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Top 10 Most Influential Moments in Sports

Created by Anna Wallace Staff · May 2024 · Updated Jun 2025

Top 10 Most Influential Moments in Sports: 35 items ranked by popular vote. Browse more in Football.

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1980 USA Hockey Team Defeats the USSR

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Michael Johnson Breaks His Own 200m World Record

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Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier in Baseball

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Wilt Chamberlain's 100-Point Game

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Jesse Owens Debunks the Aryan Myth at 1936 Olympics

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Lou Gehrig's "Luckiest Man" Farewell Speech

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Manchester United Wins Triple Crown

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Hank Aaron Surpasses Babe Ruth's Home Run Record

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Liverpool Wins 5th European Cup

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Babe Ruth Sold to the New York Yankees

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Joe Namath Guarantees Super Bowl Victory

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Brett Favre Throws 399 Yards, 4 TDs the Day After His Father's Death

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Cal vs. Stanford "The Play"

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Munster Wins the Heineken Cup

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Ali vs. Frazier I

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Michael Jordan Dunks from the Foul Line

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Sachin Tendulkar Scores 200* in an ODI Match

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Pelé Scores 1,000th Career Goal

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Appalachian State Defeats Michigan at The Big House

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John Aloisi's Penalty Goal for Australia in 2006 FIFA World Cup

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Tony Dungy Becomes First African American Coach to Win the Super Bowl

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Magic Johnson Announces He Has Contracted HIV

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Tiger Woods' "Hello World" Press Conference in 1996

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Joe Louis Defeats Max Schmeling

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Michael Jordan Wins NBA Finals on Father's Day After His Father's Death

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Usain Bolt Breaks the 100m World Record

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Wilt Chamberlain vs. Muhammad Ali Exhibition Match

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Mark Messier's 1994 Stanley Cup Game 6 Guarantee

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Franco Harris Makes the Immaculate Reception

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Maurice Richard Scores 50 Goals in 50 Games

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Billie Jean King Defeats Bobby Riggs

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Mark Messier Promises and Delivers a Win, Scoring the Winning Goal

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Leo Barry Marks in the Last Second to Win the Premiership for Sydney, 2006 Sydney vs. West Coast

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Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean Receive Perfect 6.0s and Win the 1984 Gold Medal

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Death of Dale Earnhardt

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