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 Top 100 Sports Movies by adjusted box office grosses using current movie ticket cost
- 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 | 190.1 | 410.10 | 24 | 90 | 07 / 04 | 99.9 | |
| 2 | Chariots of Fire (1981) AA Best Picture Win |
Olympics Movies & Ian Holm |
59.00 | 249.3 | 249.30 | 7 | 82 | 07 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 1 | Rocky (1976) AA Best Picture Win |
Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
117.00 | 645.4 | 1,240.10 | 1 | 79 | 10 / 03 | 99.8 | |
| 4 | The Pride of the Yankees (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Gary Cooper |
10.50 | 425.0 | 425.00 | 9 | 84 | 11 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 5 | The Hustler (1961) AA Best Picture Nom |
Pool & Paul Newman |
10.90 | 172.4 | 172.40 | 20 | 88 | 09 / 02 | 99.2 | |
| 5 | Jerry Maguire (1996) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Tom Cruise |
154.00 | 409.3 | 727.20 | 4 | 82 | 05 / 01 | 99.0 | |
| 9 | Seabiscuit (2003) AA Best Picture Nom |
Racing Movies & Jeff Bridges |
120.30 | 234.4 | 289.00 | 17 | 77 | 07 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 8 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Robert Montgomery |
3.90 | 162.4 | 162.40 | 55 | 84 | 07 / 02 | 98.3 | |
| 7 | The Champ (1931) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Wallace Beery |
4.40 | 248.3 | 248.30 | 5 | 74 | 04 / 02 | 98.3 | |
| 9 | Heaven Can Wait (1978) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Warren Beatty |
81.60 | 409.9 | 409.90 | 5 | 71 | 09 / 01 | 98.2 | |
| 11 | Gentleman Jim (1942) | Boxing Movies & Errol Flynn |
5.10 | 205.5 | 444.80 | 41 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.7 | |
| 12 | Ford v Ferrari (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christian Bale & Matt Damon |
117.60 | 150.9 | 288.20 | 22 | 86 | 04 / 02 | 97.6 | |
| 13 | The Fighter (2010) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Christian Bale |
93.60 | 139.3 | 192.30 | 35 | 88 | 07 / 02 | 97.6 | |
| 16 | Field of Dreams (1989) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Kevin Costner |
64.40 | 190.7 | 249.90 | 19 | 76 | 03 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 15 | Grand Prix (1966) | Racing Movies & James Garner |
23.80 | 253.7 | 253.70 | 8 | 75 | 03 / 03 | 97.5 | |
| 16 | The Stratton Story (1949) | Baseball Movies & James Stewart |
10.30 | 280.8 | 280.80 | 8 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 97.2 | |
| 17 | The Bad News Bears (1976) | Baseball Movies & Walter Matthau |
32.20 | 177.7 | 177.70 | 18 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 97.1 | |
| 18 | Raging Bull (1980) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Robert DeNiro |
23.50 | 106.3 | 106.30 | 33 | 94 | 08 / 02 | 97.0 | |
| 19 | Breaking Away (1979) AA Best Picture Nom |
Racing Movies & Dennis Quaid |
27.10 | 126.9 | 126.90 | 34 | 90 | 05 / 01 | 96.8 | |
| 20 | Champion (1949) | Boxing Movies & Kirk Douglas |
5.80 | 159.4 | 159.40 | 40 | 83 | 06 / 01 | 96.4 | |
| 21 | The Longest Yard (1974) | Football Movies & Burt Reynolds |
43.00 | 270.2 | 270.20 | 12 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 22 | The Karate Kid (1984) | Karate & Ralph Macchio |
90.80 | 317.6 | 317.60 | 5 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.4 | |
| 23 | A League of Their Own (1992) | Baseball Movies & Tom Hanks |
107.50 | 304.5 | 375.00 | 10 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 24 | The Blind Side (2009) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Sandra Bullock |
256.00 | 401.0 | 484.40 | 8 | 67 | 02 / 01 | 96.1 | |
| 25 | The Color of Money (1986) | Pool & Paul Newman |
52.30 | 165.6 | 165.60 | 13 | 82 | 04 / 01 | 96.1 | |
| 26 | Slap Shot (1977) | Hockey Movies & Paul Newman |
36.80 | 193.6 | 193.60 | 22 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.1 | |
| 27 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) | Baseball Movies & Frank Sinatra |
8.30 | 226.7 | 301.00 | 16 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 27 | Caddyshack (1980) | Golf Movies & Bill Murray |
47.70 | 215.5 | 215.50 | 15 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.6 | |
| 31 | Moneyball (2011) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Brad Pitt |
75.60 | 112.0 | 163.30 | 47 | 89 | 06 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 30 | Creed (2015) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
109.80 | 153.0 | 241.90 | 28 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 31 | Creed III (2023) | Michael B. Jordan | 156.20 | 170.3 | 299.10 | 16 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 32 | Rocky II (1979) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
85.20 | 398.8 | 937.10 | 5 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.1 | |
| 33 | Let's Do It Again (1975) | Boxing Movies & Sidney Poitier |
35.80 | 205.0 | 205.00 | 15 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 34 | The Caddy (1953) | Golf Movies & Dean Martin |
10.60 | 207.7 | 207.70 | 14 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.8 | |
