wayne gretzky vs michael jordan vs tiger woods vs babe ruth( vs ali?)

[riseagainst]

who is the most dominant/impactful athlete in their respective sport.

most to least or least to most

GO!!!

[SugarHill]

Gretzky of those listed. His statistical domination is quite ludicrous.

[IncarceratedBob]

babe ruth didnt play against blacks. his stats dont mean shit

[Hey Yo]

It's Gretzky and it's not even close.

[kells333]

John cena without a doubt. His has unarguably been the best person at his sport for 10 years running. Everyone else in history maybe had a 5 year run at the undisputed top and a few extra years where its an arguement.

[oarabbus]

Gretzky of those listed. His statistical domination is quite ludicrous.

It's Gretzky and it's not even close.

Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar make Gretzky look like a chump if you want to go down that route. So let's not go down that route.

Plus Ice Hockey is a completely esoteric sport on a global level. Cricket, which I know shit about (aside from the fact that Bradman takes huge dumps on Gretzsky in terms of statistical domination at their sport) is still far more widely known and widely played than Ice Hockey. Even swimming is more participated in and Phelps too takes a huge dump on everyone mentioned. He has more gold medals than the majority of countries have worldwide.

In terms of impact, MJ and Ali had true cultural impact on a global scale.

[Budadiiii]

Tiger and it isn't close.

What he did for golf is on another level than what any of those other guys did for their sport.

[riseagainst]

Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar make Gretzky look like a ****ing chump if you want to go down that route. So let's not go down that route.

Plus Ice Hockey is a completely esoteric sport on a global level. Cricket, which I know shit about (aside from the fact that Bradman takes huge dumps on Gretzsky in terms of statistical domination at their sport) is still far more widely known and widely played than Ice Hockey.

In terms of impact, MJ and Ali had true cultural impact on a global scale.

what the fck...

[oarabbus]

what the fck...

[quote]Wisden hailed Bradman as, "the greatest phenomenon in the history of cricket, indeed in the history of all ball games".[2] Statistician Charles Davis analysed the statistics for several prominent sportsmen by comparing the number of standard deviations that they stand above the mean for their sport.[242] The top performers in his selected sports are:[243]
Athlete Sport Statistic Standard
deviations
Bradman Cricket Batting average 4.4
Pel

[IncarceratedBob]

John cena without a doubt. His has unarguably been the best person at his sport for 10 years running. Everyone else in history maybe had a 5 year run at the undisputed top and a few extra years where its an arguement.

You're joking...right?

Cena has an average match time of 18:23, and an overall win loss record of 211-89. With a belt on the line his record is 28-13, sounds good..right? Bret Hart average match time is 21:19, nearly 3 minutes better than Cena. Overall 319-59 record while going 44-15 in matches with belts on the line.

Then we can get into some deeper stats...

SGC (Special Grapple Completion)

Cena 4.6 / match
Hart 8.1 / match
Rock 6.2 / match
Flair 9.4 / match
Taker 7.1 / match

MCvF (Match Completion via Finisher)

Cena 81.4%
Hart 90.3%
Rock 94.7%
Flair 88.1%
Taker 98.2%

Also look at one key stat... Finishers that a superstar kicked out of..

Cena 12
Hart 14
Rock 19
Flair 11
Taker 29

Cena isn't the greatest, you're a joke.

[oarabbus]

John cena without a doubt. His has unarguably been the best person at his sport for 10 years running. Everyone else in history maybe had a 5 year run at the undisputed top and a few extra years where its an arguement.

I think this might be sarcasm but anyway...

The longest recorded winning streak in any professional sports is Pakistani Jahangir Khan's 555 consecutive wins in squash from 1981 to 1986. In the same sports, the Australian Heather McKay may hold a claim to an even longer winning streak, as she went unbeaten for 19 years, from 1962 to 1981. However, an official tally of her wins may not exist. In 2013, the Dutch wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer retired with an active 10-year-long winning streak of 470 matches, including a streak of 250 consecutive sets won

Not just the BEST at their sport, UNDEFEATED for that time.

[SugarHill]

Gretzsky really isn't all that impressive. Phelps >>>>>> Gretzsky anyway.

fvcking wow

You're disrespecting Gretzky. Look at what he did and compare him to what his peers did and then come back and say that isn't impressive.

[riseagainst]

You're joking...right?

Cena has an average match time of 18:23, and an overall win loss record of 211-89. With a belt on the line his record is 28-13, sounds good..right? Bret Hart average match time is 21:19, nearly 3 minutes better than Cena. Overall 319-59 record while going 44-15 in matches with belts on the line.

Then we can get into some deeper stats...

SGC (Special Grapple Completion)

Cena 4.6 / match
Hart 8.1 / match
Rock 6.2 / match
Flair 9.4 / match
Taker 7.1 / match

MCvF (Match Completion via Finisher)

Cena 81.4%
Hart 90.3%
Rock 94.7%
Flair 88.1%
Taker 98.2%

Also look at one key stat... Finishers that a superstar kicked out of..

Cena 12
Hart 14
Rock 19
Flair 11
Taker 29

Cena isn't the greatest, you're a joke.

[Budadiiii]

fvcking wow

You're disrespecting Gretzky. Look at what he did and compare him to what his peers did and then come back and say that isn't impressive.

I'd still rather have Bobby Orr on my squad though. Orr is a better hockey player than Gretzky. Shame his career was cut short

[CavaliersFTW]

The answer is Wilt Chamberlain.