Greatest moments

43 moments that made the greats, ranked by your votes. Vote for every moment you think belongs near the top.

#4Olympic Games
🏊 Swimming · 2024

Ledecky’s four-peat

A fourth straight Olympic 800m freestyle title makes Ledecky the first woman to win the same individual event four times.

#5NBA
🏀 Basketball · 2023

The scoring king

A fadeaway against Oklahoma City passes Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record, which had stood for 39 years.

#9The Masters
⛳ Men's Golf · 2019

Tiger’s comeback green jacket

Eleven years after his last major, and after spinal fusion surgery, Woods wins a fifth Masters.

#13NBA
🏀 Basketball · 2016

The Block

LeBron chases down Andre Iguodala in Game 7 as Cleveland completes a comeback from 3–1 down.

#19Wimbledon
🎾 Men's Tennis · 2008

The greatest match ever played?

Nadal ends Federer’s five-year Wimbledon reign, 9–7 in the fifth set, in near darkness.

#27NBA
🏀 Basketball · 1989

The Shot

Jordan hangs in the air over Craig Ehlo and hits at the buzzer to knock Cleveland out of the playoffs.

#28NHL
🏒 Hockey · 1988

Five goals, five ways

Even strength, power play, shorthanded, penalty shot, and empty net, all in one game.

#34NHL
🏒 Hockey · 1981

50 in 39

Five goals against Philadelphia give Gretzky 50 in 39 games, a record that still stands.

#35Wimbledon
🎾 Men's Tennis · 1980

The tiebreak

McEnroe wins an 18–16 fourth-set tiebreak; Borg takes the fifth set for a fifth straight Wimbledon.

#36PBS
🥊 Boxing · 1974

The Rumble in the Jungle

Rope-a-dope in Kinshasa: Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain the heavyweight title.

#37MLB
⚾ Baseball (Position Players) · 1974

No. 715

Hank Aaron passes Babe Ruth’s career home run record, through years of hate mail and threats.

#41ESPN MLB
⚾ Baseball (Position Players) · 1954

The Catch

Mays runs down Vic Wertz’s deep drive over his shoulder in Game 1 of the World Series.

#42AP Archive
🥊 Boxing · 1938

Louis–Schmeling II

Louis knocks out Max Schmeling in 124 seconds at Yankee Stadium, avenging his only defeat.

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