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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
Seems to be really heavy on Female Basketball players.
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Basketball seems overrepresented in general on this list (Kobe ahead of Novak? Really?). For a league that's only been around 25 years it's pretty hard to put a measuring stick on what is considered great relative to past generations. I don't follow the WNBA but I'm sure those women were absolutely amazing but I can't imagine the depth of the league is anything like other professional sports that have been around forever. Are A'ja Wilson's basketball accomplishments more impressive than Hayley Wickenheiser's hockey accomplishments? I don't think so. There's definitely a bias towards sports ESPN covers.
Serena Williams placement at 2nd is a tough one for me. They trot out her 23 time major championships as her biggest achievement and yet the player with 24 is ranked several spots below her which doesn't make a lot of sense. Novac accomplished that despite playing in an era with the 6th and 12th ranked athletes on the list which is crazy. Serena was absolutely dominant but it was at a time where there were no other greats to counter her as the next ranked female tennis player is Venus who also had a phenomenal career but gets dumped at the back of the list. I'm not sure some of these WNBA players ahead of her accomplished more when you consider the history of female tennis vs WNBA.