Top 20 Most Shocking Mistakes in Sports 

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I'm surprised Andres Escobar's own goal isn't number one. He literally was killed because of that mistake. Netflix made a show about it

You should have included the Seattle Seahawks Superbowl final play. Talk about bone headed!

Shout out to JR Smith being so bad he made LeBron abandon Cleveland 😂

Gerrard's slip is even more ironic given how he screamed at his own players the words 'This does not f***ing slip!' a few weeks earlier when they beat eventual champions Manchester City.

Escobar should it be #1, since he's the only one who had died from his mistake

Humility and communication are a must in sports.

Bartman's "mistake" shouldn't be on here. That was not a mistake. Fans will reach for a foul ball if it's coming toward them, and if the ball is in the stands, it's fair game for the fans to catch it. Instead, Zidane's headbutt should be up high. That happened in the World Cup final, and it cost France a World Cup championship.

Karius mistakes occured after a concussion he took at minute 51. I think it would be fair to mention these kind of details!

Jim Marshall's running the wrong way! Marshall's running the wrong way! 🤣

Karius was suffering from a concussion after a horrible clash in that Champions League final. The fact he wasn't substituted is an infamy.

Thank you so much for including the 5th Down game on the list. I feel like it gets overlooked a lot when discussing the greatest blunders in sports. However, you all should have included Game 6 of the 1985 World Series.

Buckner is so infamous one of the PS2 MVP Baseball games had the commentary line “Shades of Bill Buckner” if a ball got past a first baseman (those games had a TON of dialog for the time. Play a game at Shea, the dialog would randomly be interrupted by a loud jet flying overhead.)

It’s just so embarrassing to watch an own goal unfold.

Good video love the sports video's great list 👌

I remember watching the NCAA national championship game between Michigan and North Carolina when Chris Webber called a time out late in the game. The ref did miss the traveling.

Early in the 1987cseason, the Red Sox came to Shea Stadium for an exhibition game. Buckner was introduced and got a standing ovation from the Mets fans ( including yours truly)

My blood was boiling before you even finished introducing the 5th down game. 🤬

I remember hearing about that "5th down" game at the time it went down. That Colorado team sure lived a charmed life in 1990! The Buffaloes managed to win a piece of the national title even with a tie (Tennessee in the Pigskin Classic in Anaheim) and a loss (at Big Ten co-champ Illinois) while Georgia Tech never lost (tied at UNC).

Allouettes-Eskimos Grey Cup. Duval misses field goal but Sask had too many men on the field so he got a re-kick and won the Cup.

Wilson's Super Bowl interception and Carrol's terrible call belongs on this list.

Wide right. Not giving marshawn lynch the ball in the Super bowl vs Patriots. Browns RB fumbling on near the goal line and Broncos recovering the ball. Miracle at the Meadowlands part 1 and 2.

The Chicago Cubs won the World Series! Stop making Steve Bartman’s life miserable! Move on!

(Pushes glasses up nose) Very impressive for Liverpool to dominate the Premier League in the 70s and 80s considering its first season was 1992.

Steve Bartman should NOT be on this list. -Even without all the fans there, Alou still might not have caught the ball. -Prior on the same at bat threw a wild pitch which allowed the batter to get on 1st (which should have been a red flag to the pitching staff he was wearing down) -2 batters later, they could have gotten out of the inning on a double play, if their all-star Shortstop didn't pick a horrible time to bobble the ball on the hit. -And later in the inning, a Marlins player who had been terrible all NLCS got a 3-run RBI to basically ice the game Bartman isn't the reason the Cubs failed to execute when it mattered the most.

How is Super Bowl 49 Russell Wilson’s 1 yard line INT not on this list?

2011 Indy 500 finish should be here.

The fan who threw the drink that caused the “Malice at the palace?”

The Bartman game deserved to be this high since the Cubs pennant drought lasted 13 more years and most importantly, it ruined someone’s life.

Mark Martin Bristol 1994. The thing that makes him coming to pit road one lap before the race ends so shocking, is that it’s Mark Martin, widely regarded as one of the smartest racers of all time

John Terry vs Manchester United Gonzalo Higuain vs Germany Marcus Rashford vs Italy Oliver Kahn vs Brazil

Before I even watch 1 SECOND OF THIS VIDEO.....I'm just gonna shout..... BEAST MODE!!!!!!!

The first thing a little kid is taught in hockey is never put the puck in front of your own goal lol

What about the Super Bowl interception?

Andres Escobar story is so sad he lost his life over a stupid game and never got a chance to redeem himself

I offer a counterpoint to #20. David Ragan was very much the class of the field in the 2011 Daytona 500. However before restarting he changed lanes. He was black flagged and lost.

