Two supreme champions in their sports but who do you rate as the best?
Or alternatively can you really compare champions from different sports?
My choice is Federer narrowly firstly because he has won more Slams than anybody else (Tiger is still behind Nicklaus for Majors) and secondly because tennis is more athletically demanding.
Tough one to call though.
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For my money, its Woods - simply because no-one dominates a sport as much as he does. At least Federer has Nadal for company near the top of his game. Figjam and the rest are so far behind Woods that they don't even figure in his rear view mirror.
I think this is one of those arguments that has no real winner - its all about whether you consider golf to be a 'real' sport, and whether you consider it to be physical enough to 'count' alongside tennis, cycling, football etc etc. For my mind it is, it does and Woods beats Federer on sheer dominance of the field
However those 7 opponents can directly challenge his supremacy by simply playing better than him - there's nothing an golfer can do if they shoot 64 but Woods shoots 63, short of coughing on his backswing. Likewise, there's nothing Woods can do in response if someone else shoots 62. Tennis is a much more psychological /tactical game as a result in my view.
Also it's not clear whether the fact that the ball is moving makes it harder or easier than golf when under pressure (perhaps tennis is easier as it's more instinctive).
Either way, they are both extraordinary sportsmen - has anyone else noticed that Federer doesn't seem to sweat? Whilst Woods is extremely fit, this is hardly a prerequisite for golf - the fitness levels of top tennis players is extraordinary.
Federer is the best sportsman alive at present, statistically now the best male tennis player of all time (in terms of Grand Slam tournaments won) and one of the best few to play the game, but let's not fall into the trap of comparing oranges and apples.
My daughter used to sit next to Eddie The Eagle in law lectures at university!
There's a claim to fame!
Especially one who was a lead role alongside Bugs Bunny.
Well....................................... a quarter of a mile to be more accurate!
Well done on Jordan's marketing guys though - they did a good job.
Basketball is played in more than just one country - and Argentina are currently the world's highest ranking mens team and Spain the World Champions.
And without using google (like usual ;-)) who is the top argentinian basketball player at the moment?
The fact is there are far "superior" and popular sports with more well known and respected individuals in those sports.
I'm sure croquet is played in many countries but I wouldn't consider the current top ranking player to be the best sportsperson ever.
The countries in grey don't have a national basketball team and as China are the current Olympic champions I think it's a bit silly to claim it isn't really global.
As for the team comments, sometimes an individual (e.g. Scott Parker) is so good that a team's performance suddenly drops when they're gone, so it is possible to have a great sportsman in a team sport although you make a very decent point. I would consider cycling a team sport even though it's won by individuals.
Croquet isn't an Olympic sport. ;-)
Golf not a sport? neither is fishing.
There it is. Bang on mate, Rossi is just simply awesome. End of. For me he is king sportsmen, closely followed by of course Kenny Achampong.
No really tho Rossi is genius, top bloke as Mclovin says, he gets my vote all day.
Not listening to you about sport Potter, you like Wrestling!!
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Agreed. I saw the question and thought, "depends what sport they're playing". Simples.