Colin Cowherd unveils his list of the 10 most dominant athletes of the last 20 years | THE HERD 

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The Herd with Colin Cowherd Kobe didn't even make it...that's wild

HOW ABOUT THE GUY WHO REPEATED THE BIATHLON AT THE OLYMPICs

Brock Lesnar shouldn't just be top 20 but top 10. Success in College Wrestling, Pro Wrestling Phenom, got signed to NFL after not even playing in college, and Went into UFC and won the Championship!

The Herd with Colin Cowherd I'm only 3 and so far shot out to Colin Herd.

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Devin Vargas Soccer is still an after thought in the USA.

Who cares

But it’s fütbol

Each sport has 1. Why you think soccer demands 2 is laughable. The fact there’s 2 dudes that you think are equal is proof soccer doesn’t have a top 10 dominant player for this list.

But it has to be one person, messi and cr7 are cancelling each other out, 2 equal dominance is not true 1 dominance.

Same thing I was thinking he should’ve said UFC went to boxing

This jack off is the only person I heard say Floyd went into the ufc

@@someguy4046 thats true but if floyd was like 34 he woulda eaten connor in 5 rounds. He waited for connor to tire out before he started unleashing.

He did get over it

Dale Winston did what

@@jshmoneymma4701 took over the ufc

The list at the start isn’t his

Because they all play team sports, obviously

Djokovic was in the list... and Nadal wasn't. I instantly skipped to Colin's list.

Trevor Miller that wasn’t his list

Bigfoot31 yea I know, was talking about espn

We do. And I commented above about him not being on this list.

Kelly Slater

Umm. He's #3. Did you not watch the video?

I think they're talking about ESPN'S

Oga Prince Messi was literally on his list

@@danielmiller7507 not high enough

He doesn’t deserve to be top 5, Colin was right about those picks

@@danielmiller7507 Just to let you know that Messi is nominated and won the price as the best athlete. Still cant believe he puted lebron james over Ronaldo and Messi.

Robert Nekić the top 5 are more dominant than Messi

MJ is over rated compared to Phelps

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truth but gretzky only played 1.5 seasons in the past 20 years

This is a list of the last 20 years only bro

Colin was saying gretzky wasn't as dominant as messi , he most definitely was

TheJakeman91 not even close. Competition messi competes against for the title of the best vs what Gretzky faced... It's not close. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world

thats what i dont like about this list..you could and should absolutely make a case for Gretzky. He has only played 2 seasons in the past 20 years, but Bonds hasnt been around in the last dozen years and Tiger has been awful for the last decade. If you make a 1988-2008 list then Bonds, Tiger and Gretzky should all be on the list. I'm sorry, if you havent been relevant for half of the years, you shouldnt be on here. Bonds would be #1 if it were dominance from 00-04, but how much clout do you have when you were dominant for 1/4 of the years its talking about? When i think 98-2018 (in no particular order) I think Brady(2000-present), Lebron(03-present), Phelps(00-present), Serena(02-present), Federer(03-present). Those 5, for me, are the ones i think about for the better part of 2 decades. 20 years of "dominance" is such a long stretch. should really be a decade by decade thing

Ronaldo and messi 2005- current yet they weren't included

@@mrapk7097 Messi and Ronaldo we not the best players in 2005.

@@forevergooner4400 it's debatable, you could make the argument for messi, because ronaldinho even claimed messi was the best he'd seen while they played together and ronaldinho held the 10. During 2005.

@@mrapk7097 2007 to 2021 is still longer

@@rohanchaurasia391 Messi scored 3 goals in 21 matches in 2005. dont be biased and stupid. Messi wasnt top 100 in 2005

Yeah but Ronaldo's been having and year. Messi nearly doubled his scoring and assist ratio and scored 7 freekicks to cr7 0

Ronaldo is a pure goal scorer, that's it. He can't do anything else, and Messi is still a better goal scorer. Messi isn't just the best goal scorer, he's the best playmaker, dribbler, assister, passer, most intelligent, he doesn't cheat or dive, he doesn't show frustration, and most importantly he's humble. He doesn't brag about himself, he isn't full of himself, unlike many great athletes. Messi is without a doubt better then Ronaldo.

