Want to know the Top 100 Sports Movies? How about the worst Sports Movies? Curious about Sports Movies did at the box office or which Sports Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations and Oscar® wins? Need to know which Sports Movies movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
This page looks at the Top 100 Sports Movies….statistically speaking. What does that mean? We looked at box office grosses, reviews from critics & audiences and award recognition and put them in a stewing put. We mixed all the stats together and came up with our Top 100 Sports Movies. Our top ranked Sports Movie….was a box office hit, was loved by critics and audiences and even managed to win the Best Picture Oscar®. The following table shows all the stats involved that helped us reach our rankings. Obviously they are way more Sports Movies out there. Is your favorite Sports Movie missing?….just commented at the bottom and we will research and see if your suggestion can crack our Top 100 Sports Movies or check out our even more massive Sports Movie Page. 431 Sports Movies Ranked.
*** During our update we lost our easy to find search box. Well WoC did some work and found a new way to search through this massive table. In the second row….first column…you will see “Movie (Year)”. You can type in a search word here and it will search the table.
Top 100 Sports Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Top 100 Sports Movies by the type of sport
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- Sort by how Top 100 Sports Movies were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Top 100 Sports Movies received.
- Sort Top 100 Sports Movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 3 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) AA Best Picture Win |
Boxing Movies & Clint Eastwood |
100.50 | 174.4 | 376.30 | 24 | 90 | 07 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 2 | Chariots of Fire (1981) AA Best Picture Win |
Olympics Movies & Ian Holm |
59.00 | 228.7 | 228.70 | 7 | 82 | 07 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 1 | Rocky (1976) AA Best Picture Win |
Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
117.00 | 592.1 | 1,137.70 | 1 | 79 | 10 / 03 | 99.8 | |
| 4 | The Pride of the Yankees (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Gary Cooper |
10.50 | 389.9 | 389.90 | 9 | 84 | 11 / 01 | 99.5 | |
| 5 | Jerry Maguire (1996) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Tom Cruise |
154.00 | 375.5 | 667.20 | 4 | 82 | 05 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 8 | The Hustler (1961) AA Best Picture Nom |
Pool & Paul Newman |
10.90 | 158.2 | 158.20 | 20 | 88 | 09 / 02 | 99.0 | |
| 9 | Seabiscuit (2003) AA Best Picture Nom |
Racing Movies & Jeff Bridges |
120.30 | 215.0 | 265.20 | 17 | 77 | 07 / 00 | 98.6 | |
| 7 | The Champ (1931) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Wallace Beery |
4.40 | 227.8 | 227.80 | 5 | 74 | 04 / 02 | 98.4 | |
| 9 | Heaven Can Wait (1978) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Warren Beatty |
81.60 | 376.1 | 376.10 | 5 | 71 | 09 / 01 | 98.3 | |
| 11 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Robert Montgomery |
3.90 | 149.0 | 149.00 | 55 | 84 | 07 / 02 | 97.8 | |
| 10 | Grand Prix (1966) | Racing Movies & James Garner |
23.80 | 232.8 | 232.80 | 8 | 75 | 03 / 03 | 97.7 | |
| 11 | The Stratton Story (1949) | Baseball Movies & James Stewart |
10.30 | 257.7 | 257.70 | 8 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 97.5 | |
| 14 | Gentleman Jim (1942) | Boxing Movies & Errol Flynn |
5.10 | 188.5 | 408.00 | 41 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.2 | |
| 13 | The Fighter (2010) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Christian Bale |
93.60 | 127.8 | 176.40 | 35 | 88 | 07 / 02 | 97.1 | |
| 15 | Ford v Ferrari (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christian Bale & Matt Damon |
117.60 | 138.4 | 264.40 | 22 | 86 | 04 / 02 | 97.0 | |
| 16 | Field of Dreams (1989) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Kevin Costner |
64.40 | 175.0 | 229.30 | 19 | 76 | 03 / 00 | 96.8 | |
| 18 | Raging Bull (1980) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Robert DeNiro |
23.50 | 97.5 | 97.50 | 33 | 94 | 08 / 02 | 96.7 | |
| 16 | The Longest Yard (1974) | Football Movies & Burt Reynolds |
43.00 | 247.9 | 247.90 | 12 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 96.7 | |
| 17 | The Karate Kid (1984) | Karate & Ralph Macchio |
90.80 | 291.4 | 291.40 | 5 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.6 | |
