Cristiano Ronaldo surpassed Pel as the second top scorer in football history and now only two goals separate him from the mark of Josef Bican. The Portuguese is at 762 after the goal against Sassoulo, while the Austrian left his mark at 764.
If nothing goes wrong, CR7 will soon climb to the highest step of the podium of the top gunners. Behind them all is Leo Messi and his 718 goals who threatens to overtake a Cristiano Ronaldo almost three years older with him.
In all sports there is a predator above the rest An insatiable cannibal that seeks to endure in history with impossible marks devouring the rest of its competitors. There is no discipline that does not have its ‘record holder’ of all time.
Many believe that the greatest scorer in basketball history is the mythical Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. But the legendary pvot of the Lakers or Bucks ranks second in this ranking with 38,387 points. Above all is the great scar Schmidt and its stratospheric figure of 49,737 total points.
“If he had played in the NBA he would have been one of the 10 best of all time”, came to say the one known as ‘Mano Santa’ who in Spain played a season at Formun Valladolid.
The case of tennis is curious to have as a historical leader of matches won a player with ‘only’ 3 Grand Slams in his palm: Jimmy Connors. The American leads this list with 1,274 victories ahead of 1,242 in Roger Federer, the 1,068 of Ivan Lendl and 1,002 of Rafa Nadal.
Both Federer and Nadal are still active so they could get closer to Connors’ numbers. However they will not have it easy. The withdrawal of the Swiss is very close (it is speculated that 2021 will be his last season) and the Spaniard will have to complete a few scandalous years to catch the left-hander.
The islands Valur Gudjon Sigurdsson retired last March as top scorer in handball history with 1,853 goals with his selection. Second on this list is the Hungarian Peter Kovacs with 1,700.
Sigurdsson, ex-Bara, he was part of the Icelandic team, Olympic runner-up in Beijing 2008 and ended his sporting life defending the colors of Paris Saint-Germain.
Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky He leads the NHL’s all-time goal rankings. The Canadian, retired from the sport since 1999, scored 894 points throughout his career ahead of 801 Gordie Howe and 766 for Jaromir Jagr.
In the eighth square is the only player who can hunt him down. It’s russian Alex Ovechkin, current player for the Washington Capitals, who is still active and has 706 goals to his credit.
In the NFL we can distinguish between two types of predators. Normally to make a ‘touchwon’ you need a great pass and a great catch. In the first case, Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints, became the player with the most touchdown passes (564) in NFL history after beating the legendary Tom Brady.
On the other side is the already retired Jerry Rice (San Francisco 49ers) who is located at the top of the podium of the top scorers in history with 197 touchdowns.
Two legends lead the ranking of tournaments won on the PGA Tour of golf. Sam Snead and Tiger Woods share the first place with 82 victories although the Tiger, still active, has in his hand to position himself as a solo leader. The list is impressive with Jack Nicklaus (73), Ben Hogan (64) and Arnold Palmer (62) completing the top 5.
If there is a great predator in the history of sport, it is none other than Eddy Merckx. Nicknamed ‘El Canbal’, the mighty Belgian demonstrated his enormous versatility on all types of terrain and finished his career with a total of 64 stage victories on the Grand Tours. 34 in the Giro, 24 in the Tour and 6 in the Vuelta. Brutal.
Behind Merckx there are three sprinters like Mario Cipollini (57), Mark Cavendish (48) y Alessandro Petacchi (48). The first Spaniard in this ranking is Delio Rodríguez with 39 stage victories (all of them in La Vuelta).
This last season Lewis Hamilton managed to overcome Michael sSchumacher and has become the driver with the most victories in his palmars with 95 in total. The German retired with 91 and the ‘top 3’ completes it Sebastian Vettel 53.
Fernando Alonso is in sixth place with 32 wins just behind Prost (51) y Senna (41). In 2021, the Asturian will be able to increase his palmars with his promising Renault Alpine 521.
Giacomo Agostini It was a record-making machine. During his years he accumulated 15 world championships and a total of 122 victories. From behind appears Valentino Rossi, still active, with 115.
ngel Nieto with 90 victories appears as the third in the list and first Spanish ahead of the 82 of Marc Mrquez. The ilerdense, only 27 years old, threatens to destroy all the records in force in the motorcyclist.
Despite having achieved his fourteenth Dakar, Peterhansel does not occupy the first place in terms of victories. And it is that the fins Ari Vatanen (four wound) maintains the leadership with 50. The aforementioned Peterhansel is second with 47, Al Attiyah is third with 41 and Carlos Sainz occupies the fourth place with 39.
Barry Bondshe built his legend by hitting home runs in an almost inhuman way. Star of the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants finished his long career with 762 ‘home runs’ overtaking Hank Aaron (755) y a Babe Ruth (714).
Daisuke Ohata He is still the most rehearsed player in rugby history. The Japanese lead the list with 69 trials in just 58 international matches ahead of such sports legends as Bryan Habana (67), David Campese (64) and Shane Williams (60).
The neozalends Jonah Lomu holds the record for most trials during the World Cups with 15 in total. Also, with 8 trials, he is even with Habana as the players with the most trials during an RWC.
Ingemar Stenmark earning during the 15 years in which he played the World Cup of skiing. The Swede, who is now 63 years old, is the skier with the most partial victories in history with 86 (46 in Giant and 40 in Slalom).
The austrian Marcel Hirscher, retired in 2019, is second in this men’s ranking with 67 wins.
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