Another fan boy

Wayne Gretzky should be at least in the top 4 Messi can be beat in stats at one point but the stats Gretzky put up will never be beat and Michael Jordan easily should be in the top 10 over a roid user

@@-PlayMaker- The question isn't who's better, the question is who is more dominant. Ronaldo has clearly dominated Messi in terms of CL, Ballon DOR and won European Championship with Portugal and he has scored in the majority of the big games when his teams need him. Messi better, Ronaldo more dominant

keith green he doesn't count

NBA Everyday why not?

Idris Council wrestlings fake. So it doesn't make him dominant

Preach, brother!

I agree with you, Keith!

it's youtube

MrUrkel0730 And, why did he mention Jordan? For all intents and purposes, Jordan was gone after 1998. If it had covered before ‘98, Jordan would be number 1.

Miguel Pimentel It depends really, if it included Gretzye and Ali years then Jordan would be 3 or 4

Drake Budasz Ali Hahaha

Miguel Pimentel if ur gonna count the 90s I would probably have Jordan like 4 or 5 definitely not as high as Mayweather or Usain Bolt tho

It is hard to say Messi is better than Pele though

Jack Hodgson La liga it’s definitely the best league, epl is more competitive, but yeah the guy know nothing about football

Dude la liga is by far the best. They dominate Europe for a reason

LaLiga may have the best team, but the premier league has a lot more good teams, which is why it’s the best league in the world because of how competitive it is

@@Mano-zn7so no it isn't

He wasnt in the last 20 years

That's more tricks than your mum turned a night!

Ovechkin Will score 895 goals beating Gretzky's Record and then Gretzky is out The top 1000

Kelly Marshall and better at making money than anyone in the history of sports

Gerald Johnson 😂 not even close.

Kelly Marshall He is better at boxing than bolt is at running, his UFC point was wrong but his placement of Mayweather at 1 was correct because of his resume + record

Nah it's definitely because he's better at running.

Kelly Marshall hijo

What he did in '08 is so underappreciated. We'll probably never see anyone else get 8 golds at one olympics. He's #1 for me.

Agreed

Easier to get golds in Olympic swimming so much more to compete in All short distances.Only 3 in sprinting and Usain dominated

@@gwennas100 Phelps won gold four olympics in a row in one event. It's not just about the number of golds

Phelps can be beaten, Bolts records will most likely be not be beaten for the longest time

No they are just about right becose soccer is much more of a team orintet sport and the impact of a singel player is mutch lower and all the teams they won titels with were loaded with great players Suarez Xavi Iniesta Nymar Ronaldinioh Xabi Alonso Sergio Ramos Bale Benzema And for sure those Fc Barcelona Teams were about the greatest teams with the best coaching in the history of the game. And the no world club thing is really no argument againts Messi becise those teamas wer just horrebel in ther depht and straight out imbearising coaching. Were teams like germany Italy Spain had a much better system in place and more talent coverall. And the sucsesfull Brasilien Teams yust had So much talent in one team that it wasn't even fair. 2002 Ronaldo Roberto Carlos Cafu Rivaldo Ronaldinio. That roster was so deep that Kaka was benchd for almost the hole turnermand.

R3sG THEPVS you’re wrong. Those guys (while dominate their sport) are nowhere near Phelps, bolt, mayweather etc

@@Joe-nz5ql Yeah they're nowhere near them because they're miles ahead of them

@@r3sgthepvs448 you idiot Ronaldo single handedly carried real to 3 consecutive ucls

@@r3sgthepvs448 ok so then why is lebron 2nd in the list if team sports dont matter

kevin wright being successful in F1 is dependent on being in a competitive car.Schumacher was in the best car

