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.
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- 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 |
| 1 | Million Dollar Baby (2004) AA Best Picture Win |
Boxing Movies & Clint Eastwood |
100.50 | 202.3 | 436.30 | 24 | 90 | 07 / 04 | 99.9 | |
| 2 | Chariots of Fire (1981) AA Best Picture Win |
Olympics Movies & Ian Holm |
59.00 | 265.2 | 265.20 | 7 | 82 | 07 / 04 | 99.8 | |
| 3 | Rocky (1976) AA Best Picture Win |
Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
117.00 | 686.6 | 1,319.20 | 1 | 79 | 10 / 03 | 99.8 | |
| 4 | The Pride of the Yankees (1942) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Gary Cooper |
10.50 | 452.1 | 452.10 | 9 | 84 | 11 / 01 | 99.4 | |
| 5 | The Hustler (1961) AA Best Picture Nom |
Pool & Paul Newman |
10.90 | 183.4 | 183.40 | 20 | 88 | 09 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 6 | Jerry Maguire (1996) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Tom Cruise |
154.00 | 435.4 | 773.60 | 4 | 82 | 05 / 01 | 99.1 | |
| 8 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Robert Montgomery |
3.90 | 172.8 | 172.80 | 55 | 84 | 07 / 02 | 98.7 | |
| 7 | Seabiscuit (2003) AA Best Picture Nom |
Racing Movies & Jeff Bridges |
120.30 | 249.3 | 307.50 | 17 | 77 | 07 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 9 | The Champ (1931) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Wallace Beery |
4.40 | 264.2 | 264.20 | 5 | 74 | 04 / 02 | 98.2 | |
| 10 | Heaven Can Wait (1978) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Warren Beatty |
81.60 | 436.1 | 436.10 | 5 | 71 | 09 / 01 | 98.2 | |
| 12 | Ford v Ferrari (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Christian Bale & Matt Damon |
117.60 | 160.5 | 306.60 | 22 | 86 | 04 / 02 | 98.1 | |
| 14 | Field of Dreams (1989) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Kevin Costner |
64.40 | 202.9 | 265.80 | 19 | 76 | 03 / 00 | 98.1 | |
| 13 | The Fighter (2010) AA Best Picture Nom |
Boxing Movies & Christian Bale |
93.60 | 148.2 | 204.60 | 35 | 88 | 07 / 02 | 98.1 | |
| 11 | F1: The Movie (2025) AA Best Picture Nom |
Brad Pitt & Kerry Condon |
189.50 | 189.5 | 629.30 | 14 | 78 | 04 / 00 | 98.0 | |
| 17 | The Bad News Bears (1976) | Baseball Movies & Walter Matthau |
32.20 | 189.0 | 189.00 | 18 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 97.8 | |
| 11 | Gentleman Jim (1942) | Boxing Movies & Errol Flynn |
5.10 | 218.6 | 473.20 | 41 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 18 | Raging Bull (1980) AA Best Picture Nom |
Robert De Niro & Directed by Martin Scorsese |
23.50 | 113.0 | 113.00 | 33 | 94 | 08 / 02 | 97.4 | |
| 15 | Grand Prix (1966) | Racing Movies & James Garner |
23.80 | 269.9 | 269.90 | 8 | 75 | 03 / 03 | 97.4 | |
| 19 | Breaking Away (1979) AA Best Picture Nom |
Racing Movies & Dennis Quaid |
27.10 | 135.0 | 135.00 | 34 | 90 | 05 / 01 | 97.3 | |
| 16 | The Stratton Story (1949) | Baseball Movies & James Stewart |
10.30 | 298.8 | 298.80 | 8 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 97.2 | |
| 20 | Champion (1949) | Boxing Movies & Kirk Douglas |
5.80 | 169.6 | 169.60 | 40 | 83 | 06 / 01 | 97.1 | |
| 25 | The Color of Money (1986) | Pool & Paul Newman |
52.30 | 176.2 | 176.20 | 13 | 82 | 04 / 01 | 96.8 | |
| 26 | Slap Shot (1977) | Hockey Movies & Paul Newman |
36.80 | 206.0 | 206.00 | 22 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 96.5 | |
| 21 | The Longest Yard (1974) | Football Movies & Burt Reynolds |
43.00 | 287.5 | 287.50 | 12 | 76 | 01 / 00 | 96.3 | |
| 22 | The Karate Kid (1984) | Karate & Ralph Macchio |
90.80 | 337.9 | 337.90 | 5 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 96.3 | |