| 19 | A League of Their Own (1992) | Baseball Movies & Tom Hanks |
107.50 | 279.3 | 344.00 | 10 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 20 | The Blind Side (2009) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Sandra Bullock |
256.00 | 367.9 | 444.40 | 8 | 67 | 02 / 01 | 96.5 | |
| 24 | The Bad News Bears (1976) | Baseball Movies & Walter Matthau |
32.20 | 163.0 | 163.00 | 18 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 23 | Breaking Away (1979) AA Best Picture Nom |
Racing Movies & Dennis Quaid |
27.10 | 116.4 | 116.40 | 34 | 90 | 05 / 01 | 96.3 | |
| 22 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) | Baseball Movies & Frank Sinatra |
8.30 | 208.0 | 276.10 | 16 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.3 | |
| 27 | Caddyshack (1980) | Golf Movies & Bill Murray |
47.70 | 197.7 | 197.70 | 15 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.7 | |
| 25 | Champion (1949) | Boxing Movies & Kirk Douglas |
5.80 | 146.2 | 146.20 | 40 | 83 | 06 / 01 | 95.7 | |
| 26 | Rocky II (1979) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
85.20 | 365.8 | 859.70 | 5 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 28 | The Color of Money (1986) | Pool & Paul Newman |
52.30 | 151.9 | 151.90 | 13 | 82 | 04 / 01 | 95.4 | |
| 31 | Slap Shot (1977) | Hockey Movies & Paul Newman |
36.80 | 177.7 | 177.70 | 22 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 29 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) | Amy Adams & Will Ferrell & John C. |
148.20 | 242.8 | 267.00 | 13 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 31 | Moneyball (2011) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Brad Pitt |
75.60 | 102.8 | 149.80 | 47 | 89 | 06 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 33 | White Men Can't Jump (1992) | Basketball Movies & Woody Harrelson |
76.30 | 198.1 | 235.70 | 16 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 32 | Semi-Tough (1977) | Football Movies & Burt Reynolds |
61.60 | 298.0 | 298.00 | 7 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 35 | Creed (2015) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
109.80 | 140.4 | 222.00 | 28 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 94.7 | |
| 34 | Remember the Titans (2000) | Football Movies & Denzel Washington |
115.70 | 231.3 | 273.40 | 18 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 35 | Creed III (2023) | Michael B. Jordan | 156.20 | 156.2 | 274.40 | 16 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 39 | The Caddy (1953) | Golf Movies & Dean Martin |
10.60 | 190.6 | 190.60 | 14 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 40 | Let's Do It Again (1975) | Boxing Movies & Sidney Poitier |
35.80 | 188.0 | 188.00 | 15 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 39 | The Karate Kid (2010) | Karate & Jackie Chan |
176.60 | 241.3 | 241.30 | 11 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 40 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) | Dodgeball & Ben Stiller |
114.30 | 198.5 | 291.20 | 19 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.8 | |
| 41 | One on One (1977) | Basketball Movies & Robbie Benson |
35.40 | 171.2 | 171.20 | 24 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 42 | The Natural (1984) | Baseball Movies & Robert Redford |
48.00 | 153.8 | 153.80 | 15 | 74 | 04 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 41 | Bull Durham (1988) | Baseball Movies & Kevin Costner |
50.90 | 133.5 | 133.50 | 18 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 45 | Knute Rockne All American (1940) | Football Movies & Ronald Reagan |
4.30 | 166.8 | 180.80 | 26 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 46 | Cool Runnings (1993) | Olympics Movies & John Candy |
68.90 | 179.3 | 403.20 | 15 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 93.1 | |
| 44 | Rocky III (1982) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
124.10 | 455.2 | 986.90 | 4 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.9 | |
| 47 | Body and Soul (1947) | Boxing Movies & John Garfield |
3.80 | 110.2 | 110.20 | 91 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 92.1 | |
| 48 | The Rookie (2002) | Baseball Movies & Dennis Quaid |
75.60 | 140.5 | 150.00 | 36 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 49 | Creed II (2018) | Michael B. Jordan & Sylvester Stallone |
115.70 | 136.9 | 253.10 | 28 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 52 | Damn Yankees (1958) | Baseball Movies & Tab Hunter |
