List of sports pairs

This is a list of famous pairs of sportsmen. For a complete list of pairs see Lists of pairs.

• Troy Aikman & Michael Irvin (NFL players)
• Gene Alley & Bill Mazeroski (Pittsburgh Pirates MLB players; double-play combination)
• Luis Aparicio & Nellie Fox (Chicago White Sox MLB players; double-play combination)
• David Beckham & Ryan Giggs (Manchester United football (soccer) players)
• Derek Bell and Jacky Ickx; (Anglo-Belgian racing drivers and multiple Le Mans winner)
• Derek Bell and Al Holbert; (Anglo-American racing drivers)
• Mark Belanger & Bobby Grich (Baltimore Orioles MLB players; double-play combination)
• Gerhard Berger and Ayrton Senna; (Formula One drivers)
• Jonas Björkman & Max Mirnyi (tennis players; regular doubles partners)
• Serge Blanco & Philippe Sella (French rugby union players)
• Frank & Ronald de Boer (Dutch football (soccer) players; twins and Dutch internationals)
• Ben Bostrom and Eric Bostrom; (US motorcycle racers; brothers)
• Bob & Mike Bryan (US tennis players; twin brothers who form a prominent doubles team)
• David Campese & Mark Ella (Australian rugby union players)
• Peter Collins and Mike Hawthorn; (Grand Prix drivers)
• Dave Concepción & Joe Morgan (Cincinnati Reds MLB players; double-play combination)
• Bob Cousy & Bill Russell (Boston Celtics NBA players)
• Bobby & Jack Charlton (English football (soccer) players; brothers and England internationals)
• Bobby Moore & Geoff Hurst (English football (soccer) players)
• Johan Cruijff & Johan Neeskens (Dutch football (soccer) players)
• Daunte Culpepper & Randy Moss (NFL players)
• Marcel Desailly & Laurent Blanc (French football (soccer) players; central defenders for the France team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000)
• Alfredo Di Stéfano & Ferenc Puskás (Real Madrid football (soccer) players)
• Slava Fetisov & Alexei Kasatonov (USSR national team ice hockey players)
• Ken Flach & Robert Seguso (US tennis players and longtime doubles partners)
• Walt Frazier & Earl Monroe (New York Knicks NBA players)
• Ekaterina Gordeeva & Sergei Grinkov (Soviet figure skaters; husband-and-wife pairs team)
• George Gregan & Stephen Larkham (Australian rugby union players; most international appearances in the sport's history for a halfback partnership)
• Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood; (American racing drivers and multiple Daytona winner)
• Wayne Gretzky & Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings NHL players)
• Wayne Gretzky & Mark Messier (Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers NHL players)
• Ruud Gullit & Marco van Basten (Dutch football (soccer) players)
• Naseem Hamed and Brendan Ingle; (boxer-trainer)
• Elvin Hayes & Wes Unseld (Washington Bullets NBA players)
• Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien; (racing drivers)
• Jason Johnson & Mark Johnson (AFL players)
• Magic Johnson & James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
• Magic Johnson & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
• Michael Jordan & Scottie Pippen ( Chicago Bulls NBA players)
• Paul Kariya & Teemu Selänne (Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and Colorado Avalanche ice hockey players)
• Jim Kelly & Andre Reed (Buffalo Bills NFL players)
• René & Willy van de Kerkhof (Dutch football (soccer) players; twins who are both in the FIFA 100, Pelé's 2004 list of the 125 greatest living footballers)
• Harry Kewell & Mark Viduka (Australian international football (soccer) players)
• Karch Kiraly & Kent Steffes (Beach volleyball team that won Olympic gold in 1996)
