Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Era |
Notes |
Andre Agassi
|
USA |
TEN |
1996 |
1999 |
Simone Biles
|
USA |
GAR |
2016—2020 |
2016 (women), 2018 (women) |
Usain Bolt
|
JAM |
ATH |
2004—2016 |
2008, 2009, 2012 (men), 2015 (men), 2016 (men) |
Sergey Bubka
|
URS
UKR
EUN |
ATH/IOC/NOCU |
1988—2020 |
1985, 1997 |
Seb Coe
|
GBR |
ATH/BOA/IOC/LOCOG/WA |
1980—2020 |
1981 |
Jonathan Edwards
|
GBR |
ATH |
1988—2000 |
1995 |
Roger Federer
|
SUI |
TEN |
2000—2012 |
2005, 2006, 2007, 2017 (men, shared) |
Florence Griffith Joyner
|
USA |
ATH |
1984—1988 |
1988 |
Hicham El Guerrouj
|
MAR |
ATH/IOC |
1996—2012 |
2004 |
Eric Heiden
|
USA |
SSK |
1976—1980 |
1980 |
Marcel Hirscher
|
AUT |
ALP |
2010—2018 |
2018 (men) |
Ben Johnson
|
CAN |
ATH |
1984—1992 |
1987 (later withdrawn) |
Michael Johnson
|
USA |
ATH |
1992—2000 |
1996 |
Michael Jordan
|
USA |
BKB |
1984—1992 |
1992 |
Renaud Lavillenie
|
FRA |
ATH |
2012—2020 |
2014 (men) |
Katie Ledecky
|
USA |
SWM |
2012—2020 |
2014 (women), 2017 (women) |
Carl Lewis
|
USA |
ATH |
1984—2001 |
1983, 1984, 1991 |
Lionel Messi
|
ARG |
FBL |
2008 |
2011 |
Noureddine Morceli
|
ALG |
ATH |
1992—2000 |
1993 |
Rafael Nadal
|
ESP |
TEN |
2004—2016 |
2010, 2013 (men), 2017 (men, shared) |
Marte Olsbu Røiseland
|
NOR |
BTH |
2018—2022 |
2020 (women) |
Romário
|
BRA |
FBL |
1988 |
1994 |
Serena Williams
|
USA |
TEN |
2000—2016 |
2012 (women), 2013 (women), 2015 (women) |