7.40 | 133.5 | 133.50 | 30 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 53 | Kid Galahad (1937) | Boxing Movies & Humphrey Bogart |
4.10 | 172.0 | 251.60 | 38 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 50 | Days of Thunder (1990) | Racing Movies & Tom Cruise |
82.70 | 210.7 | 402.50 | 13 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 90.7 | |
| 55 | Major League (1989) | Baseball Movies & Charlie Sheen |
49.80 | 135.2 | 135.20 | 26 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.5 | |
| 54 | Space Jam (1996) | Basketball Movies & Bill Murray |
90.40 | 220.5 | 562.00 | 18 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 53 | Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) | Boxing Movies & Paul Newman |
5.70 | 112.0 | 112.00 | 52 | 77 | 03 / 02 | 90.3 | |
| 58 | Pat and Mike (1952) | Golf Movies & Spencer Tracy |
5.80 | 114.3 | 149.50 | 45 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 90.2 | |
| 59 | City for Conquest (1940) | Boxing Movies & James Cagney |
3.30 | 127.2 | 197.30 | 45 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 58 | The Hurricane (1999) | Boxing Movies & Denzel Washington |
50.70 | 108.0 | 157.60 | 48 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 89.5 | |
| 60 | 42 (2013) | Baseball Movies & Harrison Ford |
95.00 | 126.0 | 129.20 | 37 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 60 | Hoosiers (1986) | Basketball Movies & Gene Hackman |
28.60 | 83.1 | 83.10 | 34 | 86 | 02 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 59 | Rocky IV (1985) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
127.90 | 388.3 | 912.40 | 3 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 62 | North Dallas Forty (1979) | Football Movies & Nick Nolte |
26.10 | 112.0 | 112.00 | 38 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 63 | Miracle (2004) | Hockey Movies & Kurt Russell |
64.40 | 111.8 | 111.90 | 47 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 64 | Good News (1947) | Football Movies & Peter Lawford |
5.80 | 169.6 | 169.60 | 55 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 66 | Rollerball (1975) | Futuristic & James Caan |
27.30 | 143.5 | 143.50 | 22 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 88.4 | |
| 66 | The Longest Yard (2005) | Football Movies & Adam Sandler |
158.10 | 266.3 | 320.60 | 12 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 67 | The Karate Kid Part II (1986) | Karate & Ralph Macchio |
115.10 | 334.5 | 334.50 | 5 | 47 | 01 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 68 | The Cincinnati Kid (1965) | Poker & Steve McQueen |
9.70 | 102.8 | 102.80 | 27 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 70 | The Babe Ruth Story (1948) | Baseball Movies & William Bendix |
6.30 | 170.2 | 170.20 | 41 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 72 | The Last Boy Scout (1991) | Football Movies & Bruce Willis |
59.50 | 152.4 | 334.80 | 20 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 69 | Friday Night Lights (2004) | Football Movies & Billy Bob Thornton |
61.30 | 106.3 | 107.50 | 48 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 71 | Rocky Balboa (2006) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
70.30 | 115.1 | 255.10 | 38 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 75 | Any Given Sunday (1999) | Football Movies & Al Pacino |
75.50 | 160.9 | 213.50 | 27 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 72 | The Main Event (1979) | Boxing Movies & Barbra Streisand |
69.50 | 298.4 | 298.40 | 11 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 74 | The Waterboy (1998) | Football Movies & Adam Sandler |
161.50 | 371.2 | 427.50 | 4 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 77 | Tin Cup (1996) | Golf Movies & Kevin Costner |
53.90 | 131.3 | 197.40 | 28 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 79 | Trouble Along the Way (1953) | Football Movies & John Wayne |
7.40 | 133.4 | 166.10 | 32 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 78 | The Lusty Men (1952) | Rodeo & Robert Mitchum |
4.20 | 81.7 | 81.70 | 77 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 81 | It Happens Every Spring (1949) | Baseball Movies & Ray Milland |
5.10 | 128.8 | 128.80 | 56 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 86.8 | |
| 78 | Hard Times (1975) | Boxing Movies & Charles Bronson |
17.10 | 90.0 | 90.00 | 40 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 81 | The Harder They Fall (1956) | Boxing Movies & Humphrey Bogart |
