The 14 Best Sports Autobiographies of All Time
Ghostwritten cash-ins are easy to spot; these are the ones people actually finished. Confessions, feuds, locker-room diaries and one or two genuine surprises.
1Undisputed TruthMike Tyson's 2013 memoir, as unfiltered as advertised.
2OpenAndre Agassi admits on page one that he hated tennis.
3Ball FourJim Bouton's 1970 diary that the commissioner tried to bury.
4I Am FootballZlatan Ibrahimovic's second memoir, no less certain of itself than the first.
5The Greatest: My Own StoryMuhammad Ali's 1975 account of his own myth.
6The Mamba MentalityKobe Bryant on the craft rather than the career.
7Eleven RingsPhil Jackson on managing Jordan and Bryant.
8Shaq UncutShaquille O'Neal settling a decade of scores.
9Total RecallArnold Schwarzenegger from Austrian gyms to Sacramento.
10RafaRafael Nadal on the rituals and the knees.
11Playing It My WaySachin Tendulkar's account of 24 years at the crease.
12Instant ReplayJerry Kramer's 1968 season diary with the Packers.
13Managing My LifeAlex Ferguson's first autobiography, written mid-reign.
14Life on the RunBill Bradley on the tedium between the games.
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Agassi's Open begins by admitting he hated tennis, and Ball Four got Jim Bouton blacklisted by baseball in 1970. A 2013 memoir joins them: https://youpick.best/articles/mike-tyson-ranked-many-ways
Open opens by admitting he hated tennis, which is why it sits among boxers and ballplayers here: https://youpick.best/articles/andre-agassi-ranked-many-ways
