The World's greatest sportsman off all time

[public school boy]

looking a championships won, it has to be Phil " The Power " Taylor. Will there ever be anyone better? This afternoon's show down against "Jackpot" Adrian Lewis could be the greatest sporting head to head of all time!!!:guitar:

 

[sydney]

looking a championships won, it has to be Phil " The Power " Taylor. Will there ever be anyone better? This afternoon's show down against "Jackpot" Adrian Lewis could be the greatest sporting head to head of all time!!!:guitar:

yeh of course , the greatest sportsman of all time is a darts player , of course.:guitar:

 

[Onlyregisteredtogloat]

Am I alone in thinking that Phil Taylor is slightly... sinister? Just something about him that doesn't sit right with me.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

looking a championships won, it has to be Phil " The Power " Taylor. Will there ever be anyone better? This afternoon's show down against "Jackpot" Adrian Lewis could be the greatest sporting head to head of all time!!!:guitar:

Possibly the World's greatest pub game player of all time. Sport? Nah!

 

[public school boy]

Am I alone in thinking that Phil Taylor is slightly... sinister? Just something about him that doesn't sit right with me.

He looks like God because he is God

 

[Falkor]

Would love the people saying its not a sport to try and do a nine dart finish.

What times the final.

 

[Deleted member 18477]

Darts is a sport. Is he the greatest sportsman of all time? No. In darts? Yes!

I personally think you can't pinpoint one greatest sportsman due to the difference in the sports people play.

Ali
Pele
Tiger woods
Federer
Taylor

All greats in their sports.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Darts is a sport. Is he the greatest sportsman of all time? No. In darts? Yes!

I personally think you can't pinpoint one greatest sportsman due to the difference in the sports people play.

Ali
Pele
Tiger woods
Federer
Taylor

All greats in their sports.

I do however think we can pinpoint the sport that doesn't rely on a player swilling ten pints of lager during the tournament final.

 

[Common as Mook]

Don Bradman.

Never has a sportsman be SO far ahead of his peers.

 

[murphy's law]

Stefan Freund

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

i guess it boils down to a individual sport,with no outside help (cars,team mates that sort of thing)

who's won the most gold medals at the olympic games,all on his own? must be the answer

carl lewis someone like that

 

[Falkor]

I do however think we can pinpoint the sport that doesn't rely on a player swilling ten pints of lager during the tournament final.

Well considering beer has been banned from darts for years. That's pretty hard to do.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Well considering beer has been banned from darts for years. That's pretty hard to do.

Ah right, sorry, my mistake. I stand corrected. Have to say I did wonder why all the fat bastards appear to have lost weight recently!

 

[Norman Potting]

John Crumplin?

 

[wunt be druv]

Ali always Ali,he will always be the greatest.

 

[e77]

My rule of thumb is is isn't a sport if you don't have to change your shoes to play it.

 

[spongy]

Overall, its a very tough call as different sports must be taken into account, if I were to split I'd say...

Football - probably Marco van Basten
Cricket - Ian Botham
Tennis - Bjorn Borg/Federal
Motorsport - Ayrton Senna
Darts - Phil Taylor (although technically a game not sport)
Rugby - Jona Lomu
Snooker - Stephen Hendry (again a game not a sport)
Boxing - Calzaghe
Golf - too hard to call but between woods/watson/norman/balesteros

It's too hard to call one generic best but these are my top in each category

To me, a sport is something that involves physical exertion and a need to be fit and skillful, so darts/snooker/golf don't qualify as sports per se,

My opinion anyways, I'm sure there'll be plenty of disagreement

 

[Gully]

My rule of thumb is is isn't a sport if you don't have to change your shoes to play it.

Fair point, but my view has been whether you need to spend hours building up physical prowess, technique and athleticism to compete at the highest level...like a swimmer, footballer or sprinter does...if the answer is that you don't then it is a game and not a sport.

As for the greatest of all time, I can't see much beyond Ali, Pele or Senna.

 

[beorhthelm]

Carl Lewis

 

[Brovion]

looking a championships won, it has to be Phil " The Power " Taylor. Will there ever be anyone better? This afternoon's show down against "Jackpot" Adrian Lewis could be the greatest sporting head to head of all time!!!:guitar:

Nice bit of fishing!

Personally I always admired my Uncle Eric who won the Coulsdon Old Comrades Club dominoes championship seven years in a row despite being blind and having to play by feel.