| 23 | A League of Their Own (1992) | Baseball Movies & Tom Hanks |
107.50 | 323.9 | 398.90 | 10 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.2 | |
| 24 | The Blind Side (2009) AA Best Picture Nom |
Football Movies & Sandra Bullock |
256.00 | 426.6 | 515.30 | 8 | 67 | 02 / 01 | 96.1 | |
| 30 | Creed (2015) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
109.80 | 162.8 | 257.40 | 28 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 96.0 | |
| 27 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) | Baseball Movies & Frank Sinatra |
8.30 | 241.2 | 320.20 | 16 | 75 | 00 / 00 | 95.9 | |
| 29 | Moneyball (2011) AA Best Picture Nom |
Baseball Movies & Brad Pitt |
75.60 | 119.2 | 173.70 | 47 | 89 | 06 / 00 | 95.9 | |
| 28 | Caddyshack (1980) | Golf Movies & Bill Murray |
47.70 | 229.2 | 229.20 | 15 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.5 | |
| 31 | Creed III (2023) | Michael B. Jordan | 156.20 | 170.3 | 299.10 | 16 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 95.4 | |
| 38 | One on One (1977) | Basketball Movies & Robbie Benson |
35.40 | 198.5 | 198.50 | 24 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 95.3 | |
| 32 | Rocky II (1979) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
85.20 | 424.2 | 996.90 | 5 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 42 | Knute Rockne All American (1940) | Football Movies & Ronald Reagan |
4.30 | 193.4 | 209.70 | 26 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 39 | The Natural (1984) | Baseball Movies & Robert Redford |
48.00 | 178.4 | 178.40 | 15 | 74 | 04 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 33 | Let's Do It Again (1975) | Boxing Movies & Sidney Poitier |
35.80 | 218.0 | 218.00 | 15 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 34 | The Caddy (1953) | Golf Movies & Dean Martin |
10.60 | 221.0 | 221.00 | 16 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 35 | Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) | Amy Adams & Will Ferrell & John C. |
148.20 | 281.6 | 309.60 | 13 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 43 | Bull Durham (1988) | Baseball Movies & Kevin Costner |
50.90 | 154.8 | 154.80 | 18 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 94.6 | |
| 36 | White Men Can't Jump (1992) | Basketball Movies & Woody Harrelson |
76.30 | 229.7 | 273.40 | 16 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 40 | Cool Runnings (1993) | Olympics Movies & John Candy |
68.90 | 207.9 | 467.60 | 15 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.3 | |
| 37 | Semi-Tough (1977) | Football Movies & Burt Reynolds |
61.60 | 345.5 | 345.50 | 7 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.2 | |
| 41 | Remember the Titans (2000) | Football Movies & Denzel Washington |
115.70 | 268.2 | 317.00 | 18 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 93.9 | |
| 44 | DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004) | Dodgeball & Ben Stiller |
114.30 | 230.1 | 337.60 | 19 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.3 | |
| 45 | The Karate Kid (2010) | Karate & Jackie Chan |
176.60 | 279.8 | 279.80 | 11 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.2 | |
| 48 | The Rookie (2002) | Baseball Movies & Dennis Quaid |
75.60 | 162.9 | 173.90 | 36 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 47 | Marty Supreme (2025) AA Best Picture Nom |
Timothée Chalamet | 93.20 | 93.2 | 147.00 | 23 | 85 | 09 / 00 | 93.0 | NP |
| 47 | Body and Soul (1947) | Boxing Movies & John Garfield |
3.80 | 127.8 | 127.80 | 91 | 84 | 03 / 01 | 92.9 | |
| 50 | Creed II (2018) | Michael B. Jordan & Sylvester Stallone |
115.70 | 157.9 | 291.90 | 28 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 92.7 | |