@@realisrealite5554 You get best car by being the best

Valentino Rossi as well and why not cairoli

Sadly Americans prefer turning left

@@PossiblyGenii sadly 😭

BmoreBirds22 how jr not making it

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White Mumba should be no 1

my thoughts exactly

And Floyd also did lose a couple fights. It’s just that boxing is corrupt

@@wiserise1393 you're delusional

Mr. Golstein *stupid

To be fair, the reason Bolt and Phelps are able to be claim GOAT status in their respective sports so definitively is because their sports are races and are entirely based on timed scores. You can simply look at their times and see that they are faster than the times of everyone in history, proving them to be the fastest (and therefore best). With Floyd, we can never know definitively whether or not he would beat, say, Muhammad Ali if they both fought in their primes, because unlike swimming and sprinting, you can't simply compare their times. Additionally, they were in different weight classes, so it's even harder to evaluate them based on their physical tools when they were fighting against different competition (we use the term "pound-for-pound", but even then, it's difficult to evaluate). Floyd completely and utterly dominated all of the competition he could have possibly been faced with throughout his career, and although we can always speculate about the legends of the past, Floyd had basically the closest thing to a perfect professional sports career that is humanly possible. In my personal opinion, it's hard to evaluate the dominance of any of these three against one another, simply because they each had such long stretches during which nobody could possibly beat them whatsoever. He went with Floyd because he continued to win after ascending from his prime and gracefully eased into retirement without ever losing, which Phelps and Bolt did not, which is valid. You can make a case for any of them though

Colin's top 5 remains correct though

And... who would you put him ahead of? Defo not Roger, bolt, Floyd or Serena

James Ventris maybe Serena but for now his top 5 good enough

@@vinnysharkman Tiger has to win a couple of more majors before he can rise above Serena. Personally, I have Floyd, Serena, Bolt, and Phleps (in that order) above Tiger.

The Midget Men play against men and the women play against.Theres as much competition on the womens side as the mens side.You're comment shows your ignorance.

ignorant comment

But hes talking about dominance... she dominates the woman league more then Roger dominates the man's league, therefore shes more dominant. How can you not get it? Of course Roger is better, but he doesnt dominate his opponents not even as close as she dominates her opponents

It's a list of how far above their competition they are though. Serena is way further above her nearest competition than Federer. That's what dominant means.

Serena has dominated her sport better than anyone. That is the point of this list.

Jacob no it's not he had more control of his franchise and his team on the grid

robbereal1982 Peyton was one of the least dominant goats ever. Regular season god, postseason bum

@@robbereal1982 Brady is Cleary better than manning and I'm a packer fan

@@jonahlichtman6475 bum is a little harsh. He was no where near a bum.

They didn’t tho

He never dominate like During a long period like Roger and Novak and that’s just facts you got just to check how many times each of these 3 players stay number 1 at ranking atp.

Yvans what's are you on about? Being number one doesn't warrant success in tennis, for years you could get to number 1 in the women's without winning a grand slam. Nasal still has more grand slams and masters than Djokovic and has been the most dominant clay player the world has ever seen.

@@yvans. whattt Nadal have won 11 Roland garros bro

Yvans you don’t know what your talking about 😂. Nadal has been dominant for over a decade

@Tyler Haraf get out of your cave

Brandon Henao fax

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Bill's mafia!!!!!! U funny dude. Josh Allen gone make this list 10 yrs later!!!!

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Eddie Lannutti 😂

Eddie Lannutti wrong show

Be Conscious you can never go wrong with sean lee anywhere

Tell me how did these Sean Lee jokes begin I need answers!

Joshua Sanders its just a ridiculous take that skip did once that the cowboys season was over bcuz sean lee got hurt. The meme is that sean lee is more valuable than anyone in the world

He did not win enough though. Only 4 titles. Only 1 League MVP. I do not think that is enough.

Joe Lates you are saying four titles isn’t a lot in the nba

True, he was the most dominant center...ever

The last 20 years part kinda hurts Shaq....Kobe was on the team in that time frame.

@Ästroworld ironic u said that u don’t know anything about baseball Because let me tell you only this In the almost 200 year history of baseball no ones ever won more than 3 mvps for there entire career Barry bonds in a 4 year stretch (just like u mentioned with shaq) won 4 straight mvps more than anyone has ever won in there entire careers Oh and he broke pretty much every single major league record in just those 4 years Home runs Walks On base Slugging Ops U probably don’t know what those stats mean but there the most important stats in the sport.

It's his personal list he can talk about whoever he wants and whatever sport he wants. Lol youtubers 🤣🤣

@@spoonu9 when he says his list is unquestionably correct, as he repeated several times, we can call him out on it.

