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Do you agree with this list of the 50 most dominant athletes alive?

Published 13:26 6 May 2015 BST

Updated 14:00 6 May 2015 BST

Darragh Murphy
Do you agree with this list of the 50 most dominant athletes alive?

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Dominance of a sport is a very difficult element to quantify but this list actually had quite a good crack at it.

BusinessInsider compiled their top 50 of the most dominant athletes alive and there are very few surprise choices. All three Ballon d'Or nominees from last year - Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Manuel Neuer - make the list, with PSG's Zlatan Ibrahimovic also coming in at number 43. Top spot on the list goes to UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey and with her superiority in mixed martial arts, it's really hard to make an argument against the selection. UFC 157: Rousey v Carmouche LeBron James was picked in second spot thanks to the impact he brought back to Cleveland while "unbeatable" Serena Williams is in third place. Cristiano Ronaldo and Usain Bolt make up the top five. Another few notable inclusions for us on this side of the world are Novak Djokovic (9), Rory McIlroy (12) and Lewis Hamilton (45). McIlroy Dubai 2015 The list in full looks like this:
  1. Ronda Rousey
  2. LeBron James
  3. Serena Williams
  4. Cristiano Ronaldo
  5. Usain Bolt
  6. Simone Biles
  7. Lionel Messi
  8. Clayton Kershaw
  9. Novak Djokovic
  10. Katie Ledecky
  11. J.J. Watt
  12. Rory McIlroy
  13. Genzebe Dibaba
  14. Floyd Mayweather
  15. Maya Moore
  16. Lydia Ko
  17. Marcel Hirscher
  18. Jon Jones
  19. Valerie Adams
  20. Brittney Griner
  21. Yuzuru Hanyu
  22. Carey Price
  23. Nicol David
  24. Nadine Kessler
  25. Mike Trout
  26. Stephen Curry
  27. Manuel Neuer
  28. Tina Maze
  29. Aaron Rodgers
  30. Pauline Ferrand-Prévot
  31. Mitchell Starc
  32. Russell Westbrook
  33. Abby Wambach
  34. Ndamukong Suh
  35. Giancarlo Stanton
  36. Martina Sáblíková
  37. Alex Ovechkin
  38. Mirinda Carfrae
  39. Marshawn Lynch
  40. Claressa Shields
  41. Breanna Stewart
  42. James Harden
  43. Zlatan Ibrahimović
  44. Katinka Hosszu
  45. Lewis Hamilton
  46. Marit Bjoergen
  47. Renaud Lavillenie
  48. Miguel Cabrera
  49. Candace Parker
  50. Kevin Durant

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Do you agree with this list of the 50 most dominant athletes alive?