LeBron: World's (Second) Greatest Athlete

[HD MM]

The Wall Street Journal recently compiled a list of the "World's Greatest Athletes". Personally, I'm surprised Tiger Woods didn't crack the top 10 list....

WSJ.com

1. Roman Sebrle, (Decathlete)
2. LeBron James (basketball)
3. Floyd Mayweather (boxing)
4. LaDainian Tomlinson (football)
5. Roger Federer (tennis)
6. Sidney Crosby (hockey)
7. Liu Xiang (track and field)
8. Jeremy Wariner (track and field)
9. Ronaldinho (soccer)
10. Alex Rodriguez (baseball).

 

[Peter Parker]

Maybe they don't consider golfers to be athletes. I do. But they might not.

 

[SabresRule]

A decathlete #1?

 

[AntAltMike]

Arguably, a decathlete should always be #1, as that is what the decathalon is designed to ascertain. I've never heard of five of the top ten, including the decathlete, however.