@@RMCF41195 cool...

expecting Americans to know anything about football...

These idiots don't care about FOOTBALL the greatest game in the world

jjputz123 if it’s about continued dominance no team sport athlete will ever touch individual sport athletes... Serena was ranked number 1 for like 6 years straight that’s like winning 6 ballon de or back to back... Floyd never lost a fight bolt lost one race in his career and Phelps is the most decorated athlete in any sport in history... Messi and Ronaldo should be 6 and 7 after all the individual sport athletes but ahead of the other team sport athletes

you are literally comparing a boxer who is the best at a specific weight class, and a woman tennis player to two of the to football players EVER. I guess "dominant" and "greatest" are certainly not the same thing.

sasha ghovanlou as I recall messi and Ronaldo are strikers... I’ve never seen them be a goalie or defensive player.... so do you really want to get into specifics on other athletes 😂

its obviously a mistake ffs

This made me so mad when I heard it live.. Lazy mistake

Conquering Lion even if it's a mistake of phrasing all it means is floyd beat a ufc fighter in boxing which is less impressive than all of floyd mayweather's career wins. cowherd was trying to list a bunch of points to justify his number 1 but it was a stupid point that i guess he figured would blend in with the rest and sound good

No, what was impressive wasnt so much that floyd beat a UFC fighter in boxing but rather a retired 40 year old still managed to fight and dominate a 28 year old fighter in his prime!

the smartest boxer ever against someone who isn't even a boxer, i'm sorry but im not impressed. floyd didn't even start training for the fight until like 2 weeks in advance. it was a joke, a show.

Kael Stewart he won 2 leagues in 9 years in spain

Kael Stewart because Messi is so much better and he barely makes the list?

@@gabobrijaldo919 Terrible logic

Peter Fusek possibly most underrated comment, needs to be top 5 at least

Probably cause no one knows who that guy is

Mitchell Cruickshank lul people do because he is possibly the best player in defense for the cowboys

Mitchell Cruickshank or you dont watch football

All of those fighters were past their prime.

William Amsbary and yet when he beats young fighters at the age of 40 they’re too young

What's your point? The statements aren't mutually exclusive.

William Amsbary js cuz people act like he only fought dudes way older than him which isn’t true

SuperJkelley23 Floyd lost a fight I forget the boxers name but he 100% best Floyd but the fighter got robbed and gave it to someone else

JiggyJangles Barry never tested positive

True. But he testified to a federal grand jury that he did "unknowingly" take steroids given to him by Greg Anderson, his personal trainer.

Most if not all on this list are on steroids. Professional sports are filled with drug use

@@Gernmanik I don't disagree with the sentiment but we should restrict ourselves to demonstrable truth vs. suspicion and hearsay.

Henry Steinmann tennis is quite strict with drug testing, so i doubt serena or fed would do it (also based on their character). Tbh in general its not fair to throw athletes under the bus that way.

Noé Tardin for real? Rafa's way more dominant than djokovic ever was

John50 Beach Djokovic's prime is the greatest tennis has been played ever

mazi zazi false. Absolutely false. What?

okpo lee He played on the greatest level in his 2 year stretch. He was unbeatable

djokovic was NO.1 when nadal was also at his prime so it is not surprise, but yea, I would say overall Nadal has better career.

sds606 Serena has been more dominant within women's tennis than Fed has been within men's tennis. Plus she has more slams, more Olympic golds, more French Open wins and has dominated both singles AND doubles tennis whereas Fed barely plays doubles. Not to mention Serena has won slams from 17 through her mid 30s whereas Fed didn't win his first slam until 21 (and Serena is about 2 months younger). I love both Serena and Fed but Serena has a better case for dominance.

NYCzora Federer has had to deal with two other top 10 tennis players of all time in Novak and Nadal. There’s much more competition in the men’s side. Name me the all time great that Serena had to play against yet she only has 3 more slams than Federer

sds606 you’re ignoring doubles. Serena has 3 gold medals and 16 doubles slams. Colin included that and that’s why helped her get in front of Roger. This is about dominance and not level of competition. If not For Serena Venus would have 14+ slams. Sharapova would probably have around 8+. Serena doesn’t have a top rival like Nadal or Novak because every time one with the potential to be great came along she usually quickly proved she was better.

