professional athlete

A professional athlete is an individual who competes in organized sports at an elite level and earns income from their athletic performance, endorsements, or related activities.

Aliases (29)

• association football player ×103
• professional boxer ×23
• professional wrestler ×10
• rugby union player ×9
• television sports commentator ×7
• professional cyclist ×6
• professional footballer ×6
• professional soccer player ×6
• tennis player ×6
• badminton player ×5
• boxer ×5
• decathlete ×4
• former professional footballer ×4
• professional golfer ×4
• rugby league player ×4
• world boxing champion ×4
• mixed martial artist ×3
• sportsperson ×3
• American sportswoman ×1
• Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner ×1
• English footballer ×1
• competitive swimmer ×1
• former professional athlete ×1
• former professional tennis player ×1
• multi-sport athlete ×1
• professional bodybuilder ×1
• professional surfer ×1
• professional tennis player ×1
• sportsman ×1

Instances (241)

• Carles Gil ("association football player")
• Alex Morgan ("professional soccer player")
• Ryan Giggs ("former professional footballer")
• Tobin Heath ("professional soccer player")
• Lindsey Horan ("professional soccer player")
• Rhian Wilkinson ("association football player")
• Paul Scholes ("association football player")
• David Beckham ("association football player")
• Becky Sauerbrunn ("association football player")
• Adam Buksa ("association football player")
• Jacques Anquetil ("professional cyclist")
• Alex Ovechkin
• Eddy Merckx ("professional cyclist")
• Bernard Hinault ("professional cyclist")
• Miguel Indurain ("professional cyclist")
• Bruce Arena ("association football player")
• Arnold Schwarzenegger ("professional bodybuilder")
• Gustavo Bou ("professional footballer")
• DaMarcus Beasley ("association football player")
• Bastian Schweinsteiger ("association football player")
• Richard Nurse ("former professional athlete")
• Piotr Nowak ("association football player")
• Cindy Parlow Cone ("association football player")
• Pavol Demitra
• Byron ("professional golfer")
• Bill Walton ("television sports commentator")
• Guillermo Ramírez ("association football player")
• David Otunga ("professional wrestler")
• Alexander Semin
• Homicide Hank ("professional boxer")
• Hurricane Hank ("professional boxer")
• Barney Ross ("professional boxer")
• Willie Pep ("professional boxer")
• Michael Jordan
• Cameron Bairstow
• Cuauhtémoc Blanco ("association football player")
• Nicol ("former professional footballer")
• Hugo Sánchez ("association football player")
• Iván Zamorano ("association football player")
• Thierry Henry ("association football player")
• Tim Cahill ("association football player")
• Guillermo Ochoa ("association football player")
• Bradley Wright-Phillips ("association football player")
• Dwayne De Rosario ("association football player")
• Anders Lee
• Taylor Twellman ("association football player")
• Larry Holmes ("professional boxer")
• Pep ("association football player")
• Kevin De Bruyne ("association football player")
• Shannon ("boxer")
• Lou Ambers ("professional boxer")
• Brian Ching ("association football player")
• Lionel Messi ("professional footballer")
• Erling Haaland ("association football player")
• Xavi Hernández ("association football player")
• Gertrude Ederle ("competitive swimmer")
• Malcolm Kirk ("professional wrestler")
• Andrés Iniesta ("association football player")
• Anton Rodgers ("association football player")
• Ante Razov ("association football player")
• Claudio López ("association football player")
• Bobby Riggs ("tennis player")
• Carlos Reinoso ("association football player")
• Raúl Cárdenas ("association football player")
• Michelle Kwan ("American sportswoman")
• Cefereino Garcia ("professional boxer")
• Billie Jean Moffitt ("tennis player")
• Steve Nicol ("association football player")
• Juan Pablo Ángel ("association football player")
• Byron Nelson ("professional golfer")
• Gunnar Nelson ("mixed martial artist")
• Cristiano Ronaldo ("professional footballer")
• Stephen ("association football player")
• Goldberg ("professional wrestler")
• Henry Jackson Jr. ("professional boxer")
• Yoshihisa Hirano
• Foo Kok Keong ("badminton player")
• Cheah Soon Kit ("badminton player")
• Old Tom Morris ("professional golfer")
• Henry Armstrong ("professional boxer")
• Rashid Sidek ("badminton player")
• Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt ("sportsman")
• Saadi Gaddafi ("former professional footballer")
• Joseph Ngwenya ("association football player")
• Aaran Lines ("association football player")
• Richie McCaw ("rugby union player")
• Jonah Lomu ("rugby union player")
• Dan Carter ("rugby union player")
• Razif Sidek ("badminton player")
• Beauden Barrett ("rugby union player")
• Rahman Sidek ("badminton player")
• M. Nordin ("sportsperson")
• John ("professional golfer")
• M. Zainal ("sportsperson")
• Lawford ("tennis player")
• Daley Thompson ("decathlete")
• M. Zulkifli ("sportsperson")
• El Pescadito ("association football player")
• Colin Meads ("rugby union player")
• Rafer Johnson ("decathlete")
• Arenas
• Ben Simmons
• Jack Charlton ("association football player")
• Bob Griese ("television sports commentator")
• Sepp Maier ("association football player")