| 51 | Kid Galahad (1937) | Boxing Movies & Humphrey Bogart |
4.10 | 199.4 | 291.70 | 38 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 92.5 | |
| 49 | Rocky III (1982) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
124.10 | 527.8 | 1,144.30 | 4 | 61 | 01 / 00 | 91.9 | |
| 52 | Damn Yankees (1958) | Baseball Movies & Tab Hunter |
7.40 | 154.8 | 154.80 | 30 | 75 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 53 | Major League (1989) | Baseball Movies & Charlie Sheen |
49.80 | 156.8 | 156.80 | 26 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 55 | City for Conquest (1940) | Boxing Movies & James Cagney |
3.30 | 147.4 | 228.80 | 45 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 54 | Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) | Boxing Movies & Paul Newman |
5.70 | 129.9 | 129.90 | 48 | 77 | 03 / 02 | 90.9 | |
| 56 | Pat and Mike (1952) | Golf Movies & Spencer Tracy |
5.80 | 132.6 | 173.40 | 45 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 90.8 | |
| 58 | 42 (2013) | Baseball Movies & Harrison Ford |
95.00 | 146.1 | 149.90 | 37 | 74 | 00 / 00 | 90.3 | |
| 61 | Good News (1947) | Football Movies & Peter Lawford |
5.80 | 196.7 | 196.70 | 55 | 57 | 01 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 59 | The Hurricane (1999) | Boxing Movies & Denzel Washington |
50.70 | 125.2 | 182.70 | 48 | 80 | 01 / 00 | 90.1 | |
| 63 | The Babe Ruth Story (1948) | Baseball Movies & William Bendix |
6.30 | 197.4 | 197.40 | 41 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 64 | Rollerball (1975) | Futuristic & James Caan |
27.30 | 166.4 | 166.40 | 22 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 89.6 | |
| 66 | The Last Boy Scout (1991) | Football Movies & Bruce Willis |
59.50 | 176.7 | 388.20 | 20 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 89.4 | |
| 57 | Days of Thunder (1990) | Racing Movies & Tom Cruise |
82.70 | 244.3 | 466.70 | 13 | 54 | 01 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 62 | Hoosiers (1986) | Basketball Movies & Gene Hackman |
28.60 | 96.4 | 96.40 | 34 | 86 | 02 / 00 | 89.3 | |
| 65 | North Dallas Forty (1979) | Football Movies & Nick Nolte |
26.10 | 129.9 | 129.90 | 38 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 89.2 | |
| 67 | Miracle (2004) | Hockey Movies & Kurt Russell |
64.40 | 129.6 | 129.70 | 47 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 60 | Space Jam (1996) | Basketball Movies & Bill Murray |
90.40 | 255.7 | 651.60 | 18 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 71 | Any Given Sunday (1999) | Football Movies & Al Pacino |
75.50 | 186.6 | 247.60 | 27 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 68 | The Cincinnati Kid (1965) | Poker & Steve McQueen |
9.70 | 119.2 | 119.20 | 26 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 88.7 | |
| 69 | Friday Night Lights (2004) | Football Movies & Billy Bob Thornton |
61.30 | 123.3 | 124.70 | 48 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 73 | Trouble Along the Way (1953) | Football Movies & John Wayne |
7.40 | 154.7 | 192.60 | 32 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 72 | Rocky Balboa (2006) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
70.30 | 133.5 | 295.80 | 38 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 74 | Tin Cup (1996) | Golf Movies & Kevin Costner |
53.90 | 152.3 | 228.90 | 28 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 88.1 | |
| 77 | It Happens Every Spring (1949) | Baseball Movies & Ray Milland |
5.10 | 149.4 | 149.40 | 56 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 70 | Rocky IV (1985) | Boxing Movies & Sylvester Stallone |
