The GOATs of the three major sports in 100m dash -- Willie Mays, Steve Young, Stephen Curry, -- who wins?

Of those three, probably Mays cuz he's the only GOAT on your list.

Are you kidding? Mays, it wouldnt be close.

Curry as GOAT?

Take out Jordan/Kareem/Magic/Bird/Wilt/Kobe/LeBron/Duncan/Shaq and then Curry might be in the running. He is in contention for the greatest shooter of all time alongside Steve Nash, Steve Kerr, and any other Steves/Stephens/Stephs you can find though.

3hr marathoner wrote:

Of those three, probably Mays cuz he's the only GOAT on your list.

Mantle was better and faster.

Not bad, OP. Trying to start up arguments in three dimensions:

1) What are the "major" sports?

2) Who are the GOATs?

3) Who is fastest?

We'll have to wait and see how it develops. But to start I'd have to give you a 6/10. Solid effort.

Disagree with Giants fan wrote:

3hr marathoner wrote:

Of those three, probably Mays cuz he's the only GOAT on your list.

Mantle was better and faster.

No, Mantle definitely wasn't better at baseball than Willie Mays. I'm not saying Mays is necessary the GOAT, but I think reasonable people can agree he's in the running. Steph Curry has to keep this up for a long time to be in the running in his sport and I'd certainly put manning and Brady ahead of young for the title of greatest quarterback never mind NFL player.

The OP likely means that Willie Mays was the best 100m runner for a baseball player (highly doubtful), Steve Young the best 100m runner for a football player (absolutely not--Renaldo Nehemiah, Darrell Green, Deion Sanders, and of course Bullet Bob Hayes would be the contenders), and Steph Curry (absolutely not but I don't know who would be the top contenders, maybe Allen Iverson, Kevin Johnson?, Isaiah Thomas--they were some of the quickest players in my lifetime).

cvzxcvzx wrote:

The OP likely means that Willie Mays was the best 100m runner for a baseball player (highly doubtful), Steve Young the best 100m runner for a football player (absolutely not--Renaldo Nehemiah, Darrell Green, Deion Sanders, and of course Bullet Bob Hayes would be the contenders), and Steph Curry (absolutely not but I don't know who would be the top contenders, maybe Allen Iverson, Kevin Johnson?, Isaiah Thomas--they were some of the quickest players in my lifetime).

Don't forget about Bo Jackson. Dude was very fast despite being huge.

I don't think that's what he meant at all.

Disagree with Giants fan wrote:

3hr marathoner wrote:

Of those three, probably Mays cuz he's the only GOAT on your list.

Mantle was better and faster.

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white people!!

Willie Mays Hayes would beat them all.

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

Willie Mays Hayes would beat them all.

Sure he runs like Hayes, but he runs like sh*t

Mike Trout gets them all with his scouting report #'s

40yardsperdash wrote:

Don't forget about Bo Jackson. Dude was very fast despite being huge.

Definitely in the conversation along with Sanders but the answer of fastest major leaguer is likely Herb Washington, 50 & 60 yard world record holder.

Sports expert wrote:

Who would win in this clash of the GOATs?

Uh....Curry? Seriously? Not a GOAT. Not even close to a GOAT.

opinionated guy wrote:

40yardsperdash wrote:

Don't forget about Bo Jackson. Dude was very fast despite being huge.

Definitely in the conversation along with Sanders but the answer of fastest major leaguer is likely Herb Washington, 50 & 60 yard world record holder.

If you call someone who never had a plate appearance nor threw a single pitch a major leaguer.

cvzxcvzx wrote:

The OP likely means that Willie Mays was the best 100m runner for a baseball player (highly doubtful), Steve Young the best 100m runner for a football player (absolutely not--Renaldo Nehemiah, Darrell Green, Deion Sanders, and of course Bullet Bob Hayes would be the contenders), and Steph Curry (absolutely not but I don't know who would be the top contenders, maybe Allen Iverson, Kevin Johnson?, Isaiah Thomas--they were some of the quickest players in my lifetime).

No. I mean the GOATs of any position in their respective sport, pitting against one another in a 100 m dash.

Word is that Steve Young ran 4.35 in the 40m dash, in pads.

Curry, of course. Steve Young is 55 and Mays is 85, no chance in hell.

foo wrote:

If you call someone who never had a plate appearance nor threw a single pitch a major leaguer.

It doesn't matter what I call him. MLB calls him a major leaguer. Pretty cool that a guy who never had a plate appearance was in 105 games, stole 31 bases and scored 33 runs.........but picked off in the world series.