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.

1

Undisputed Truth

Mike Tyson's 2013 memoir, as unfiltered as advertised.

2

Open

Andre Agassi admits on page one that he hated tennis.

3

Ball Four

Jim Bouton's 1970 diary that the commissioner tried to bury.

4

I Am Football

Zlatan Ibrahimovic's second memoir, no less certain of itself than the first.

5

The Greatest: My Own Story

Muhammad Ali's 1975 account of his own myth.

6

The Mamba Mentality

Kobe Bryant on the craft rather than the career.

7

Eleven Rings

Phil Jackson on managing Jordan and Bryant.

8

Shaq Uncut

Shaquille O'Neal settling a decade of scores.

9

Total Recall

Arnold Schwarzenegger from Austrian gyms to Sacramento.

10

Rafa

Rafael Nadal on the rituals and the knees.

11

Playing It My Way

Sachin Tendulkar's account of 24 years at the crease.

12

Instant Replay

Jerry Kramer's 1968 season diary with the Packers.

13

Managing My Life

Alex Ferguson's first autobiography, written mid-reign.

14

Life on the Run

Bill Bradley on the tedium between the games.