Youngest Stars in World Sport

Rank	Athlete	Sport	Nation	Honours	Born
401	Son Heung-minFootball · Forward	Football	South Korea	Premier League Golden Bootx5	8 July 1992
402	Wayde van NiekerkAthletics · Sprints	Athletics	South Africa	Olympic Gold Medalx8	15 July 1992
403	Max HollowayUFC	UFC	United States	UFC Featherweight Championx6	December 4, 1991
404	Islam MakhachevUFC · Lightweight / Welterweight	UFC	Russia	UFC Lightweight Championx4	October 27, 1991
405	Mike TroutBaseball · Center fielder / Designated hitter	Baseball	United States	11× All-Starx5	August 7, 1991
406	James RodríguezFootball · Attacking midfielder / Winger	Football	Colombia	Copa América Runner-upx8	July 12, 1991
407	Virgil van DijkFootball · Centre-back	Football	Netherlands	UEFA Champions Leaguex8	July 8, 1991
408	Kawhi LeonardBasketball · Small forward	Basketball	United States	NBA Championx7	June 29, 1991
409	Kevin De BruyneFootball · Midfielder	Football	Belgium	FIFA World Cupx10	June 28, 1991
410	N'Golo KantéFootball · Defensive midfielder	Football	France	FIFA World Cupx11	March 29, 1991
411	Sean StricklandUFC · Middleweight	UFC	United States	UFC Middleweight Championx3	February 27, 1991
412	Merab DvalishviliUFC · Bantamweight	UFC	Georgia	UFC Bantamweight Championx5	January 10, 1991
413	Eden HazardFootball · Winger, Attacking Midfielder	Football	Belgium	Ligue 1 Player of the Yearx8	January 7, 1991
414	Antoine GriezmannFootball · Forward / Attacking Midfielder	Football	France	FIFA World Cupx7	21 March 1991
415	Ben StokesCricket · All-rounder	Cricket	England	ICC Men's Cricket World Cupx5	4 June 1991
416	Dustin MartinAFL/NRL · Midfielder / Forward	AFL/NRL	Australia	AFL Premiershipsx6	26 June 1991
417	Grigor DimitrovTennis · Singles	Tennis	Bulgaria	ATP Finals Championx4	16 May 1991
418	Lara Gut-BehramiWinter Sports · Downhill, Super-G, Giant Slalom	Winter Sports	Switzerland	Olympic Gamesx5	27 April 1991
419	Leon EdwardsUFC · Welterweight	UFC	United Kingdom	UFC Welterweight Championx3	25 August 1991
420	Nathan AspinallDarts · Professional Player	Darts	England	UK Openx9	15 July 1991
421	Pablo Carreño BustaTennis · Singles/Doubles	Tennis	Spain	Olympic Bronze Medalx4	12 July 1991
422	Riyad MahrezFootball · Right winger	Football	Algeria	Africa Cup of Nationsx7	21 February 1991
423	Magnus CarlsenChess · Grandmaster	Chess	Norway	World Chess Championx6	November 30, 1990
424	Swerve StricklandWrestling · Wrestler	Wrestling	United States	MLW World Heavyweight Championx6	September 30, 1990
425	Suryakumar YadavCricket · Batter	Cricket	India	ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Yearx4	September 14, 1990
426	Gerrit ColeBaseball · Pitcher	Baseball	United States	6× All-Starx5	September 8, 1990
427	Kane WilliamsonCricket · Top-order batter	Cricket	New Zealand	ICC World Test Championshipx5	August 8, 1990
428	Canelo ÁlvarezBoxing · Professional Boxer	Boxing	Mexico	Undisputed Super Middleweight Championx6	July 18, 1990
429	Damian LillardBasketball · Point guard	Basketball	United States	NBA All-Starx5	July 15, 1990
430	Kayla HarrisonUFC · Bantamweight	UFC	United States	UFC Women's Bantamweight Championx8	July 2, 1990
431	Joey LoganoNASCAR · Driver	NASCAR	United States	NASCAR Cup Series Championx2	May 24, 1990
432	José AltuveBaseball · Second baseman	Baseball	Venezuela	9× All-Starx10	May 6, 1990
433	Brooks KoepkaGolf · Professional Golfer	Golf	United States	PGA Championshipx7	May 3, 1990