• Jürgen Klinsmann & Rudi Völler (German football (soccer) players)
• Raymond Kopa & Just Fontaine (French football (soccer) players)
• Sandy Koufax & Don Drysdale (Los Angeles Dodgers baseball pitchers)
• Michael & Brian Laudrup (Danish football (soccer) players; brothers who are both in the FIFA 100)
• Mario Lemieux & Jaromír Jágr (Pittsburgh Penguins NHL players)
• Roberto Mancini & Gianluca Vialli (Italian football (soccer) players)
• Peyton Manning & Marvin Harrison (NFL players)
• Roger Maris & Mickey Mantle (New York Yankees MLB players)
• Joe Montana & Jerry Rice (NFL players)
• Kazuyuki Morisaki & Koji Morisaki (Japanese Sanfrecce Hiroshima football (soccer) players)
• Ilie Năstase & Ion Ţiriac (Romanian tennis players)
• Martina Navratilova & Pam Shriver (US tennis players; the dominant women's doubles team of the 1980s)
• Gary & Phil Neville (English football (soccer) players)
• Kenji Ogiwara & Tsugiharu Ogiwara (Japanese Nordic combined skier)
• Hakeem Olajuwon & Ralph Sampson, the "Twin Towers" (Houston Rockets NBA players)
• Shaquille O'Neal & Kobe Bryant (one-time teammates on the Los Angeles Lakers of the NBA
  See also: Shaq–Kobe feud
• Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway (teammates on the Orlando Magic of the NBA * Leander Paes & Mahesh Bhupathi (tennis players from India; regular doubles partners)
• Jean-Pierre Papin & Eric Cantona (French football players)
• Gary Payton & Shawn Kemp (Seattle SuperSonics NBA players)
• Brian Piccolo & Gale Sayers (Chicago Bears NFL players; see also Brian's Song, a famous made-for-TV film about their friendship)
• Paul Pierce & Antoine Walker (Boston Celtics NBA players)
• Terry Porter & Clyde Drexler (Portland Trail Blazers NBA players)
• Ramadhin & Valentine (West Indian cricket players, subject of song)
• Roberto Carlos & Cafu, Brazilian football (soccer) players
• David Robinson & Tim Duncan "The Twin Towers" (San Antonio Spurs NBA players)
• Romário & Bebeto (Brazilian football (soccer) players)
• Ronaldo & Ronaldinho (Brazilian football (soccer) players)
• Babe Ruth & Lou Gehrig (New York Yankees baseball players)
• Jamie Salé & David Pelletier (Canadian figure skaters)
• Brad Scott & Chris Scott (AFL players)
• Andriy Shevchenko & Serhiy Rebrov (Ukrainian soccer players)
• Stan Smith & Bob Lutz (US tennis players)
• John Stockton & Karl Malone (Utah Jazz NBA players; teammates for nearly 20 years)
• Chris Sutton & Alan Shearer (English football players, known as SAS)
• Isiah Thomas & Joe Dumars (Detroit Pistons NBA players)
• Alan Trammell & Lou Whitaker (Detroit Tigers baseball players; double-play combination)
• Rory & Tony Underwood (English rugby union players; brothers and England internationals)
• Omar Vizquel & Roberto Alomar (Cleveland Indians MLB players)
• Ben & Rasheed Wallace (one-time teammates with the NBA's Detroit Pistons; not related)
• Doc Blanchard "Mr Inside" and Glenn Davis "Mr Outside" (Army college football players and Heisman Trophy winners)
• Jerry West "Mr Outside" and Elgin Baylor "Mr Inside" (Los Angeles Lakers NBA players)
• Mark Woodforde & Todd Woodbridge, The Woodies (Australian tennis players; arguably the top doubles team of the late 20th century)
• Dwight Yorke & Andy Cole (Manchester United football (soccer) players; forwards for Manchester United that won the Premiership, FA Cup and the Champions League in 1999)
• Steve Young & Jerry Rice (NFL players)
• Venus and Serena Williams (U.S. tennis stars, sisters)
• Tom Brady & Randy Moss National Football League
• James B & Morgan C Mens Slow Pitch Softball
• Mike B & Tim B Hot Dog Eating