The 15 Biggest Upsets in Sports History

The odds said it could not happen, and then it happened anyway. Fourteen results that rewrote what a favourite is worth.

1

Buster Douglas beats Mike Tyson

Tokyo, February 1990. A 42-to-1 underdog knocked out the unbeaten champion.

2

Miracle on Ice

USA's college kids beat the Soviet Union at Lake Placid, 1980.

3

Leicester City win the Premier League

5000-to-1 in August, champions in May, 2016.

4

Giants beat the undefeated Patriots

Super Bowl XLII, 2008, and the helmet catch.

5

Ali beats Foreman

The Rumble in the Jungle, Kinshasa, 1974.

6

Greece win Euro 2004

150-to-1 outsiders beat the hosts twice and lifted the trophy.

7

Japan beat South Africa

Brighton, 2015, and the last-minute try that refused the draw.

8

UMBC beat Virginia

The first 16-seed ever to beat a 1-seed, 2018.

9

Villanova beat Georgetown

1985, and a shooting night that has never been repeated.

10

Appalachian State beat Michigan

A blocked kick in the Big House, 2007.

11

Denmark win Euro 1992

Called up from their holidays as a replacement team, and won it.

12

Rulon Gardner beats Karelin

The unbeaten Russian's first loss in thirteen years, Sydney 2000.

13

Jets win Super Bowl III

Namath guaranteed it, then delivered it, 1969.

14

Goran Ivanisevic wins Wimbledon

A wildcard ranked 125th took the 2001 title.

15

Foreman beats Moorer

45 years old, ten years out, one right hand, 1994.