightweightUFCBrazilUFC Lightweight Championx4October 17, 1989
257Carlos UlbergUFC · Light HeavyweightUFCNew ZealandUFC Light Heavyweight Championshipx517 November 1990
258Chris DobeyDartsDartsEnglandMastersx731 May 1990
259Danny NoppertDarts · Professional playerDartsNetherlandsUK Openx831 December 1990
260David de GeaFootball · GoalkeeperFootballSpainUEFA European Under-21 Championshipx117 November 1990
261Dmitry BivolBoxing · Light heavyweightBoxingRussiaWBA Light Heavyweight Championx518 December 1990
262Federica BrignoneWinter Sports · Giant slalom, super-G, combined, downhillWinter SportsItalyOlympic Medalsx514 July 1990
263Ian NepomniachtchiChess · GrandmasterChessRussiaWorld Blitz Chess co-championx1014 July 1990
264Joe RootCricket · Top-order batterCricketEnglandEngland Test Captainx230 December 1990
265Jos ButtlerCricket · Wicket-keeper-batsmanCricketEnglandICC Men's T20 World Cupx38 September 1990
266Maxime Vachier-LagraveChess · GrandmasterChessFranceWorld Blitz Championx521 October 1990
267Michael SmithDarts · Professional playerDartsUnited KingdomGrand Slam of Dartsx41990
268Nairo QuintanaCycling · RiderCyclingColombiaGiro d'Italiax54 February 1990
269Rob CrossDarts · Professional playerDartsEnglandPDC World Darts Championshipx521 September 1990
270Robert WhittakerUFC · MiddleweightUFCAustraliaUFC Middleweight Championx420 December 1990
271Toni KroosFootball · MidfielderFootballGermanyFIFA World Cupx74 January 1990
272Sergio PérezF1 · DriverF1MexicoBritish F3 National Championx5January 26, 1990
273Klay ThompsonBasketball · Shooting guardBasketballUnited StatesNBA Championx6February 8, 1990
274Errol Spence Jr.Boxing · WelterweightBoxingUnited StatesIBF Welterweight Championx5March 3, 1990
275Draymond GreenBasketball · Power forwardBasketballUnited StatesNBA Championshipsx6March 4, 1990
276Alexandre PantojaUFC · FlyweightUFCBrazilUFC Flyweight Championx6April 16, 1990
277Paul GeorgeBasketball · Small forward / Power forwardBasketballUnited StatesNBA All-Starx5May 2, 1990
278Brooks KoepkaGolf · Professional GolferGolfUnited StatesPGA Championshipx7May 3, 1990
279José AltuveBaseball · Second basemanBaseballVenezuela9× All-Starx10May 6, 1990
280Joey LoganoNASCAR · DriverNASCARUnited StatesNASCAR Cup Series Championx2May 24, 1990
281Kayla HarrisonUFC · BantamweightUFCUnited StatesUFC Women's Bantamweight Championx8July 2, 1990
282Damian LillardBasketball · Point guardBasketballUnited StatesNBA All-Starx5July 15, 1990
283Canelo ÁlvarezBoxing · Professional BoxerBoxingMexicoUndisputed Super Middleweight Championx6July 18, 1990
284Kane WilliamsonCricket · Top-order batterCricketNew ZealandICC World Test Championshipx5August 8, 1990
285Gerrit ColeBaseball · PitcherBaseballUnited States6× All-Starx5September 8, 1990
286Suryakumar YadavCricket · BatterCricketIndiaICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Yearx4September 14, 1990
287Swerve StricklandWrestling · WrestlerWrestlingUnited StatesMLW World Heavyweight Championx6September 30, 1990
288Magnus CarlsenChess · GrandmasterChessNorwayWorld Chess Championx6November 30, 1990
289Antoine GriezmannFootball · Forward / Attacking MidfielderFootballFranceFIFA World Cupx721 March 1991
290Ben StokesCricket · All-rounderCricketEnglandICC Men's Cricket World Cupx54 June 1991
291Dustin MartinAFL/NRL · Midfielder / ForwardAFL/NRLAustraliaAFL Premiershipsx626 June 1991
292Grigor DimitrovTennis · SinglesTennisBulgariaATP Finals Championx416 May 1991
293Lara Gut-BehramiWinter Sports · Downhill, Super-G, Giant SlalomWinter SportsSwitzerlandOlympic Gamesx527 April 1991
294Leon EdwardsUFC · WelterweightUFCUnited KingdomUFC Welterweight Championx325 August 1991
295Nathan AspinallDarts · Professional PlayerDartsEnglandUK Openx915 July 1991
296Pablo Carreño BustaTennis · Singles/DoublesTennisSpainOlympic Bronze Medalx412 July 1991
297Riyad MahrezFootball · Right wingerFootballAlgeriaAfrica Cup of Nationsx721 February 1991
298Eden HazardFootball · Winger, Attacking MidfielderFootballBelgiumLigue 1 Player of the Yearx8January 7, 1991
299Merab DvalishviliUFC · BantamweightUFCGeorgiaUFC Bantamweight Championx5January 10, 1991
300Sean StricklandUFC · MiddleweightUFCUnited StatesUFC Middleweight Championx3February 27, 1991

Methodology: compiled from each athlete's documented honours, records and public estimates on their AthleteWiki profile. All 710 eligible athletes ranked. Updated 2026-07-14.