List of sports pairs

This is a list of famous pairs of sportsmen. For a complete list of pairs see Lists of pairs.

  • Troy Aikman & Michael Irvin (NFL players)
  • Gene Alley & Bill Mazeroski (Pittsburgh Pirates MLB players; double-play combination)
  • Luis Aparicio & Nellie Fox (Chicago White Sox MLB players; double-play combination)
  • David Beckham & Ryan Giggs (Manchester United football (soccer) players)
  • Aman Roy & Neil Chakravarty 9Manchester United F.C. Football(Soccer) Players
  • Mark Belanger & Bobby Grich (Baltimore Orioles MLB players; double-play combination)
  • Jonas Björkman & Max Mirnyi (tennis players; regular doubles partners)
  • Serge Blanco & Philippe Sella (French rugby union players)
  • Frank & Ronald de Boer (Dutch football (soccer) players; twins and Dutch internationals)
  • Bob & Mike Bryan (US tennis players; twin brothers who form a prominent doubles team)
  • David Campese & Mark Ella (Australian rugby union players)
  • Dave Concepción & Joe Morgan (Cincinnati Reds MLB players; double-play combination)
  • Bob Cousy & Bill Russell (Boston Celtics NBA players)
  • Bobby & Jack Charlton (English football (soccer) players; brothers and England internationals)
  • Bobby Moore & Geoff Hurst (English football (soccer) players)
  • Johan Cruijff & Johan Neeskens (Dutch football (soccer) players)
  • Daunte Culpepper & Randy Moss (NFL players)
  • Marcel Desailly & Laurent Blanc (French football (soccer) players; central defenders for the France team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000)
  • Alfredo Di Stéfano & Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid football (soccer) players)
  • Slava Fetisov & Alexei Kasatonov (USSR national team ice hockey players)
  • Ken Flach & Robert Seguso (US tennis players and longtime doubles partners)
  • Walt Frazier & Earl Monroe (New York Knicks NBA players)
  • Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (Soviet figure skaters; husband-and-wife pairs team)
  • Wayne Gretzky & Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings NHL players)
  • Wayne Gretzky & Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers NHL players)
  • Ruud Gullit & Marco van Basten (Dutch football (soccer) players)
  • Elvin Hayes & Wes Unseld (Washington Bullets NBA players)
  • Jason Johnson & Mark Johnson (AFL players)
  • Magic Johnson & James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
  • Magic Johnson & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
  • Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen ( Chicago Bulls NBA players)
  • Paul Kariya & Teemu Selänne (Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Colorado Avalanche ice hockey players)
  • Jim Kelly & Andre Reed (Buffalo Bills NFL players)
  • René & Willy van de Kerkhof (Dutch football (soccer) players; twins who are both in the FIFA 100, Pelé's 2004 list of the 125 greatest living footballers)
  • Harry Kewell & Mark Viduka (Australian international football (soccer) players)
  • Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes (Beach volleyball team that won Olympic gold in 1996)
  • Jürgen Klinsmann & Rudi Völler (German football (soccer) players)
  • Raymond Kopa & Just Fontaine (French football (soccer) players)
  • Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale (Los Angeles Dodgers baseball pitchers)
  • Michael & Brian Laudrup (Danish football (soccer) players; brothers who are both in the FIFA 100)
  • Mario Lemieux & Jaromir Jagr (Pittsburgh Penguins NHL players)
  • Roberto Mancini & Gianluca Vialli (Italian football (soccer) players)
  • Peyton Manning & Marvin Harrison (NFL players)
  • Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle (New York Yankees MLB players)
  • Joe Montana & Jerry Rice (NFL players)
  • Ilie Năstase & Ion Ţiriac (Romanian tennis players)
  • Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (US tennis players; the dominant women's doubles team of the 1980s)
  • Gary & Phil Neville (English football (soccer) players)
  • Hakeem Olajuwon & Ralph Sampson, the "Twin Towers" (Houston Rockets NBA players)
  • Shaquille O'Neal & Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
  • Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis players from India; regular doubles partners)
  • Jean-Pierre Papin & Éric Cantona (French football (soccer) players)
  • Gary Payton & Shawn Kemp (Seattle SuperSonics NBA players)
  • Brian Piccolo & Gale Sayers (Chicago Bears NFL players; see also Brian's Song, a famous made-for-TV film about their friendship)
  • Paul Pierce & Antoine Walker (Boston Celtics NBA players)
  • Terry Porter & Clyde Drexler (Portland Trail Blazers NBA players)
  • Ramadhin & Valentine (West Indian cricket players, subject of song)
  • Roberto Carlos & Cafu, Brazilian football (soccer) players
  • David Robinson & Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs NBA players)
  • Romário & Bebeto (Brazilian football (soccer) players)
  • Ronaldo & Ronaldinho (Brazilian football (soccer) players)
  • Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig (New York Yankees baseball players)
  • Jamie Salé & David Pelletier (Canadian figure skaters)
  • Brad Scott & Chris Scott (AFL players)
  • Andriy Shevchenko & Serhiy Rebrov (Ukrainian soccer players)
  • Stan Smith & Bob Lutz (US tennis players)
  • John Stockton & Karl Malone (Utah Jazz NBA players; teammates for nearly 20 years)
  • Chris Sutton & Alan Shearer (English football players, known as SAS)
  • Isiah Thomas & Joe Dumars (Detroit Pistons NBA players)
  • Alan Trammell & Lou Whitaker (Detroit Tigers baseball players; double-play combination)
  • Rory & Tony Underwood (English rugby union players; brothers and England internationals)
  • Omar Vizquel & Roberto Alomar (Cleveland Indians MLB players)
  • Ben & Rasheed Wallace (Detroit Pistons NBA players; not related)
  • Doc Blanchard "Mr Inside" and Glenn Davis "Mr Outside" (Army college football players and Heisman Trophy winners)
  • Jerry West "Mr Outside" and Elgin Baylor "Mr Inside" (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
  • Mark Woodforde & Todd Woodbridge, The Woodies (Australian tennis players; arguably the top doubles team of the late 20th century)
  • Dwight Yorke & Andy Cole (Manchester United football (soccer) players; forwards for Manchester United that won the Premiership, FA Cup and the Champions League in 1999)
  • Steve Young & Jerry Rice (NFL players)
  • Venus and Serena Williams (U.S. tennis stars, sisters)