Building the ultimate player for each sport, according to science (10 Photos)

Mar 19, 2022

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It’s an age-old question posed in practically every sports bar in the world: “What would the ultimate athlete be like in _____?” Pick your sport, be it football, baseball, badminton or World’s Strongest Man, and there will be an argument on how to best create a player.

And wouldn’t you know it, some folks with way too much time on their hands did the hard work to show us the ultimate players across a few sports. First, a representation of the ultimate player as chosen by a fan vote, then we’ll see what the statistics show. And these are just with the current group of players, so apologies to all the Bo Jackson fans. Ready? BREAK!