List of Muslim sportspersons

Muslims have been involved in sports since the inception of Islam. Muslims have performed in various sports tournaments, country events, World Cups, as well as the Olympics.

American football

Player Nationality Current
team
Ref
Isa Abdul-Quddus  United States United States Detroit Lions [1]
Ameer Abdullah  United States United States Detroit Lions [2]
Hamza Abdullah  United States retired [3][4]
Husain Abdullah  United States United States Kansas City Chiefs [5]
Oday Aboushi  Palestine
 United States
United States New York Jets [6]
Dominique Easley  United States United States New England Patriots [7]
Az-Zahir Hakim  United States retired [8]
Ryan Harris  United States United States Denver Broncos [9]
Mack Herron  United States retired [10]
Abdul Hodge  United States Virgin Islands retired [11]
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar  United States retired [12]
Ahmad Rashād  United States retired [13][14]
Ephraim Salaam  United States retired [15]
Rashaan Salaam  United States retired [16]
Mohamed Sanu  United States United States Cincinnati Bengals [17]
Al-Hajj Shabazz  United States United States Pittsburgh Steelers [18]
Aqib Talib  United States United States Denver Broncos [19]
Muhammad Wilkerson  United States United States New York Jets [20]
Usama Young  United States free agent [21]

Association football

Player Nationality Current
team
Ref
Éric Abidal  France retired [22]
Ali Al-Habsi  Oman England Wigan Athletic [23]
Demba Ba  Senegal Turkey Beşiktaş [24]
Valon Behrami   Switzerland Germany Hamburg [25]
Mehdi Benatia  Morocco Germany Bayern Munich [26]
Nabil Bentaleb  Algeria England Tottenham Hotspur [25]
Karim Benzema  France Spain Real Madrid [27]
Danny Blum  Germany Germany Nürnberg [28]
Majid Bougherra  Algeria United Arab Emirates Al-Fujairah [27]
Hakan Çalhanoğlu  Turkey Germany Bayer Leverkusen [29]
Emre Can  Germany England Liverpool [30]
Papiss Cissé  Senegal England Newcastle United [23]
Moussa Dembélé  Belgium England Tottenham Hotspur [31]
Abou Diaby  France France Olympique de Marseille [23]
Edin Džeko  Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Roma [31]
Munir El Haddadi  Spain Spain Barcelona B [32]
Stephan El Shaarawy  Italy Italy Roma [33]
Nathan Ellington  England retired [23]
Sofiane Feghouli  Algeria Spain Valencia [27]
Marouane Fellaini  Belgium England Manchester United [27]
Gervinho  Ivory Coast Italy Roma [31]
Frédéric Kanouté  Mali retired [34]
Sami Khedira  Germany Italy Juventus [27]
Adem Ljajić  Serbia Italy Roma [35]
Riyad Mahrez  Algeria England Leicester City [27]
Samir Nasri  France England Manchester City [36]
Bibras Natkho  Israel Russia CSKA Moscow [37]
Franck Ribéry  France Germany Bayern Munich [27]
Zaur Sadayev  Russia Russia Terek Grozny [38]
Bacary Sagna  France England Manchester City [31]
Mamadou Sakho  France England Liverpool [27]
Xherdan Shaqiri   Switzerland England Stoke City [27]
Mamady Sidibé  Mali retired [23]
Moussa Sissoko  France England Newcastle United [27]
El Arbi Soudani  Algeria Croatia Dinamo Zagreb [27]
Moussa Sow  Senegal Turkey Fenerbahce [24]
Mesut Özil  Germany England Arsenal [27]
Saphir Taïder  Algeria Italy Sassuolo [27]
Kolo Touré  Ivory Coast England Liverpool [36]
Yaya Touré  Ivory Coast England Manchester City [27]
Granit Xhaka   Switzerland Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach [25]
Mohamed Salah  Egypt Italy Roma [39]
Mohamed Elneny  Egypt England Arsenal FC [40]

Australian rules football

Player Nationality Current
team
Ref
Bachar Houli  Australia Australia Richmond [41]
Sedat Sir  Turkey
 Australia
retired [42]
Ahmed Saad  Australia delisted
Adam Saad  Australia Australia Gold Coast Football Club

Badminton

Player Nationality Current
team
Ref
Taufik Hidayat retired [43]

Baseball

Player Nationality Current
team
Ref
Sam Khalifa  United States retired [44]

