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.
1Buster Douglas beats Mike TysonTokyo, February 1990. A 42-to-1 underdog knocked out the unbeaten champion.
2Miracle on IceUSA's college kids beat the Soviet Union at Lake Placid, 1980.
3Leicester City win the Premier League5000-to-1 in August, champions in May, 2016.
4Giants beat the undefeated PatriotsSuper Bowl XLII, 2008, and the helmet catch.
5Ali beats ForemanThe Rumble in the Jungle, Kinshasa, 1974.
6Greece win Euro 2004150-to-1 outsiders beat the hosts twice and lifted the trophy.
7Japan beat South AfricaBrighton, 2015, and the last-minute try that refused the draw.
8UMBC beat VirginiaThe first 16-seed ever to beat a 1-seed, 2018.
9Villanova beat Georgetown1985, and a shooting night that has never been repeated.
10Appalachian State beat MichiganA blocked kick in the Big House, 2007.
11Denmark win Euro 1992Called up from their holidays as a replacement team, and won it.
12Rulon Gardner beats KarelinThe unbeaten Russian's first loss in thirteen years, Sydney 2000.
13Jets win Super Bowl IIINamath guaranteed it, then delivered it, 1969.
14Goran Ivanisevic wins WimbledonA wildcard ranked 125th took the 2001 title.
15Foreman beats Moorer45 years old, ten years out, one right hand, 1994.
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Comments
Only one Las Vegas book bothered to price the fight, and the Mirage made Buster Douglas a 42-to-1 outsider. He won at 1:22 of the tenth: https://youpick.best/articles/mike-tyson-ranked-many-ways