| 35 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) | Amy Adams & Will Ferrell & John C. |
148.20 | 264.7 | 291.00 | 13 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.7 | |
| 36 | White Men Can't Jump (1992) | Basketball Movies & Woody Harrelson |
76.30 | 215.9 | 257.00 | 16 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 37 | Semi-Tough (1977) | Football Movies & Burt Reynolds |
61.60 | 324.8 | 324.80 | 7 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 38 | One on One (1977) | Basketball Movies & Robbie Benson |
35.40 | 186.6 | 186.60 | 24 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 94.4 | |
| 39 | The Natural (1984) | Baseball Movies & Robert Redford |
48.00 | 167.7 | 167.70 | 15 | 74 | 04 / 00 | 94.1 | |
| 40 | Cool Runnings (1993) | Olympics Movies & John Candy |
68.90 | 195.4 | 439.50 | 15 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 41 | Remember the Titans (2000) | Football Movies & Denzel Washington |
115.70 | 252.1 | 298.00 | 18 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 42 | Knute Rockne All American (1940) | Football Movies & Ronald Reagan |
4.30 | 181.8 | 197.10 | 26 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 94.0 | |
| 41 | Bull Durham (1988) | Baseball Movies & Kevin Costner |
50.90 | 145.5 | 145.50 | 18 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 44 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) | Dodgeball & Ben Stiller |
114.30 | 216.3 | 317.30 | 19 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 45 | The Karate Kid (2010) | Karate & Jackie Chan |
176.60 | 263.0 | 263.00 | 11 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.4 | |
| 47 | Body and Soul (1947) | Boxing Movies & John Garfield |
3.80 | 120.2 | 120.20 | 91 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 92.4 | |
| 48 | The Rookie (2002) | Baseball Movies & Dennis Quaid |
75.60 | 153.2 | 163.50 | 36 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 92.3 | |
| 48 | Rocky III (1982) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
124.10 | 496.2 | 1,075.70 | 4 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 92.2 | |
| 49 | Creed II (2018) | Michael B. Jordan & Sylvester Stallone |
115.70 | 148.4 | 274.40 | 28 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 50 | Kid Galahad (1937) | Boxing Movies & Humphrey Bogart |
4.10 | 187.5 | 274.20 | 38 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 91.5 | |
| 52 | Damn Yankees (1958) | Baseball Movies & Tab Hunter |
7.40 | 145.5 | 145.50 | 30 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 91.1 | |
| 52 | Major League (1989) | Baseball Movies & Charlie Sheen |
49.80 | 147.4 | 147.40 | 26 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 53 | Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) | Boxing Movies & Paul Newman |
5.70 | 122.1 | 122.10 | 52 | 77 | 03 / 02 | 90.5 | |
| 54 | City for Conquest (1940) | Boxing Movies & James Cagney |
3.30 | 138.6 | 215.10 | 45 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 55 | Pat and Mike (1952) | Golf Movies & Spencer Tracy |
5.80 | 124.6 | 163.00 | 45 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 56 | Days of Thunder (1990) | Racing Movies & Tom Cruise |
82.70 | 229.6 | 438.70 | 13 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 57 | 42 (2013) | Baseball Movies & Harrison Ford |
95.00 | 137.3 | 140.90 | 37 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 58 | The Hurricane (1999) | Boxing Movies & Denzel Washington |
50.70 | 117.7 | 171.70 | 48 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 59 | Space Jam (1996) | Basketball Movies & Bill Murray |
90.40 | 240.4 | 612.50 | 18 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 60 | Good News (1947) | Football Movies & Peter Lawford |
5.80 | 184.9 | 184.90 | 55 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 60 | Hoosiers (1986) | Basketball Movies & Gene Hackman |
28.60 | 90.6 | 90.60 | 34 | 86 | 02 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 62 | The Babe Ruth Story (1948) | Baseball Movies & William Bendix |
6.30 | 185.5 | 185.50 | 41 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 63 | Rollerball (1975) | Futuristic & James Caan |
27.30 | 156.4 | 156.40 | 22 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 62 | North Dallas Forty (1979) | Football Movies & Nick Nolte |
26.10 | 122.1 | 122.10 | 38 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 65 | The Last Boy Scout (1991) | Football Movies & Bruce Willis |
59.50 | 166.1 | 364.90 | 20 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 66 | Miracle (2004) | Hockey Movies & Kurt Russell |
64.40 | 121.8 | 121.90 | 47 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.5 | |
| 68 | The Cincinnati Kid (1965) | Poker & Steve McQueen |
9.70 | 112.1 | 112.10 | 27 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 69 | Friday Night Lights (2004) | Football Movies & Billy Bob Thornton |
61.30 | 115.9 | 117.20 | 48 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 69 | Rocky IV (1985) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
