Roger Federer vs Tiger Woods - Who is the best athlete ever?

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Or is it this guy?

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Or maybe?

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Timedog said:
The best athlete ever is Tomo Ohira.

lol

The best athlete is probably some random football player in the NFL. Like a Strong Safety or a Defensive End.

As for achievement?

Gotta give it to Roger.
 
Don Bradman is the best athelete ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Bradman

The statistics show that "no other athlete dominates an international sport to the extent that Bradman does cricket". In order to post a similarly dominant career statistic as Bradman, a baseball batter would need a career batting average of .392, while a basketball player would need to score an average of 43.0 points per game. The respective records are .366 and 30.1.
 
I'll get ripped a new one for this, but I don't consider golfers to be athletes at all...gifted and talented sure.

Same goes for race cars drivers, but even to a lesser degree.
 
btrboyev said:
I'll get ripped a new one for this, but I don't consider golfers to be athletes at all...gifted and talented sure.

Same goes for race cars drivers, but even to a lesser degree.

I won't disagree with you. Tiger is the first one to really look like an athlete. Many are fat, and out of shape. They have great skills, but not necessarily athletes.

Same with the drivers, but that will open up a huge can of worms on GAF. I've been down that road before. :lol
 
My initial reaction was to post "darkwings vs darkwings - Who is the worst poster?" and then I realized no-one mentioned Pele. smh
 
Bo Jackson was probably the best pure athlete ever, imo. Usain Bolt is pretty fucking amazing, too. I love athletes that purely dominate, even if they don't win the most.

If we're talking about accomplishments and notoriety, then either MJ or Tiger is a good choice. A tennis player's accomplishments are only as good as his competition.
 
golf isn't even a sport. its a game.
if golf we're a sport, then cheese would be considered a sport as well.
edit: whoops. chess. fucking chess:lol
 
cartoon_soldier said:
Don Bradman is the best athelete ever.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Bradman

I guess if all sports were equal then yeah this may hold true. But you can't just take one statistic, in this case batting average for baseball and ppg for basketball and compare it some stat in a completely different sport then conclude x is better than y.

How about this Rocky Marciano is 100% in his heavyweight boxing career. That's the equivalent in baseball of a 1 batting average or a million ppg in basketball. Therefore Rocky Marciano is the greatest athlete EVAR!!!11one!!

KingGondo said:
If cricket were a sport...
This too.
 
Bo Jackson is a great choice. The guy was a beast in Football, Baseball, and Track. Just an amazing athlete, and far above anything Federer or Tiger have done.
 
MrHicks said:
athlete and golf dont go in the same sentence

I agree.

Now Darts on the other hand, there's a true test of every athlete's physical fitness. Just look at this fine figure of a man:

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How can anyone claim he's not an athlete?
 
pseudocaesar said:
Laughing at considering a golfer an athlete. No. The only correct answer has already been posted (Bradman).
A cricketer as the best athlete ever. :lol :lol Good times.
 
btrboyev said:
I'll get ripped a new one for this, but I don't consider golfers to be athletes at all...gifted and talented sure.

Same goes for race cars drivers, but even to a lesser degree.

If golfers or race car drivers are athletes then Tomo Ohira is the greatest athlete ever.
 
Harry Potter. Youngest Seeker in a century. Caught the snitch with his mouth to show his mad skillz.
 
darkwings said:
there were doping rumors around armstrong. I wouldnt put him up there.

Please. You can say that about a lot of big athletes in a variety of sports. Until they test positive though, why keep them off the list? And for the record, Armstrong is probably the most tested athlete ever.
 
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