Eric Thomas If not for Nadal, the second greatest player of all time, and undeniably the greatest on Clay (only lost a grand total of 2 times at the French Open in 13 years), Federer may have close to 30 slams, and that’s a conservative estimate. By the way, Federer has been at the top of grand slams that have a best of five instead of a best of three. Meaning that Men’s matches could last up to five and half hours, whereas Women’s matches are not even half of that amount. Clearly, the Men’s tour is far more demanding, and Federer has stayed at the top for the past 15 years.

Barry Bonds has five more Mvps than Sidney Crosby. He had no right to win the Con Smythe in 2016. Kessel not only led the squad in points as well as elevating them to being a back to back stanley cup team, but on top of that Sidney Crosby was a minus throughout the playoffs. He is nowhere near as dominant

NinjangoLegoMovieIsVeryGood Aight I don't see how you don't put someone who went record undefeated as number 1 though

John50 Beach i think he shouldnt be number 1 because he got to choose most of fights and avoided fights he knew he could lose

NinjangoLegoMovieIsVeryGood Aight Messi quit because his club team couldn't carry him internationally.

Dumb

Naquan Escort explain please, who would you have?

He's been convicted three separate times and in court a fourth. He'd be 54-0*.

Floyd was never married

Goat

This is not about who is better, but most dominant. Those are 2 different things. I watch Messi and CR7 whole career. That´s your opinion, i have my opinion. The arguments colin used, that someone wrote for him, are wack.

Yes he doesn't follow football evidently and probably didn't elaborate very well his argument But You didn't follow him either He said la liga is the best league in football that's true Epl is the most popular that's true He never used the word competition or tournament thus the ucl has nothing to do with this video

@@tpsam la liga isn't the best league

@@joshualucas1048 except for the fact counting trophies and qualities of players that league is ridiculously superior to any other league in the world. Everything you replied was wrong

@@tpsam there are 2 teams who are in La Liga who are the best 2 in the world. But that doesn't make it the best league. The overall quality of play in the Premier League and arguably even the Bundesliga as well is much higher.

chandler berry nah

Pasqu4le who cares. He's 50-0. Deal with it

Never said he wasnt but Im pointing out generalities in Colins statement. Floyd is great im not debating that

Pasqu4le, get outta here with your facts

Bonds won 7 mvps and has the most homeruns ever...

Keep both and put Brady at 11

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This is just not a good opinion

Tom Brady plays real football , not whoever the CR7 guy is

No one knows Tom Brady! 7 billion people do not know Tom Brady! 95% of The people of The world do not know Tom Brady

Please stop it

marco20381985 matter of fact I forgot it was last 20 years I changed it to Kobe can’t go wrong there

@@branko8431 lmao

Tony Wettle delete you’re list

Ifeanyi Akunna gotta love his divorce analogies 😂😂

He’s talking about for a career, not a season(s).

Julian Beckwith to be fair, Djokovic had a stretch that was just as dominant as Federer was in 03-10. Nadal was dominant, but not for a 5+ years stretch. BUT, Nadal should be on there and at least top 10

Sammy Al Hashemi djokovic as dominant as federer was??? Are u serious??

Disclaimer: *I'm a HUGE Federer Fan - I think he's the greatest athlete ever* I started watching tennis in 2002. I was six when Federer came around and I instantly became a fan. I rolled with Federer through all his high years and all his lows (2013...*shudder*). During that stretch, Federer won almost everything there was to be won. There was a period of time that I started to think if Federer didn't at least win 3 slams in a year, it was a down year for him. Then Djokovic took over in 2011 (a lot of that had to do with Fed's age - he couldn't dominate the way he used to because of the age factor, which is why he changed his game recently ever so slightly and started to dominate again- but nonetheless, Djokovic dominated. From 2011-2016 Djokovic went from 1 GS to 12GS (11 won). In 2003-2008, Federer went from 0GS to 13GS (13 won). During Djokovic's dominant time, he won about as many Masters 1000s as Fed did (granted, Federer played a lot of best of 5's that Novak didn't). To me, this is an actively comparable stretch of dominance. Just like Federer had his peak where I felt he would never lose, Djokovic had the same thing.

