The 14 Best Athletes to Appear on a Video Game Cover
Box art outlives careers. These are the faces that sold a console generation.
1Tony Hawk
Fronted Pro Skater and turned a niche sport into a franchise that sold tens of millions.
2Michael Jordan
Covered NBA 2K11 and 2K12, the games that reset the series after a decade of Kobe and LeBron.
3Ronda Rousey
The first woman to be a global cover athlete for a major EA Sports game, on EA Sports UFC 2.
4Eddie George
The first player to replace John Madden on a Madden cover, on Madden NFL 2001.
5Ken Griffey Jr
His Nintendo baseball games were the reason a generation learned a swing.
6Bo Jackson
Got his own NES baseball game while also being the most broken player in Tecmo Bowl.
7Lionel Messi
Fronted FIFA for five straight editions, the longest run any player has had on the cover.
8Cristiano Ronaldo
Took over the FIFA cover in 2018 and 2019 at the height of the Real Madrid years.
9Conor McGregor
Covered EA Sports UFC 3 during the year he was the biggest name in combat sports.
10LeBron James
On more NBA 2K covers than anyone, including the 2K14 edition sold worldwide.
11Tiger Woods
His name was the golf series for fifteen years, and the cover was always him mid-swing.
12Serena Williams
Fronted Top Spin 4 alongside the men, unusual for a tennis game of that era.
13Shaquille O'Neal
Got his own fighting game, Shaq Fu, which is remembered for all the wrong reasons.
14Alex Morgan
Shared the FIFA 16 cover in the US, the first woman on any FIFA box.
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