What individual dominated their sport more than any other dominated theirs?

[TightEnd]

i know this is impossible, but how would you answer this?

perhaps a top three?

you can decide whether longevity is important

obviously achievements across generations are tricky to compare too


my shortlist

Ali,

Pele,

Jordan,

Federer,

Gretsky,

Woods,

Phil the Power,

Hendry,

Jerry Rice

Usain Bolt

Merckx

Bubka

Jahangir Khan


but no doubt there is some recency in that and i might put in Nicklaus or Palmer, Borg etc etc

over to you

[buzzharvey22]

Phil Taylor
Tiger Woods
Usain Bolt

[HutchGF]

Got to include Bradman IMO.

Bradman
Phil Taylor
Bolt

[arbboy]

Monster miss from the list.  

Ed Moses - Totally crushed his event for a decade.

My list would be post 1975

Power
Jordan
Moses
Bubka

[Doobs]

Ed Moses.

Edit Arbboy beat me to it.

I think Ali probably just had great PR.

[TightEnd]

Michael Johnson in the same category?

untouchable through a cycle of two Olympics, at two events

[degston77]

Michael johnson.
ed moses.
carl lewis (long jump) 4 consecutive Olympic long jump golds

[Marky147]

Taylor
Bolt
Woods


That's just first instinct, because I've seen them win a bunch.

Will defer to the boys who have been about, and seen a lot more than I

[Longines]

Tomba?

[TheDazzler]

I was hoping you were missing Jahangir Khan so I could look all smart when I brought him up but you were too good Tighty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jahangir_Khan
The record is just silly. As the question is framed, surely he blows all these others away?
There is the ladies wheelchair tennis player;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Vergeer
but as the sport is so niche, I think Jahangir is the winner as squash is a major world sport.

[arbboy]

Michael Johnson in the same category?

untouchable through a cycle of two Olympics, at two events

Yes because like the others on my list he used to win hard held literally every time he run in majors.  Bubka used to come in for his first vault sometimes at a height which he was 1.01 to clear at the first attempt having a medal locked up already if he made it.  Truely incredible athlete.  Johnson, Bolt and Lewis similar but Moses and Bubka for me in the athletics field just because we are talking about total dominance for long periods.

[Boba Fett]

Some MMA candidates

Ronda Rousey
Anderson Silva
Georges St. Pierre

[Ironside]

Sampras was much more domineering than federer who has been in a time share with nadal and djoavic all 3 better than sampras but sampras had no rivals

[arbboy]

Sampras was much more domineering than federer who has been in a time share with nadal and djoavic all 3 better than sampras but sampras had no rivals

Borg more dominate than both imo during his brief spell in the game.  He never played the aussie open either yet still won 11 slams and retired far too early.  From Wimbledon 1976 until he retired he played 16 slams, won 9 and runner up in another 5.

[degston77]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_streak_%28sports%29

Some incredible records amongst these