Al Michaels Weighs In On The Most Greatest Player In Sports History Debate | 4/19/24 

Nobody altered statistic keeping, player position and acquisition to play calling (including entirely new offensive strategies) like Lawrence Taylor.

I think both Dan and Al make great, nuanced points. My opinion, but I do agree with having Jerry Rice as the athlete of football, given all he did for so long, and primarily playing in an era when defenses didn't have so many rules against them. And, like Jim Thorpe, who I agree is the best American athlete, Jackie Robinson was so good in a variety of sports.

Most receiving yards age 40+: 1. Jerry Rice, 2509 yards 2. Tom Brady, 6 yards 3. Every other 40 year old in NFL history, 0 yards 4. Brett Favre, -2 yards

Gretzky. Because he was and still is great off the ice as well. Class act

Gretzky won 9 hart trophy mvps not 8. He won 8 consecutive. He also won 10 Scoring Titles! The crazy part was he was traded after winning his 4th cup in 5 years and after winning playoff and league mvp. People forget the kings were the 3rd worst team In the league. In a team sport your teammates matter so much. Gretzky even helped an average LA King Bernie Nicholas score 70 goals, a top 10 player total of all time! Even crazier was he hardly had any off season. He played every game, went to 5 finals and had 4 canada cup tournaments in the summer for his first 10 years. Truly the great one

Alex Caruso

Gretzky could've had 6 or more championships, but he was traded young, when that team was still in its prime. Edmonton won a 5th without him, with Gretzky they won 4 in 5 years, and it could've been 5 straight.

How come nobody mentions Michael Phelps or Usain Bolt in these conversations. It’ll be hard AF to break their world records.

Do you hear that LeBron fans LeBron wasn’t even a fault in his mind..

Elgin Baylor was Dr. J.

I know many don't agree but Bobby Orr is the greatest hockey player ever. Give Wayne his due but we will never see another Bobby. Man playing with children.

Jackie Robinson! Sorry - it's not even close! Baseball football track and faced unbelievable racism!

Jim brown could've been number one.

The person writing the titles needs to proof read.

WHAT ABOUT MUHAMMAD ALI?!

Messi

Bo Jackson...

If we're talking all around Greatest athletes - how is Bo Jackson not in the conversation Btw Bring back McLovin!!

Jordan Brady Gretzky Ruth Messi

Jordan Brady Gretzky Ali Woods Robinson

Jordan couldn’t hit a curve ball or a fast ball and wasn’t much of a fielder either. How could he be compared to multiple sports greats?

It would have to be a player that could dominate in any era of his or her sport.