434	Paul GeorgeBasketball · Small forward / Power forward	Basketball	United States	NBA All-Starx5	May 2, 1990
435	Alexandre PantojaUFC · Flyweight	UFC	Brazil	UFC Flyweight Championx6	April 16, 1990
436	Draymond GreenBasketball · Power forward	Basketball	United States	NBA Championshipsx6	March 4, 1990
437	Errol Spence Jr.Boxing · Welterweight	Boxing	United States	IBF Welterweight Championx5	March 3, 1990
438	Klay ThompsonBasketball · Shooting guard	Basketball	United States	NBA Championx6	February 8, 1990
439	Sergio PérezF1 · Driver	F1	Mexico	British F3 National Championx5	January 26, 1990
440	Carlos UlbergUFC · Light Heavyweight	UFC	New Zealand	UFC Light Heavyweight Championshipx5	17 November 1990
441	Chris DobeyDarts	Darts	England	Mastersx7	31 May 1990
442	Danny NoppertDarts · Professional player	Darts	Netherlands	UK Openx8	31 December 1990
443	David de GeaFootball · Goalkeeper	Football	Spain	UEFA European Under-21 Championshipx11	7 November 1990
444	Dmitry BivolBoxing · Light heavyweight	Boxing	Russia	WBA Light Heavyweight Championx5	18 December 1990
445	Federica BrignoneWinter Sports · Giant slalom, super-G, combined, downhill	Winter Sports	Italy	Olympic Medalsx5	14 July 1990
446	Ian NepomniachtchiChess · Grandmaster	Chess	Russia	World Blitz Chess co-championx10	14 July 1990
447	Joe RootCricket · Top-order batter	Cricket	England	England Test Captainx2	30 December 1990
448	Jos ButtlerCricket · Wicket-keeper-batsman	Cricket	England	ICC Men's T20 World Cupx3	8 September 1990
449	Maxime Vachier-LagraveChess · Grandmaster	Chess	France	World Blitz Championx5	21 October 1990
450	Michael SmithDarts · Professional player	Darts	United Kingdom	Grand Slam of Dartsx4	1990
451	Nairo QuintanaCycling · Rider	Cycling	Colombia	Giro d'Italiax5	4 February 1990
452	Rob CrossDarts · Professional player	Darts	England	PDC World Darts Championshipx5	21 September 1990
453	Robert WhittakerUFC · Middleweight	UFC	Australia	UFC Middleweight Championx4	20 December 1990
454	Toni KroosFootball · Midfielder	Football	Germany	FIFA World Cupx7	4 January 1990
455	Charles OliveiraUFC · Lightweight	UFC	Brazil	UFC Lightweight Championx4	October 17, 1989
456	Anthony JoshuaBoxing · Heavyweight	Boxing	United Kingdom	Unified Heavyweight Championx6	October 15, 1989
457	Travis KelceFootball (US) · Tight end	Football (US)	United States	Super Bowl Championshipsx6	October 5, 1989
458	Jimmy ButlerBasketball · Small forward	Basketball	United States	NBA All-Starx5	September 14, 1989
459	Thomas MüllerFootball · Forward / Attacking Midfielder	Football	Germany	FIFA World Cupx10	September 13, 1989
460	Freddie FreemanBaseball · First baseman	Baseball	United States	9× All-Starx6	September 12, 1989
461	James HardenBasketball · Point guard / shooting guard	Basketball	United States	NBA Most Valuable Playerx5	August 26, 1989
462	Israel AdesanyaUFC · Middleweight	UFC	Nigeria	UFC Middleweight Championx3	July 22, 1989
463	Gareth BaleFootball · Forward, Right winger	Football	Wales	Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)x5	July 16, 1989
464	Steve SmithCricket · Batter	Cricket	Australia	ICC Men's Cricketer of the Yearx5	June 2, 1989
465	Rory McIlroyGolf	Golf	Northern Ireland	PGA Tour Player of the Yearx8	May 4, 1989
466	Bianca BelairWrestling · Wrestler	Wrestling	United States	SmackDown Women's Championx5	April 9, 1989