• Zinedine Zidane ("association football player")
• Tyasha Harris
• Johan Cruyff ("association football player")
• Miroslav Klose ("association football player")
• David Kirk ("rugby union player")
• Grzegorz Lato ("association football player")
• Claude Giroux
• Marco Etcheverry ("association football player")
• Robbie Keane ("association football player")
• Gyasi Zardes ("professional soccer player")
• Chris Tierney ("association football player")
• Gianluigi Buffon ("association football player")
• Lukas Podolski ("association football player")
• Jaime Moreno ("association football player")
• Landon Donovan ("association football player")
• Carles Gil de Pareja Vicent ("professional footballer")
• Tam O'Shaughnessy ("former professional tennis player")
• Nacho Gil ("association football player")
• Jim Curtin ("association football player")
• Pep Guardiola ("association football player")
• Muhammad Ali ("professional boxer")
• Mike Tyson ("professional boxer")
• Bill Shankly ("association football player")
• Kenny Dalglish ("association football player")
• Sir Robert Charlton ("association football player")
• Bob Paisley ("association football player")
• Christine ("association football player")
• Billie Jean King ("tennis player")
• George Foreman ("professional boxer")
• Evander Holyfield ("professional boxer")
• Cantona ("association football player")
• Nwankwo Kanu ("association football player")
• Julio César Chávez ("professional boxer")
• Bernard Hopkins ("professional boxer")
• Joël Cantona ("former professional footballer")
• Frank Yallop ("association football player")
• Rashidi Yekini ("association football player")
• Sunday Oliseh ("association football player")
• Adonis Creed ("professional boxer")
• Vincent Enyeama ("association football player")
• John Obi Mikel ("association football player")
• Apollo Creed ("professional boxer")
• Dominic Kinnear ("association football player")
• Luis Hernández ("association football player")
• Fritzie Zivic ("professional boxer")
• Finidi George ("association football player")
• Servando Carrasco ("professional soccer player")
• Bo Jackson ("multi-sport athlete")
• Jamil Walker ("association football player")
• Saraya Knight ("professional wrestler")
• Allan Langer ("rugby league player")
• Darren Lockyer ("rugby league player")
• Sir Matt Busby ("association football player")
• Wally Lewis ("rugby league player")
• Peter Vermes ("association football player")
• Ronald Cerritos ("association football player")
• Les Kiss ("rugby union player")
• Ryan Joseph Wilson ("association football player")
• Simms ("television sports commentator")
• Howard Wilkinson ("association football player")
• Joe Theismann ("television sports commentator")
• Abe Attell ("professional boxer")
• Guillermo Rigondeaux ("professional boxer")
• Guillermo Vilas ("tennis player")
• Guillermo Coria ("tennis player")
• Guillermo Barros Schelotto ("association football player")
• Don Revie ("association football player")
• Jamie Benn
• Mikel Arteta ("association football player")
• Martin Ødegaard ("professional footballer")
• Arsène Wenger ("association football player")
• Dennis Bergkamp ("association football player")
• Evan Whitfield ("association football player")
• Tony Adams ("association football player")
• Ashton Eaton ("decathlete")
• Brock Lesnar ("professional wrestler")
• Thomas Hoover (basketball)
• Patrick Vieira ("association football player")
• Ian Wright ("association football player")
• Gordon Reid
• John Reid ("association football player")
• Mont-Saint-Aignan, France ("professional cyclist")
• Brad Marchand
• Tommy Morrison ("professional boxer")
• Steve McMichael ("professional wrestler")
• Michel Platini ("association football player")
• Debinha ("professional footballer")
• Mr. T ("professional wrestler")
• Hulk Hogan ("professional wrestler")
• Thunderlips ("professional wrestler")
• George Best ("association football player")
• The Cannibal ("professional cyclist")
• Clubber Lang ("boxer")
• Bob Mathias ("decathlete")
• Horan ("association football player")
• Shorter ("rugby union player")
• Gifford ("television sports commentator")
• Carlos Ruiz ("association football player")
• Cyclone Taylor
• Greg Vanney ("association football player")
• Christine Sinclair ("association football player")
• Tyler Ennis
• Bill Clement ("television sports commentator")
• Tommy Gunn ("boxer")
• Zlatan Ibrahimović ("association football player")
• Don Meredith ("television sports commentator")
• Aaron Hunt ("association football player")
• Roger Hunt ("association football player")
• Mark Hunt ("mixed martial artist")
• Alexandra Patricia Morgan ("professional soccer player")
• Kris Boyd ("association football player")
• Rocky Balboa ("boxer")
• William Hunt (rugby) ("rugby union player")
• Alexander Matthew Busby ("association football player")
• Bobby Charlton ("association football player")
• Frank Lampard ("association football player")
• Nassau Community College soccer team ("association football player")
• Diego Maradona ("association football player")
• Ivan Drago ("boxer")
• Shannon Briggs ("professional boxer")
• Bethany Hamilton ("professional surfer")
• Rubin "Hurricane" Carter ("professional boxer")
• Eric Cantona ("association football player")
• Newsy Lalonde