Who is the best Sportsman ever? Pheleps, Sachin, Michael Jordan, Maradona?

Question

Who is the best Sportsman ever? Pheleps, Sachin, Michael Jordan, Maradona?

Answer 1

sachin

Answer 2

His own game's all record holder, 'the master' sachin ramesh tendulkar is the greatest.he considerd as the God of his game.

Answer 3

No doubt, sachin

Answer 4

My personal favorite is "Valentino Rossi". Greatest sportsperson should have the attributes of
1. exceptional talent
2. consistency
3. perform under adverse conditions
4. perform under pressure
5. perform at the highest level
6. perform throughout his carrier
7.never or very rarely lose
8. an aura of invincibility i.e. audience must be convinced that come whatever may he will emerge victor.
9. should command respect of rivals
10. should be loved by the audience.

Now i will discuss some sportsmen already being discussed here.
Michael Shumacher- In F1 a lot depends on the car package. ferrari is one of the top teams in F1 so it dilutes some greatness of Schumi. He lost to Mika 2 times and also to Alonso. So he may be the best F1 driver but not the best sportsman.
Federer- I think Fedex is the best tennis player ever. however he has ruled in an era of weak tennis players and he has lost to Nadal consistently.
Footballers can not be discussed objectively as it is a team game.
Lance armstrong but for the drugs shadow on him.
Tiger Woods is not consistent enough.
same if apply the above yardsticks for other sportspersons.
Now Rossi has dominated Motogp like no one has dominated any other sport. he has performed on different teams and won championships on these teams. he lost champioship only 2 times in the past 8 years that by only slimmest of margins. he is consistently defeating the guys he lost to.
In the past 12 years Rossi has been world champion 8 times, came second 3 times and came third one time. It is an unbelievable record considering that he raced in 4 different categories and rode 2 different teams. He lost 2007 championship due to his tires and switched tyres in 2008 and became world champion again. This year also he is leading the championship and is on course to win it.
he owns almost all the motogp records.
he has faced strong opponents like Max Biaggi, Sete Gibernau, Loris capirossi, Casey Stoner etc and has come on tops of them. One time he vowed that as long he is racing Sete Gibernau would not win another race and indeed Sete never won another race after that.
Rossi passes all the yardsticks above and also he is a big Showman so that is an extra for him.