| ZIDANE | French soccer legend Zinedine who is considered one of the greatest players of all time |
| GARETH | Welsh rugby union player declared the greatest player of all time in a poll by Rugby World magazine in 2003 (6,7) |
| EDWARDS | Welsh rugby union player declared the greatest player of all time in a poll by Rugby World magazine in 2003 (6,7) |
| SACHIN | ___ Tendulkar (cricketer often called the greatest player of all time) |
| PELE | One of the greatest football players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA |
| ORR | Second-greatest player of all time, in a 1997 "Hockey News" vote |
| ESPO | Phil voted one of the hundred greatest N.H.L. players of all time, to fans |
| MICHAELCOOPER | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won five NBA Championships and eight All-Defensive Teams with the team: 2 wds. |
| BYRONSCOTT | One of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won three NBA Championships and went on to coach the team for two years: 2 wds. |
| MAGIC | ___ Johnson one of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who has the highest assists per game in NBA history and introduced Showtime |
| ABDUL | Kareem ___-Jabbar one of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who has scored the most points in NBA history with 38387 points |
| ONEAL | Shaquille ___ one of the greatest players of the LA Lakers who won three NBA Championships and three MVP titles with the team |
| WILT | _ Chamberlain, regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of basketball (4) |
| JESSEOWENS | American track and field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games and is considered one of the greatest athletes ever: 2 wds. |
| EIGER | The north face of which mountain is considered one of the world's most dangerous ascents? (5) |
| BEETHOVEN | His ninth symphony is considered one of the greatest pieces of classical music |
| MICHAELJORDAN | Former player who is described on the NBA's website as 'the greatest basketball player of all time' (7,6) |
| TAJMAHAL | Ivory-white marble mausoleum in India which was completed in 1653 and is considered one of the best architectural masterpieces of the world: 2 wds. |
| NETWORK | Paddy Chayefsky's screenplay for this 1976 release is considered one of the greatest (7) |
| SATIRIST | Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift is considered one of the foremost writers of this kind (8) |