3.90 | 75.6 | 75.60 | 90 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 83 | Broadway Bill (1934) | Racing Movies & Myrna Loy |
2.50 | 116.7 | 116.70 | 32 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 83 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) | Football Movies & Burt Lancaster |
6.40 | 138.4 | 177.90 | 35 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 85 | Ali (2001) | Boxing Movies & Will Smith |
58.20 | 111.0 | 167.40 | 41 | 69 | 02 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 85 | The Crowd Roars (1932) | Racing Movies & James Cagney |
1.50 | 73.4 | 107.70 | 59 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 88 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) | Baseball Movies & Jackie Earle Haley |
35.30 | 170.9 | 170.90 | 25 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 86 | Real Steel (2011) | Boxing Movies & Hugh Jackman |
85.50 | 116.2 | 406.80 | 35 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 85.5 | |
| 86 | Finding Forrester (2000) | Basketball Movies & Sean Connery |
51.80 | 103.6 | 160.10 | 49 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 90 | Bring It On (2000) | Cheerleading & Kristen Dunst |
68.40 | 136.8 | 181.00 | 37 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 90 | Father Was a Fullback (1949) | Football Movies & Fred MacMurray |
5.00 | 125.3 | 125.30 | 58 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 91 | Coach Carter (2005) | Basketball Movies & Samuel L. Jackson |
67.30 | 113.3 | 129.10 | 37 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 92 | Air (2023) | Ben Affleck & Matt Damon |
52.50 | 52.5 | 89.40 | 49 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 93 | Night and the City (1950) | Wrestling & Richard Widmark |
3.60 | 80.1 | 80.10 | 95 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 | |
| 94 | Invincible (2006) | Football Movies & Mark Wahlberg |
57.80 | 94.7 | 95.80 | 55 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 96 | Walk Don't Run (1966) | Olympics Movies & Cary Grant |
10.00 | 98.0 | 98.00 | 31 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 96 | Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) | Baseball Movies & Richard Pryor |
16.20 | 81.9 | 81.90 | 41 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 99 | Blades of Glory (2007) | Olympics Movies & Will Ferrell |
91.00 | 142.6 | 185.10 | 31 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 97 | The Wrestler (2008) | Wrestling & Mickey Rourke |
26.20 | 39.4 | 39.40 | 105 | 86 | 02 / 00 | 84.0 | |
| 98 | King Richard (2021) AA Best Picture Nom |
Will Smith | 14.40 | 15.3 | 26.20 | 54 | 83 | 06 / 01 | 83.9 | |
| 100 | Winning (1969) | Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward & <a href='https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/robert-wagner-movies |
19.20 | 145.4 | 145.40 | 15 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 |
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How do you leave out “Grand Prix”? “Winning”? “Redline 7000”? “43: The Petty Story”? “The Last American Hero”? “Le Mans”? “Rush”? “Senna”? Just to name the ones that immediately come to mind…
https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/Top-400-sports-movies/ this link has even more sports movies. Grand Prix is on this chart, look at number 15.
Thank you In The Shadows…good to hear from you.
Hey kelly a. Thanks for the visit and the question. Our rankings are based on three main stats….box office, reviews and awards. I think with the exception of 43 The Petty Story and Senna all made our massive list. This list only shows the Top 100. Grand Prix made the list….it sits in an impressive 15th place..Rush is in 90th place. I see In The Shadows shared the link to the page that lists over 400 movies. You will find those movies listed there. Good feedback.
Hey kelly a.
Overall rankings
Grand Prix 15th
Rush 90th
Le Mans 106th
Last American Hero 263rd
Redline 7000 354th
As for Winning….it is not on the big table…I will se what is going on with that movie.
What the hell is The Last Boy Scout doing on this list? Not a sports movie in my mind at all.
Hey George…….hmmmm…..well….the movie starts on a football field, has it’s grand conclusion on football field….one of the main characters is a former football star trying to get back into the game….the bad is the owner of a football team….and the entire plot revolves around making it legal to bet on football games….that seems like a lot of football stuff. I actually understand your view….but since it is so low….we left it in the rankings. Good stuff.