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4. Tom Brady (Football 2000-2017)

3. Tiger Woods (Golf 1996-2017)

Brady is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). He is one of only two players to win five Super Bowls (the other being defensive player Charles Haley) and the only player to win them all playing for one team. He has also won 2 NFL MVPs.

5. Serena Williams (Tennis 1995-2017)

She is the No. 1 women's tennis player in the world yet hasn't lost to Maria Sharapova -- second-ranked and no slouch herself -- in 11 years. She has emerged victorious in 23 of her past 25 matches against top-10 players. And with 19 Grand Slam titles to her name, she has Steffi Graf's record (22) in her sights, with no sign of slowing down.

Woods is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years.

Following an outstanding junior, college, and amateur career, Woods was 20 years old when he turned professional at the end of the summer in 1996. By April 1997, he had already won three PGA tour events in addition to his first major, the 1997 Masters. Woods won this tournament by 12 strokes in a record-breaking performance and pocketed $486,000. He first reached the number one position in the world rankings in June 1997, less than a year after turning pro. Throughout the 2000s, Woods was the dominant force in golf. He was the top-ranked golfer in the world from August 1999 to September 2004 (264 weeks) and again from June 2005 to October 2010 (281 weeks).

6. Kobe Bryant (Basketball 1996-2016)

2. LeBron James (Basketball 2003-2017)

Kobe is an American retired professional basketball player and businessman. He played his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He entered the NBA directly from high school and won five NBA championships with the Lakers. Bryant is an 18-time All-Star, 15-time member of the All-NBA Team, and 12-time member of the All-Defensive team.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers selected hometown kid James with the first pick of the 2003 NBA draft, we were all witnesses. When he took his talents to South Beach seven years later, we were all witnesses. And four years later when he announced he was coming home, we were all witnesses. There were 8 championship appearances, 3 titles won and 4 MVP honors in between. He is the closest basketball player to surpassing Michael Jordan's legacy.

9. Roger Federer (Tennis 1999-2017)

Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 2 in the world in men's single Tennis Professionals. He holds the record for the fourth-most titles won at a single tournament.

8. Cristiano Ronaldo (Soccer 2003-2017)

Ronaldo is a Portugese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team. Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time,Ronaldo has four FIFA Ballon d'Or awards, the most for a European player, and is the first player in history to win four European Golden Shoes. He has won 24 trophies in his career, including five league titles, four UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship.

7. Floyd Mayweather (Boxing 1996-2015)

Mayweather is an American professional boxing promoter and former professional boxer. He competed from 1996 to 2007 and 2009 to 2015, and made a one-fight comeback in 2017. During his career, he held 15 world titles in five weight classes and the lineal championship in four different weight classes (twice at welterweight), and retired with an undefeated record of 50–0, surpassing Rocky Marciano's record of 49–0. As an amateur, Mayweather won a bronze medal in the featherweight division at the 1996 Olympics, three U.S. Golden Gloves championships (at light flyweight, flyweight, and featherweight), and the U.S. national championship at featherweight.

10. Simone Biles (Gymnastics 2012-2017)

1. Michael Phelps (Swimming 2000-2016)

With 4 Olympic golds and 10 World Championship gold to her name, Biles is the most decorated American female gymnast in World Championship history, with a total of 14 medals. At age 20, Simone has been rewriting the USA and World gymnastics record books since her teens.

Phelps is an American retired competitive swimmer and the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16).When he won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games, Phelps broke fellow American swimmer Mark Spitz's 1972 record of seven first-place finishes at any single Olympic Games. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Phelps had already tied the record of eight medals of any color at a single Games by winning six gold and two bronze medals. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four gold and two silver medals, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, he won five gold medals and one silver. This made him the most successful athlete of the Games for the fourth Olympics in a row.

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