Most extreme sports: Richest, tallest, oldest, most popular

Most extreme sports: Richest, tallest, oldest, most popular

Meet the world’s most interesting athletes from sports such as football (soccer), basketball, cricket, tennis and baseball. Their heights, lifespans and bank accounts matched.

1. Football Association (Football)

tallest football player in the world

• Christopher Van Houter: Belgium, 6 ft 10 in (209 cm)

The shortest football player in the world

• Elton Jose Xavier Gomez: Brazil, 5 ft 0.63 in (154 cm)

The oldest football player in the world

• Stanley Matthews: England, playing football at 50

richest football player in the world

• Cristiano Ronaldo: Portugal, net worth $310 million

greatest football player of all time

• Pele, Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Zidane Zidane, Cristiano Ronaldo

2. Basketball

Tallest basketball player in NBA history

• Gheorghe Mure?an: Romania, 7 ft 7 in (231 cm)
• Manutepol: Sudan, 7 ft 7 in (231 cm)

Shortest basketball player in NBA history

• Muggsy Bogues: US, 5 ft 3 in (160 cm)

The oldest basketball player in NBA history

• Nat Hickey: USA, playing at 45

Richest basketball player in NBA history

• Michael Jordan: United States, net worth $1 billion

greatest basketball player of all time

3. Cricket

tallest cricketer in the world

• Muhammad Irfan: Pakistan, 7 ft 1 in (216 cm)

shortest cricketer in the world

• Kruger Van Wyek: South Africa, 3 ft 11 in (119 cm)

The oldest cricketer in the world

• Wilfred Rhodes: England, playing at 52 (Test)
• Rajamaharaj Singh: India, competing at age 72 (first class)

richest cricketer in the world

• Mahendra Singh Dhoni: India, net worth $170 million

greatest cricketer of all time

• Sir Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulka, Gary Sobers, Vivian Richard, Kapil Dev

4. Tennis

tallest tennis player in the world

• Ivo Karlovic: Croatia, 6 ft 11 in (211 cm) (male)
• Agul Amamuradova: USSR, 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) (female)

The shortest tennis player in the world

• CG Hoahing: China, 4 ft 9 in (145 cm) (female)
• Feliximo Ampon: Philippines, 4 ft 11 in (150 cm) (male)

The oldest tennis player in the world

• Martina Navratilova: Czech Republic, competing at age 49

richest tennis player in the world

• Roger Federer: Switzerland, net worth $400 million

greatest tennis player of all time

• Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Pete Sampras, Rod Laver, Roy Emerson (male)
• Serena Williams, Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert, Margaret Court (female)

5. Baseball

tallest baseball player in the world

• Jon Rauch: United States, 6 ft 11 in (211 cm)

shortest baseball player in the world

• Eddie Gaidel: US, 3 ft 7 in (109 cm)

oldest baseball player in the world

• Satchel Page: USA, playing at 59

richest baseball player in the world

• Alex Rodriguez: United States, net worth $300 million

greatest baseball player of all time

• Babe Ruth, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron

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