127.90 | 423.2 | 994.50 | 3 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 70 | Any Given Sunday (1999) | Football Movies & Al Pacino |
75.50 | 175.4 | 232.70 | 27 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 71 | Rocky Balboa (2006) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
70.30 | 125.5 | 278.10 | 38 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 72 | Trouble Along the Way (1953) | Football Movies & John Wayne |
7.40 | 145.4 | 181.10 | 32 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 73 | Tin Cup (1996) | Golf Movies & Kevin Costner |
53.90 | 143.2 | 215.20 | 28 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 87.5 | |
| 74 | The Longest Yard (2005) | Football Movies & Adam Sandler |
158.10 | 290.3 | 349.40 | 12 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 75 | The Karate Kid Part II (1986) | Karate & Ralph Macchio |
115.10 | 364.5 | 364.50 | 5 | 47 | 01 / 00 | 87.2 | |
| 76 | It Happens Every Spring (1949) | Baseball Movies & Ray Milland |
5.10 | 140.4 | 140.40 | 56 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 78 | The Lusty Men (1952) | Rodeo & Robert Mitchum |
4.20 | 89.0 | 89.00 | 77 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 78 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) | Football Movies & Burt Lancaster |
6.40 | 150.8 | 193.90 | 35 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 79 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) | Baseball Movies & Jackie Earle Haley |
35.30 | 186.2 | 186.20 | 25 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 80 | Broadway Bill (1934) | Racing Movies & Myrna Loy |
2.50 | 127.2 | 127.20 | 32 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 81 | The Main Event (1979) | Boxing Movies & Barbra Streisand |
69.50 | 325.2 | 325.20 | 11 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 86.4 | |
| 82 | Hard Times (1975) | Boxing Movies & Charles Bronson |
17.10 | 98.2 | 98.20 | 40 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 86.3 | |
| 83 | The Waterboy (1998) | Football Movies & Adam Sandler |
161.50 | 404.6 | 466.00 | 4 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 86.1 | |
| 84 | The Harder They Fall (1956) | Boxing Movies & Humphrey Bogart |
3.90 | 82.4 | 82.40 | 90 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 86.0 | |
| 85 | Ali (2001) | Boxing Movies & Will Smith |
58.20 | 121.0 | 182.40 | 41 | 69 | 02 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 86 | Bring It On (2000) | Cheerleading & Kristen Dunst |
68.40 | 149.1 | 197.20 | 37 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 86 | Real Steel (2011) | Boxing Movies & Hugh Jackman |
85.50 | 126.6 | 443.40 | 35 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 90 | Father Was a Fullback (1949) | Football Movies & Fred MacMurray |
5.00 | 136.6 | 136.60 | 58 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 89 | Finding Forrester (2000) | Basketball Movies & Sean Connery |
51.80 | 112.9 | 174.50 | 49 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 91 | Coach Carter (2005) | Basketball Movies & Samuel L. Jackson |
67.30 | 123.5 | 140.80 | 37 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 91 | The Crowd Roars (1932) | Racing Movies & James Cagney |
1.50 | 80.0 | 117.30 | 59 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 93 | Night and the City (1950) | Wrestling & Richard Widmark |
3.60 | 87.4 | 87.40 | 95 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 93 | Blades of Glory (2007) | Olympics Movies & Will Ferrell |
91.00 | 155.4 | 201.70 | 31 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 96 | Walk Don't Run (1966) | Olympics Movies & Cary Grant |
10.00 | 106.8 | 106.80 | 31 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 94 | Invincible (2006) | Football Movies & Mark Wahlberg |
57.80 | 103.2 | 104.40 | 55 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 84.5 | |
| 96 | Air (2023) | Ben Affleck & Matt Damon |
52.50 | 57.2 | 97.50 | 48 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 97 | Winning (1969) | Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward & <a href='https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/robert-wagner-movies |
19.20 | 158.5 | 158.50 | 15 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 96 | Bingo Long's Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings (1976) | Baseball Movies & Richard Pryor |
16.20 | 89.2 | 89.20 | 41 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 101 | Two-Minute Warning (1976) | Football Movies & Charlton Heston |
27.60 | 152.3 | 152.30 | 23 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 84.3 | |
| 100 | Riding High (1950) | Racing Movies & Bing Crosby |
6.70 | 164.4 | 164.40 | 25 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 83.8 |
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I checked out this page primarily for the fact that I’m not interested enough in most individual sports to check out the pages you have done on them, but still you have devoted a large section to this category and I had never commented on any of them.
