50 Fittest Athletes in the World

I'm curious how they rate Aston Eaton a "6" in the speed category. Apparently he has almost as much speed as Rich Froning at "6.5".

osm wrote:

I'm curious as to how they calculated the endurance aspect, considering that Bolt is given 9/10 in that category, which seems laughable. Still an interesting list.

They didn't "calculate" anything. It's just a list of high-profile players.

This is a joke. James couldn't even make it through a game when the air conditioning went out. He should be scored closer to a 4 or 5 on endurance.

Monkeys typing wrote:

I'm curious how they rate Aston Eaton a "6" in the speed category. Apparently he has almost as much speed as Rich Froning at "6.5".

If they rated Aston Eaton correctly he would be at the top of the list, ahead of Poster Boy LeBron. Can't have that, can we.

osm wrote:

Interested in people's thoughts on this list that Sports Illustrated compiled.

http://www.si.com/edge/photos/2014/08/05/sports-illustrated-fittest-50-athletes-sports

Highlights include Meb at 46, Rich Froning at 33, Ashton Eaton at 19, and Bolt at 3.

I'm curious as to how they calculated the endurance aspect, considering that Bolt is given 9/10 in that category, which seems laughable. Still an interesting list.

They didn't "calculate" anything -- this is a subjective ranking masquerading as an objective one.

For example, how does rock climber Chris Sharma rate only 3/10 in agility -- the lowest score among any of the fifty athletes!?

Upworthy Headline wrote:

Monkeys typing wrote:

I'm curious how they rate Aston Eaton a "6" in the speed category. Apparently he has almost as much speed as Rich Froning at "6.5".

If they rated Aston Eaton correctly he would be at the top of the list, ahead of Poster Boy LeBron. Can't have that, can we.

Exactly.

Lebron is a 10 in everything. In other words, he has more endurance than Chris Froome and more speed than Marquise Goodwin (10.24 100).

Total crap.

10/10

These ranking people love theoretical speed, game sped, "world class" speed, leg speed, etc. They aren't that fond of speed measured on a real track with a real starter gun and a real timing system. Otherwise, AE's 10.21 would place him in the top three to five.

Gotta Have It wrote:

Upworthy Headline wrote:

If they rated Aston Eaton correctly he would be at the top of the list, ahead of Poster Boy LeBron. Can't have that, can we.

Exactly.

Lebron is a 10 in everything. In other words, he has more endurance than Chris Froome and more speed than Marquise Goodwin (10.24 100).

Ashton Eaton couldn't play a 48 minute NBA basketball game and Marquise Goodwin couldn't run Lebron down to do a come from behind block, guarantee it.

It's also far too US-centric to have any credibility. no rugby players? No road cycling sprinters?

Makes sense the number of NFL players. You have to be an amazingly conditioned athlete to play that game at that level. Still, I would Coburn somewhere on the list. That girl is bringing it.

The list is total, complete trash

I stopped looking at that list when I saw Diego Forlan. He is old and sh#t lol

keen observer wrote:

The list is total, complete trash

Agree. How do they even come up with a speed rating for Phelps? He is a 9 - same as Goodwin.

An NFL punter!

Bwahahahahahahahahahahaha!

A very American list for the fittest athletes in the world. Not sure if there are 15 non-Americans on there.

American football and basketball are all Sports Illustrated cares about. I'm surprised they included a few soccer players on this sorry list.

Nate Robinson 5.5 in agility, but Ray Allen 7?