Racing drivers, Olympic champions, football idols and a few boxers made a small nation punch well above its size. Which sport produced the single best of them is the real fight.
1Chris HoyTrack cyclist who won six Olympic gold medals between 2004 and 2012.1000pts
2Eric LiddellWon the 400 metres at the 1924 Paris Olympics after refusing to run the 100 metres on a Sunday.551pts
3Liz McColganWon the 1991 World Championships 10,000 metres and later the London Marathon in 1996.551pts
4Gavin HastingsScotland fullback who captained the 1993 British and Irish Lions and the national side.551pts
5Dario FranchittiFour-time IndyCar champion and three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500.494pts
6Andy MurrayDunblane-born three-time Grand Slam champion and two-time Olympic singles gold medalist.494pts
7Jim ClarkTwo-time Formula One world champion who also won the 1965 Indianapolis 500.350pts
8Jackie StewartThree-time Formula One world champion who campaigned for safety in the sport.257pts
9Colin McRaeWon the 1995 World Rally Championship, the first British driver to do so.257pts
10David CoulthardFormula One driver who won 13 Grands Prix across 15 seasons.257pts
11Denis LawStriker who won the 1964 Ballon d'Or, the only Scot to win it.257pts
12Kenny DalglishScotland's most-capped footballer who won European Cups with Liverpool.257pts
13Billy BremnerCombative Leeds United captain who led Scotland at the 1974 World Cup.257pts
14Andy RobertsonLiverpool left-back who captains Scotland and won the Champions League in 2019.257pts
15Laura MuirMiddle-distance runner who won Olympic 1500 metres silver at Tokyo 2020.257pts
16Katherine GraingerRower who won gold at London 2012 and five Olympic medals in all.0pts
Photo credits
- Chris Hoy — Scottish Government, CC BY 4.0
- Liz McColgan — Piet.Wijker, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Gavin Hastings — Grant Ritchie, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Dario Franchitti — Sarah Stierch, CC BY 4.0
- Andy Murray — Brendan Dennis, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jackie Stewart — David Merrett from Daventry, England, CC BY 2.0
- Colin McRae — Carolyn, CC BY 2.0
- David Coulthard — Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Denis Law — Danny Molyneux, CC BY 2.0
- Kenny Dalglish — Jim Wall from Burntwood, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Billy Bremner — Rob Mieremet / Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Andy Robertson — Анна Джалалян, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Laura Muir — filip bossuyt from Kortrijk, Belgium, CC BY 2.0
- Katherine Grainger — Bill, CC BY 2.0
Comments 1
Chris Hoy's six Olympic golds against a tennis player from Dunblane. Scotland's list closes this sixteen-ranking profile of Murray: https://youpick.best/articles/andy-murray-ranked-many-ways
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