I'm stumped...athlete with > 24 years at the top of their sport

[DaveS]

Can you think of an elite athlete who has more than 24 years at the top of their sport? Surely there has to have been one...

 

[centurymaker]

golf.

 

[DaveS]

golf.

Who in particular? For example, is there anyone who has won a tournament for 24 years straight?

 

[hendrix]

Sachin hasn't won cricket for 24 years straight.

 

[DaveS]

Sachin hasn't won cricket for 24 years straight.

That's a fair point. He has recorded a century every single year of his career except 1991 and 2013.

List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[silentstriker]

Sachin hasn't won cricket for 24 years straight.

I beg to differ.

 

[benchmark00]

Jim Cassidy.

Could find you dozens more also.

 

[centurymaker]

Jack Nicklaus and soon Tiger Woods.

 

[Immenso]

Mark Todd in equestrian,
that British rower - Redgrave?

Dennis Connor, Russell Coutts etc

Heaps
Baseballers, like Cal Ripkin who played was it something like 1400 games in a row without missing a single one.

 

[91Jmay]

Phil Taylor has been for 18 years and counting.


#athlete

 

[hendrix]

Heaps
Baseballers, like Cal Ripkin who played was it something like 1400 games in a row without missing a single one.

I believe it's actually in the 2000s

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I think 15 years out of those 24 could be considered to be at the top few batsmen in the world. Still remarkable and not many people could beat that, but it brings some people into contention.

 

[Red]

Bradman's test career was 20 years, his FC career was 22 years.

 

[Red]

Dustin Fletcher's 21 years in AFL footy is pretty remarkable imo. Think Tuck played 20 seasons as well.

 

[Spikey]

 

[fredfertang]

Peter Shilton and Stanley Matthews are two men who were professional footballers for more than thirty years

 

[Daemon]

Ajay Jadeja's been playing FC for 25 years and counting. Well, sort of at least

 

[benchmark00]

Hugh Hefner has been shagging for around 80 years.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Hugh Hefner has been shagging for around 80 years.

Was he on top the whole time though?

 

[Prince EWS]

That's a fair point. He has recorded a century every single year of his career except 1991 and 2013.

List of international cricket centuries by Sachin Tendulkar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Scoring a ton isn't really the equivalent of winning a tournament though. It's probably more comparable to sinking a eagle.