Who is the greatest Northern Irish sportsperson of all time?

A country of under two million people that keeps producing world champions, across golf, football, boxing, snooker and motorcycling.

1. 1
   Rory McIlroy

   Six major championships and a career Grand Slam, from Holywood, County Down.
2. 2
   George Best

   Won the Ballon d'Or in 1968 and is still on most lists of the finest footballers ever.
3. 3
   Barry McGuigan

   Won the WBA featherweight title in 1985 in front of 26,000 people at Loftus Road.
4. 4
   Mary Peters

   Won Olympic pentathlon gold in Munich in 1972 with a world-record score.
5. 5
   Alex Higgins

   Two-time world snooker champion who dragged the sport onto primetime television.
6. 6
   Dennis Taylor

   Beat Steve Davis on the final black in the 1985 world snooker final, watched by 18.5 million.
7. 7
   Graeme McDowell

   Won the 2010 US Open at Pebble Beach, the first European to take the title in forty years.
8. 8
   Darren Clarke

   Won the 2011 Open Championship at Royal St George's at the age of forty-two.
9. 9
   Carl Frampton

   Won world titles at two weights and headlined in Belfast, New York and Las Vegas.
10. 10
    Jonathan Rea

    Six consecutive World Superbike championships between 2015 and 2020.
11. 11
    Joey Dunlop

    Twenty-six Isle of Man TT wins, still among the highest totals in the event's history.
12. 12
    Pat Jennings

    Kept goal in over 1,000 senior matches and won 119 caps for Northern Ireland.
13. 13
    Eddie Irvine

    Four Formula 1 wins and second place in the 1999 drivers' championship.