I have seen 36 of these movies. My favourite of all of them is Here Comes Mr. Jordan. I am a big Robert Montgomery fan and Claude Rains fan. I never watch actual boxing matches. But there are a huge number of movies based on the sport, specially film noir titles such as The Harder They Fall and The Set Up. I enjoy the remake Heaven Can Wait on its own merits. I don’t generally watch football movies-or the sport-but I have seen HCW and The original version of The Longest Yard.
Among Baseball movies-I used to watch baseball a lot -, I love Damn Yankees, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, A League of Their Own, Major League, Eight Men Out, Take Me Out to the Ballgame and The Natural.
I’m not much of a Hockey fan. I prefer to watch curling. Fellow Canadians can’t believe it.
Other movies on this list I love are The Cincinnati Kid, National Velvet, The Color of Money
I have actually seen the top 11 movies.
Some movies like The Hustler and Pride of the Yankees I have only been able to see once.
Flora
Hey Flora….this is one of the pages that came from a suggestion from HubPages. Lots and lots of work in this page.
1. Thanks for the revisit….I imagine the first visit was about 4 years ago…scary how fast time movies.
2. Tally count Bruce 73, Steve 46 (from his comment many years ago) and you at 36. 36 is pretty impressive.
3. I was glad so many classic movies….not only made the list….but did so well in the rankings. Montgomery and Rains were excellent in Jordan….with Beatty and Mason being equally excellent in Heaven Can Wait.
4. I like the list of baseball movies you list….with the exception of Damn Yankees….not one of my favorites. The rest…thumbs up.
5. A Canuck that does not like hockey? I did not know that was possible….lol.
6. I agree with you about The Hustler and Pride of the Yankees…they were both one and done movies for me too.
7. So #12 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines ending your streak of the Top Movies. That movie was not originally included…until Steve pointed out that the movie was missing. Adding that one movie turned out to be a major issue. But now that all that work is done…I am glad it is in the rankings.
Thanks for your thoughts on Sports Movies…it is greatly appreciated.
Poor raking if “Victory” (1981 ) with Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine, Pel�, Osvaldo Ardiles, Max Von Sydow and directed by John Huston wasn’t considered one of the best 100 sports movies of all time…
Your algorithm is faulty i think…
Hey Kullman….Victory is a good movie…..but it did poorly at the box office….got lukewarm reviews and go no Oscar love….all three factors kept it from making this list. I am a huge Michael Caine fan…so I would have loved for it to be in the Top 100.
Waterboy made this list? A movie containing a scene in which a football player spits in the water bucket and the entire team laughs hysterically?
Hey brandonvand….The Waterboy was a massive box office hit…thus it scored pretty high…if you look at its critical rating…it did not score as well.
Great Sports Movie Page on the topic of Sports movies.
Thanks for the visit and the compliment ajaysh2005.
I’m originally a Philly kid so enjoyed reading ’bout Rocky
Hey jeolmoz2….thanks for the comment and the compliment….it is very hard to argue against the numbers for Rocky….it has it all….box office, timeless, Oscar wins, and people and critics love it…..I think Sly Stallone will end his career with one Oscar nomination for acting….and it is for Rocky…and that was almost 40 years ago….wow does time fly.