| 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1987 (later withdrawn) |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) |