With the above title in mind here are my list of the top 3 greatest from every sport.
Football
Tom Brady
Jim Brown
Jerry Rice
Baseball
Babe Ruth
Willie Mays
Hank Aaron
Basketball
Michael Jordan
Bill Russell
Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Hockey
Wayne Gretzky
Gordie Howe
Bobby Orr
Tennis
Roger Federer
Pete Samparas
Jimmy Conners
Golf
Tiger Woods
Jack Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Boxing
Muhammed Ali
Jack Johnson
Rocky Marciano
From That list I would present the final 8.
Tom Brady, Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Tiger Woods, Muhammed Ali, Jim Brown. Willie Mays:
The Playoff
Tom Brady defeats Willie Mays. Brady is the statistical leader in his sport and winning leader.
Babe Ruth defeats Jim Brown. Both are the greatest/dominant but Brown only won one championship.
Michael Jordan defeats Wayne Gretzky. The Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup after they traded Gretzky
Muhammed Ali defeats Tiger Woods. Ali is just a bigger iconic figure.
Semifinals
Tom Brady defeats Michael Jordan. Brady's been to the conference championship 14 times, Jordan had to wait for Bird, Magic and Isiah to fall before he soared.
Muhammed Ali defeats Babe Ruth. Ruth has the stats but Ali has even bigger Aura.
The Finals
Ali is iconic but Brady's dominance started with 9/11 and now 20 years later in the Covid Pandemic. If Brady loses the Super Bowl, I think an ever slight edge goes to Ali but if he wins, I think He is The Greatest.
