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1 Lionel Messi Vs 16 Sky Brown
Lionel Messi (Argentine Soccer player) Overview: Lionel Messi may be arguably the best Soccer of all time and undisputedly the best soccer player of our time Messi is still at the top of his game in his age 33 season. Messi has the most goals in La Liga history with 459 and the most in an individual season with 50. The only thing that will slow down Messi is father time which is a ways from arriving at this moment.
Sky Brown (Great Britain Skateboarding) Overview: Sky Brown is only 12 years young but already has a gold medal to her name is becoming a dark horse to compete for the medal at the 2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. If Brown can keep up with this fast ascend she will become the gold standard in skateboarding over the next two decades.
8 Kane Williamson Vs 9 Rika Kihira
Kane Williamson (New Zealand Cricketeer) Overview: Kane Williamson has become one of the best cricketeers of our time. Williamson is consistently among the highest rated batsmen in the world. But Williamson is not just one of the best batsmen he is also an occasional yet successful off spin bowler. In 2020 Williamson surpassed Cricket legends Steve Smith and Virat Kohli as the number one ranked batsmen in the world.
Rika Kihira (Japanese Figure Skater) Overview: Rika Kihira is the two time Four Continents Women’s Champion. Kihira is one of the top figure skaters in all of the World and a current favorite to win Gold in the 2022 Olympics in Beijing. Kihira is most notably known for being the first ladies skater to ever land the Triple Alex Jump in an international skating competition.
5 Rafael Nadal Vs 12 Naoya Inoue
Rafael Nadal (Spanish Tennis Player) Overview: Rafael Nadal is known as the king of clay. Nadal has won the French Open (played on Clay) a record to maybe never be beat 13 times. Nadal overall has 20 grand slams including the US Open in 2019. Nadal is still one of the best tennis players in the world being ranked currently 2nd.
Naoya Inoue (Japanese Boxer) Overview: Naoya Inoue is pound for pound one of the current best boxers in all of the world. Inoue is nicknamed the monster which is one of the most awesome names for any athlete. Inoue is a three-weight world champion and is a currently the bantamweight world champion. Inoue is currently 20-0 with no draws with 17 of those victories being by knockout.
4 Amanda Nunes Vs 13 Bryson DeChambeau
Amanda Nunes (Brazilian MMA) Overview: Amanda Nunes is the current bantamweight and featherweight division champs. Nunes is the first woman to ever become a two-division UFC Champion. Nunes is currently pound for pound the best women’s fighter in the world and there isn’t much debate on that.
Bryson DeChambeau (Men’s Golf) Overview: Bryson DeChambeau is fast becoming the talk of golf. Bryson won the 2020 U.S Open at Winged Foot by overpowering the golf course. DeChambeau is currently 10th in the world and is mostly known for transforming his body by putting on 35 pounds during the pandemic and now hitting the ball 40 yards further than he was before the bulk up.
6 Diani Taurasi Vs 11 Simone Halep
Diani Taurasi (WNBA Mercury) Overview: Diana Taurasi is still at the age of 38 one of the best players in all of women’s basketball and one of the most decorated women’s basketball players of all time. Taurasi has won five scoring titles, two WNBA finals MVP’s and is the WNBA all time leading scorer. Not to mention Taurasi may be the most decorated college athlete of all time with her success at the university of Connecticut.
Simone Halep (Women’s Tennis Player) Overview: Simone Halep was number one in the World as recently as 2019 and is currently number 2 in the World. Halep is a two time grand slam singles winner winning the French Open (2018) and Wimbledon (2019). Halep is one of the best players in all of tennis and is a threat to win every tournament she joins.
3 Canelo Alvarez Vs 14 Chloe Daggert
Canelo Alvarez (Mexican Boxer) Overview: Pound for pound Canelo Alvarez is the gold standard in boxers today. Alvarez has become a champion in four different weight classes. He is currently the super middleweight world champion. Alvarez 54-1-2 overall and looks to not be slowing down anytime soon.
Chloe Dygert (American cyclist) Overview: Chloe Dygert is currently the best cyclist in the world. Dygert has won 7 gold medals at the World Championships and a silver medal at the Olympic Games in Rio. Dygert is certainly a favorite to take home the gold at the 2021 summer games in Toyko.
7 Ashleigh Barty Vs 10 Alex Morgan
Ashleigh Barty (Australian Tennis Player) Overview: Ashleigh Barty is currently the number one ranked tennis player in the World. Barty is only 24 years young and only has one major to her name (2019 French Open) but is one of the rising stars in all of tennis. Barty has won 9 titles overall and looks possibly be destined to go on a run over the next few years.
Alex Morgan (American Soccer Player) Overview: Alex Morgan is the co-captain of the U.S Women’s National Team and one of the best players on the women’s team who has won the World Cup in back to back tries. Morgan in her career has 54 goals in 124 games and is one of the best scores and distributors on the U.S Women’s team today.
2 Novak Djokovic Vs 15 Christian Pulisic
Novak Djokovic (Serbian Tennis Player) Overview: Novak Djokovic is no doubt the best player in all of men’s tennis today and fast becoming one of the best ever. Djokovic just won his 18th grand slam winning this years Australian Open in a landslide. The only thing that can keep Djokovic from winning these days is himself when he disqualified from the 2020 U.S Open when he accidently hit a line judge with a ball.
Christian Pulisic (American Soccer Player) Overview: Christian Pulisic is currently on the U.S Men’s national team and probably the best player on the team currently. Pulisic is a midfielder for the Premier League team Chelsea. Pulisic has 32 goals career between his time with Chelsea and the USMNT.