467	Blake GriffinBasketball · Power forward	Basketball	United States	NBA All-Starx4	March 16, 1989
468	Dustin PoirierUFC	UFC	United States	Interim UFC Lightweight Championx4	January 19, 1989
469	Kohei UchimuraGymnastics · Men's artistic gymnastics	Gymnastics	Japan	Olympic Gamesx4	January 3, 1989
470	Daly Cherry-EvansAFL/NRL · Five-eighth, Halfback	AFL/NRL	Australia	NRL Grand Final Winnerx6	20 February 1989
471	Judd TrumpSnooker	Snooker	England	World Championx4	20 August 1989
472	Marcel HirscherWinter Sports · Slalom, Giant Slalom, Super-G, Combined	Winter Sports	Austria	Olympic Medalsx5	2 March 1989
473	Michael van GerwenDarts · Professional Darts Player	Darts	Netherlands	PDC World Championshipx7	25 April 1989
474	Primoz RoglicCycling · Rider	Cycling	Slovenia	Tour de Francex5	29 October 1989
475	Ross SmithDarts	Darts	England		1989
476	Trent BoultCricket · Bowler	Cricket	New Zealand	ICC World Test Championshipx5	22 July 1989
477	Valtteri BottasF1 · Driver	F1	Finland	Formula One Grand Prix Winsx3	28 August 1989
478	Nathan AdrianSwimming · Freestyle	Swimming	United States	Olympic Gold Medalsx4	December 7, 1988
479	Ravindra JadejaCricket · All-rounder	Cricket	India	ICC Champions Trophyx5	December 6, 1988
480	Justin GaethjeUFC · Lightweight	UFC	United States	UFC Interim Lightweight Championx5	November 14, 1988
481	Russell WestbrookBasketball · Point guard	Basketball	United States	NBA Most Valuable Playerx9	November 12, 1988
482	Virat KohliCricket · Top-order batter	Cricket	India	ICC ODI Player of the Yearx8	November 5, 1988
483	Mesut ÖzilFootball · Attacking midfielder	Football	Germany	FIFA World Cupx6	October 15, 1988
484	Kevin DurantBasketball · Small forward / Power forward	Basketball	United States	NBA Championx10	September 29, 1988
485	Khabib NurmagomedovUFC · Lightweight	UFC	Russia	UFC Lightweight Championx4	September 20, 1988
486	Robert LewandowskiFootball · Striker	Football	Poland	Best FIFA Men's Playerx7	August 21, 1988
487	Tyson FuryBoxing · Heavyweight	Boxing	United Kingdom	WBC Heavyweight Championx11	August 12, 1988
488	Conor McGregorUFC · Featherweight, Lightweight, Welterweight	UFC	Ireland	UFC Featherweight Championx7	July 14, 1988
489	Belal MuhammadUFC · Welterweight	UFC	United States	UFC Welterweight Championshipx4	July 9, 1988
490	Jacob deGromBaseball · Pitcher	Baseball	United States	5× All-Starx5	June 19, 1988
491	Amanda NunesUFC · Bantamweight/Featherweight	UFC	Brazil	UFC Women's Bantamweight Championx5	May 30, 1988
492	Brad MarchandHockey · Left Wing	Hockey	Canada	Stanley Cupx5	May 11, 1988
493	Stephen CurryBasketball · Point guard	Basketball	United States	NBA Championx8	March 14, 1988
494	Valentina ShevchenkoUFC · Flyweight	UFC	Kyrgyzstan	UFC Women's Flyweight Championx4	March 7, 1988
495	Colby CovingtonUFC	UFC	United States	Interim UFC Welterweight Championx3	February 22, 1988
496	Alexander VolkanovskiUFC · Featherweight	UFC	Australia	UFC Featherweight Championx5	29 September 1988
497	Federica PellegriniSwimming · Freestyle	Swimming	Italy	Olympic Gold Medalx5	5 August 1988
498	Glenn MaxwellCricket · Batting all-rounder	Cricket	Australia	ICC Cricket World Cupx5	14 October 1988
499	William BuickHorse Racing · Jockey	Horse Racing	Norway	British Classic Racesx4	22 July 1988
500	Karim BenzemaFootball · Striker	Football	France	UEFA Nations Leaguex8	December 19, 1987

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.