I’d say this list needs a redo. Games where the team won should be lower, Mistakes that lead to actual physical issues or trauma should be higher. Bill Buckner might’ve messed up, but he got to live A LIFE after his. Escobar’s life was taken OVER A GAME. I’d say that’s more shocking but that’s just me

I’m surprised Ben Hunt’s knock on at the beginning of golden point in the 2015 NRL grand final wasn’t mentioned. Gave North Queensland perfect field position to win the game in that set and Brisbane still haven’t won a premiership since 2006

I laughed so hard at this question @ 3:47 and then again at the headline @ 4:29. Fred Merkle is my favorite entry.

LOL snow boarding thing I thought he was screaming "FREEDOM"

That whole treatment of Steve Bartman was asinine. Trying to blame him on the Cubs eventual collapse, losing 2 home games to lose the series, is why Chicago is one of the worst cities in America.

18:17: Bill Buckner's error did not allow the Mets to eventually win the 1986 World Series. I don't know why people such as those at WatchMojo like to use revisionist history like that. For one thing, it wasn't Bill Buckner's fault that in Game 6, the Red Sox ultimately blew a three run lead despite previously needing just one more out to win the game and the World Series. That's on the pitchers, Calvin Schiraldi and Bob Stanley. Secondly, even had Buckner cleanly fielded the ball, the game still would've been tied going into the top of the 11th inning and who knows what would've happened after that? And are we forgetting that in Game 7, the Red Sox actually had a 3-0 lead going into the bottom of the sixth inning? The Mets of course, managed to again, rally back and win the game 8-5, but it wasn't like the Red Sox were down for the count after Bill Buckner's error from the previous game. How come nobody wants to blame the Red Sox's relief pitching (particularly, Calvin Schiraldi, who was the losing pitcher in Game 7 and was the losing pitcher in three games in the 1986 World Series for the Red Sox) and their manager, John McNamara, who kept Buckner in there late in Game 6 (he during the postseason, would normally replaced Buckner at first base with Dave Stapleton) despite knowing that he was injured his mobility was compromised.

15:40 -- What about those other guys reaching for the ball? You know one of them could've just as easily gotten the same fate had the ball went just an inch or two in another direction.

What about Cody Parkey double doink that would have given the bears their first win in the playoff, or Tyler Bass miss field goal against the Chiefs, he was reciving death threathen

Pi$$ off with pointing out Buckner while ignoring ALL the other mistake by the redsux throughout that game. If the other players had done their jobs, the game would have already been over.

Losing your life for a GAME, even if it is the championship game, is just pathetic. I don't know how anyone could be that concerned about losing that they would kill an innocent man, as if that changes anything. Just mind boggling.

In 1994 at Bristol Motor Speedway at a Nascar Busch Series race. Mark Martin while leading, pulled down pit lane on the last lap. The race was under caution at the time anf Mark mistakenly thought the race was over. He needed to stay on the track for another 150 feet to finish. He wad credited with seventh I believe.

The dropped touchdown pass was turned into the Movie The Man who dropped the ball when his own town turned their back on him its only a game people

Daytona 500 finishes should be next: 1959: Petty and Beauchamp 2001: Mikey wins, we lost #3 1998: Dale finally wins after 20 years of trying 1989: Jaws wins in his 17th try Dale and Dale show and so on

I can clearly count 4-5 fans reaching for the ball during the Cubs “Bartman” play. Yet only ONE got all the shit for it. Someone please explain how that works.

Bill Buckner also got a 2004 World Series Championship ring. Well deserved. Never deserved the hate should have been replaced in the game.

Joe Pisarcik's muffed handoff against Philadelphia in 1978. My dad didn't get over that for years!

I don't think missing a penalty kick(Baggio) can ever be called a shocking mistake, no matter if it's in a World Cup final or not. 25% of penalties were missed back then.

"you would rather look good first and win second" Billy Hoyle

Don Beebe deserved the MVP just for that run alone!

Someone on the Michigan Bench Coach from 1993 telling Chris Webber to call Time Out. It was documented on ESPN 30 on 30: The Fab Five

Don’t forget Vontez Burffect, hitting Antonio Brown costing Cincinnati their first playoff win in years lol

How was Bottlegate not even a Dishonorable Mention? It nearly caused a riot.