Sammy - understood about Djokovic having a great run. But within the last 20 years, Nadal is ahead of him in Slam Titles and Career Titles. I think that's all the needs to be said.

Julian Beckwith Yes, Djokovic from 2011-2016 was by far the best player in the world. Nadal’s never been able to solely dominate an era like Djokovic or Federer. Yes, Nadal does have more grand slams than Djokovic, but it is undeniable that Djokovic’s peak is greater than Nadal’s peak. Additionally, Nadal is dominant on Clay, whereas Djokovic is outstanding on all three surfaces. He’s the only man (this includes both Federer and Nadal) since 1969 to win 4 consecutive grand slams between 2015-16.

It ist definitely easier to win the SB than the CL... and the patriots are the only consistently good team in the AFC east over the past 20 years so they come to the play offs every year.

Agree with you

Doesn’t have more Chips thank Kobe, and winning a champions league is wayyyyyy harder

Also Messi and Ronaldo are 10 and 8 years younger and only have 1 championship less than brady, so theres a high chance they will catch up

Winnin a CL is way harder than winning the SB. Being consistent in team soccer is almost imposible at a European level. What Messi and Ronaldo have done is almost imposible, it is unheard of since the 50s and Di Stefano. We wont see anything like it for many many years.

Get off the internet

@@Prince1Tony what's yours

Mario Lee Well said and you are right.

ded

Driver ain't athlete. lol

r u kidding me??f1 drivers are athletes too.there is no other sport as physically demanding as f1.drivers need a unique combination of power, aerobic fitness and mental strength to handle speeds of more than 200mph and forces of more than 5G for 90 minutes at a time

King Bae You're an idiot.

Michael would’ve been in the top 10 if it wasn’t for his 1 podium in three years for Mercedes.

But in what top league in any sport does the league not have the BEST teams in it? I understand what your saying depth wise though. But man 7 out of the last 10 champions league winners have been Spanish teams. EPL has not been too relevant on what is the biggest club stage there is. Did you not just see Barcelona embarrass Man U

Michael Bargh Fair point.

Soccer players are not athletes, they are not athletic like Bolt, Serena or Lebron. There is nothing athletic about Messi, maaaybe about CR but nothing to mention on this list. And this comes from a European.

Inside The Stands I think it's cos he lost a fair amount of times as well. I remember in 2012 he didn't medal for one of the events. Mayweather never lost so he gets the edge

Top 3 is undeabatable but you can move them i feel like, all 3 of them deserves the n1 spot to be honest.

No. 2 and 3 can be swapped but you cant swap Floyd. He is literally the best boxer of the past 20 years. He has not lost once! Michael and Usain lost

Conquering Lion Usain lost to a disqualification he would have easily won the race

20 years?

Curry has not yet played long enough

Pedro Mota If you have Ronaldo on 5 then Messi is easily 1.

it´s your opinion, not mine.

Pedro Mota he is great yes, but not that 'dominant' compared to the others

Y2J Ronaldo is better than Messi are you insane

Sky's The Limit explain how someone who averages less goals, assists, key passes, chances created and loses the ball more often is better?

it's last 20 years

Are you really gonna day that Floyd is the greatest boxer ever? REALLY FAM?!

you are correct. Have to go with Bonds then no question...

Pound for Pound, yes he is the greatest.

Mayweather is 50-0. I don't like him at all, but he's 50-0 !!

I agree

Tough call to leave Ronaldo off, but you cannot take Barry Bonds off this list. Barry Bonds at his hottest was the most terrifying batter in the history of the game. Just simply unstoppable, so they walked him.

Sidney Crosby or Peyton Manning ahead of bonds IMO

Solovox steroids cough cough

Bonds was a beast but... yeah... it's hard to argue with Ronaldo. Good call

Thank you sir Fedal all the way

I'd add Novak too (I'm a Fed Fan). Those three are the most dominant athlete ever. Won every GS (except 6), since 2005. Let that sink in...