127.90 | 450.3 | 1,058.00 | 3 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 80 | The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training (1977) | Baseball Movies & Jackie Earle Haley |
35.30 | 198.1 | 198.10 | 25 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 79 | Jim Thorpe -- All-American (1951) | Football Movies & Burt Lancaster |
6.40 | 160.4 | 206.30 | 35 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 87.3 | |
| 78 | The Lusty Men (1952) | Rodeo & Robert Mitchum |
4.20 | 94.7 | 94.70 | 77 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 87.0 | |
| 81 | Broadway Bill (1934) | Racing Movies & Myrna Loy |
2.50 | 135.3 | 135.30 | 32 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 75 | The Longest Yard (2005) | Football Movies & Adam Sandler |
158.10 | 308.8 | 371.70 | 12 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 76 | The Karate Kid Part II (1986) | Karate & Ralph Macchio |
115.10 | 387.8 | 387.80 | 5 | 47 | 01 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 83 | Hard Times (1975) | Boxing Movies & Charles Bronson |
17.10 | 104.4 | 104.40 | 40 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 87 | Bring It On (2000) | Cheerleading & Kristen Dunst |
68.40 | 158.6 | 209.80 | 37 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 86 | Ali (2001) | Boxing Movies & Will Smith |
58.20 | 128.8 | 194.10 | 41 | 69 | 02 / 00 | 86.5 | |
| 89 | Father Was a Fullback (1949) | Football Movies & Fred MacMurray |
5.00 | 145.3 | 145.30 | 58 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 88 | Real Steel (2011) | Boxing Movies & Hugh Jackman |
85.50 | 134.7 | 471.70 | 35 | 66 | 01 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 85 | The Harder They Fall (1956) | Boxing Movies & Humphrey Bogart |
3.90 | 87.7 | 87.70 | 90 | 81 | 01 / 00 | 86.2 | |
| 91 | Coach Carter (2005) | Basketball Movies & Samuel L. Jackson |
67.30 | 131.4 | 149.70 | 37 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 82 | The Main Event (1979) | Boxing Movies & Barbra Streisand |
69.50 | 346.0 | 346.00 | 11 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 90 | Finding Forrester (2000) | Basketball Movies & Sean Connery |
51.80 | 120.1 | 185.60 | 49 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 85.8 | |
| 84 | The Waterboy (1998) | Football Movies & Adam Sandler |
161.50 | 430.4 | 495.70 | 4 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 92 | The Crowd Roars (1932) | Racing Movies & James Cagney |
1.50 | 85.1 | 124.80 | 59 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 94 | Blades of Glory (2007) | Olympics Movies & Will Ferrell |
91.00 | 165.3 | 214.60 | 31 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 85.4 | |
| 98 | Winning (1969) | Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward & <a href='https://www.ultimatemovierankings.com/robert-wagner-movies |
19.20 | 168.6 | 168.60 | 15 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 85.3 | |
| 100 | Two-Minute Warning (1976) | Football Movies & Charlton Heston |
27.60 | 162.0 | 162.00 | 23 | 55 | 01 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 95 | Walk Don't Run (1966) | Olympics Movies & Cary Grant |
10.00 | 113.6 | 113.60 | 31 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 85.1 | |
| 93 | Night and the City (1950) | Wrestling & Richard Widmark |
3.60 | 92.9 | 92.90 | 95 | 77 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 96 | Invincible (2006) | Football Movies & Mark Wahlberg |
57.80 | 109.8 | 111.10 | 55 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 85.0 | |
| 97 | Air (2023) | Ben Affleck & Matt Damon |
52.50 | 57.2 | 97.50 | 48 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 84.9 |
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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.