I actually felt a little bad after but I went to a Lakers game against the Kings and sitting behind the backboard every time Webber was shooting free throws I held up a huge sign that read "CALL A TIMEOUT CHRIS!!!", and a few times I could see him shaking his head... 😂

Don Denkinger missing the final out call in the 1985 World Series should be in the top 5 at least here

Mike Gregory 6 missed darts to give Taylor the title the gerrard moment

Most recently, people say 49ers should've opted to kick instead of receive the ball first in OT of super bowl 58

They need to do a Top 10 for celebrating too early

I worked as a sports reporter for newspapers for 12 years and I saw a player in the Indiana high school basketball final 4 (the greatest show in U.S. high school basketball) on Marion High School's team call time out when his team tied the game on a basket with 2 seconds left. There was no need for a time out, but he thought his team was down by 1 point. The opposing team, Broad Ripple High School of Indianapolis (David Letterman's old school, btw) had no time outs left and the final 2 seconds would have ticked off and the game gone into overtime, but a free time out was given them via the Marion player's mistake, and when they came out, Broad Ripple hit a 57-foot shot (17.4 meters) to win the game. Marion was the great powerhouse in Indiana boys basketball, winning five state titles between 1975 and 1987, by far the greatest run by any high school boys team in the state's history. But that game in 1980 was the one that got away.

the premier league wasn't a thing in the 70's 80's, there was also a lot more this year which cost the title, "offside" goal vs city a title decider

Why isn't Don Denkinger's blown call at first base (where he called Jorge Orta safe even though the television replays showed that he was obviously out) in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series between the Kansas City Royals and St. Louis Cardinals on this list?

It was the biggest mistake that costs the Giants the 1908 National League Pennant & the Cubs the 1908 World Series.

The Premier League was founded in 1992, so when you say that Liverpool dominated it during the 70's and 80's is incorrect.

#10 That's happened a lot more than you would think.

Number 11 is just like when Golden State Warriors in the 2019 NBA Finals had the same mistake made in game 6 against my favourite team which is the Toronto Raptors

Chris Phillips of the Ottawa Senators scored the Stanley cup winning goal for the Anaheim Ducks. June 6th 2007. Luckily for him the game ended as a 6-2 blowout the Duck were going to win the Cup that game anyway

If Steve Smith's attempted clearance went in off the keeper, then it's an own goal by the keeper, not by Smith!!

Can you do the top 10 best robot chicken songs

I mean you could maybe argue that the Falcons not kicking a field goal at the end of Super Bowl 51 could be considered one of the bigger sports blunders in NFL championship history for sure

#15 I've always been a die-hard Cowboys fan, but that sucks.

The Patriots with their failed lateral situation against the Raiders should have been there.

Why I hate Cubs fans…to blame a devoted fan for their team’s failure is the worst thing done to fans since overpaid ticket and parking.

When the Red Sux sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees. Big blunder on Bostons end right there, but a win for New York

Should have mentioned Bartman got a World Series Ring as consolation years later.

2009 Grey Cup should be here as there was too many men on the field because of an early celebration

What about the Saints Vs Vikings playoff game with Diggs scoring the TD or the Saints Vs Rams no call PI

You guys missed the Bobby Witt perfect game that was ruined too. Though I understand why. Since that missed call was in the 6th inning. He ended to game having only allowed the one hit and no walks. So he would have had a perfect game too.

The Chris Webber Time Out was a shocking mistake,the second is Bill Buckner's World Series error.

Kieran Gibbs getting a red card instead of Alex oxlade-chamberlain because the ref thought they were the same should be on this list

- New York Knicks….Patrick Ewing….Game 7….That’s All Ima Say 😂😂😒

Allan Donald not running in the 1999 Cricket World Cup Semi Final.

Cowboys still ended up winning the super bowl so that fumble didn't hurt them at all.

Lace's out.😂

I was a cowboys fan in the late seventies and Jackie Smith’s drop was one of the worst moments of my life

Where is the ball bouncing off Canseco's head for a Home Run?

How you didn’t even mention Brandon Bostics onside kick blunder is absolutely insane, packers were so good that year and 1 dude ruined it all

Super Bowl 49 - Pete Carroll has Russell Wilson pass the ball instead of giving it to Lynch, who would almost certainly have run it in for the score.

IMO you picked the wrong Leon Lett game. That strip by Don Beebe, while embarrassing, had absolutely no effect on a blowout game. The Thanksgiving Day game where he tried and failed to recover what would have been a dead ball actually cost the Cowboys the game, and made their title run a lot more dramatic than it had to be.

I can't believe you did a whole video of sports biggest blunders, and DIDNT include the Super Bowl with the Seahawks vs The Patriots

What about Scott Norwood going wide right in Super Bowl 25?

I remember one time seeing a skiing competition a couple years back in Sweden where a woman early into her ride fell, tunneled and ended up having to be taken by a stretcher from a helicopter while screaming and moaning in pain

Don Bradman only needed 4 runs in his last innings to have a career average of 100 but was out for zero to finish with an average of 99.94

Bartman should have got a pass cause it was at least two or three other people tryna catch the ball with him. Group think is a hell of a drug I tell ya 🤦🏾‍♀️

The fact that Patrick Stephan is not on here is concerning

I think I watched JR Smith run the clock out, but I remember watching Armando Galarraga's almost-perfect game on SportsTime Ohio. As a Guardians fan, I might strongly dislike the Tigers, but Armando deserved better. He showed much better sportsmanship than his teammates and coaching staff.