Forbes List of the Top 20 Greatest Individual Sporting Achievements (1 Viewer)

[Hunter P]

Man, how soon we forget that Lane Meyer did that ON ONE LEG.

 

[Jeff Gatie]

Hey, the paperboy did it on his bike; with a ski on the front tire. Charles Demar froze half his body by snorting the K-12. All of these easily surpass the meager feats of one Roy Stalin. Two skis, no bike and both halves of his body unfrozen... Pffft!

 

[MichaelBA]

Omitting Pele is ludicrous.

Yup.

But... for a few years back then it sure seemed like Gretzky alone could take on just about any team and prevail. My hometown loyalties dictated I should hate him, but, objectively, his peak level of play wasn't merely superior -- it was simply impossible.

 

[Joe Wong]

Definitely Don Bradman's average...to put it into perspective, it would be the same as a basketball player averaging 50 points/game through their career while the best of the rest average 30. That is how wide the gap is. Even the best modern cricket players only average mid-50s.

Jonathan, Ravi Shastri of India also hit 6 x 6s in an over...

Joe

 

[Alex-C]

Omitting Lane Meyer is ridiculous.