Basketball

Player Nationality Current
team
Ref
Alaa Abdelnaby  United States
 Egypt
retired [45]
Zaid Abdul-Aziz  United States retired [46]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar  United States retired [47]
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf  United States retired [48]
Shareef Abdur-Rahim  United States retired [49]
Tariq Abdul-Wahad  France retired [50]
Abdul-Malik Abu  United States United States NC State Wolfpack [51]
Jamal Abu-Shamala  United States
 Jordan
retired [52]
Hassan Adams  United States Singapore Singapore Slingers [53]
Al-Farouq Aminu  United States United States Portland Trail Blazers [54]
Ömer Aşık  Turkey United States New Orleans Pelicans [55]
Gorgui Dieng  Senegal United States Minnesota Timberwolves [56]
DeSagana Diop  Senegal
 United States
retired [57]
Tacko Fall  Senegal United States UCF Knights [58]
Kenneth Faried  United States United States Denver Nuggets [59]
Mustapha Farrakhan, Jr.  United States free agent [60]
Walt Hazzard  United States retired [61]
Ersan Ilyasova  Turkey United States Detroit Pistons
Ibrahim Jaaber  Bulgaria free agent [62]
Larry Johnson  United States retired [63]
Enes Kanter  Turkey United States Oklahoma City Thunder [64]
Nazr Mohammed  United States retired [65]
Shabazz Muhammad  United States United States Minnesota Timberwolves [66]
Shaquille O'Neal  United States retired [67]
Mehmet Okur  Turkey retired [68]
Hakeem Olajuwon  Nigeria
 United States
retired [69]
Dennis Schröder  Germany United States Atlanta Hawks [70]
Mirza Teletović  Bosnia and Herzegovina United States Phoenix Suns [71]
Hasheem Thabeet  Tanzania United States Grand Rapids Drive [72]
Hedo Türkoğlu  Turkey retired [73]
Dion Waiters  United States United States Oklahoma City Thunder [74]
Rasheed Wallace  United States retired [75]
Jamaal Wilkes  United States retired [76]
Talib Zanna  Nigeria United States Oklahoma City Blue [77]

Boxing

Muhammad Ali in 1978
Boxer Nationality Rated at Ref
Muhammad Ali  United States Heavyweight [78][79][80]
Mike Tyson  United States Heavyweight [81]
Bernard Hopkins  United States Middleweight
Super middleweight
Light heavyweight
[82]
Amir Khan  United Kingdom
 Pakistan
Lightweight
Light welterweight
Welterweight
[83]
Naseem Hamed  United Kingdom Featherweight [84]
Chris Eubank  United Kingdom Middleweight [85]
Harry Khan  United Kingdom
 Pakistan
Super flyweight [86]
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad  United States Light heavyweight [87]
Matthew Saad Muhammad  United States Light heavyweight [87]
Dwight Muhammad Qawi  United States Light heavyweight
Cruiserweight
Heavyweight
[88]
Hasim Rahman  United States Heavyweight [89]
Nadeem Siddique  United Kingdom
 Pakistan
Welterweight [90]
Henry Tillman  United States Heavyweight [91]
Danny Williams  United Kingdom Heavyweight [92]
Adil Anwar  United Kingdom Light welterweight [93]

Cricket

Player Nationality Current
teams
Ref
Usman Afzaal  England retired [94]
Fawad Ahmed  Australia Australia Victoria
Australia Melbourne Renegades
[41]
Jahid Ahmed  England Sri Lanka Unicorns [95]
Shakib Al Hasan  Bangladesh Bangladesh Khulna
India Kolkata Knight Riders
Barbados Barbados Tridents
Australia Melbourne Renegades
[96]
Kabir Ali  England Bangladesh Barisal Burners
England Lancashire
[97]
Kadeer Ali  England England Staffordshire [98]
Moeen Ali  England England Worcestershire [99]
Hashim Amla  South Africa South Africa Cape Cobras [95]
Majid Haq  Scotland Scotland Clydesdale [96]
Amjad Khan  England retired [100]
Sajid Mahmood  England England Essex [101]
Adil Rashid  England England Yorkshire [102]
Owais Shah  England South Africa Cape Cobras
Bangladesh Dhaka Gladiators
England Hampshire
[103]
Bilal Shafayat  England England Hampshire [104]
Ajmal Shahzad  England England Sussex [105]
Inzaman-ul-Haq  Pakistan retired [96]
Zaheer Khan  India retired [106]
Mohammed Shami  India

India India national cricket team, India A cricket team, Delhi Daredevils, Kolkata Knightriders

[107]
Usman Khawaja  Australia Australia Sydney Thunder
Imran Khan  Pakistan retired [96]
Mashrafi Mortaza  Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Cricket Team
Nasir Hossain  Bangladesh Bangladesh Bangladesh Cricket Team
Sahid Afridi  Pakistan Playing T-20 only [96]
Yousuf pathan  India India [96]

Fencing

Athlete Nationality Ref
Halet Çambel  Turkey [108]
Ibtihaj Muhammad  United States [41]

Judo

Athlete Nationality Event Ref
Wojdan Shaherkani  Saudi Arabia 78 kg [109]

Ice Hockey

Player Nationality Current
team
Ref
Ramzi Abid  Canada Germany EHC Wolfsburg [110]
Nazem Kadri  Canada Canada Toronto Maple Leafs [110]
Alain Nasreddine  Canada retired [110]
Rushan Rafikov  Russia Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl [111]
Nail Yakupov  Russia Canada Edmonton Oilers [112]

Mixed martial arts

Fighter Nationality Rated at Ref
Adlan Amagov  Russia Light heavyweight
Middleweight
Welterweight
[113]
Siyar Bahadurzada  Afghanistan Light heavyweight
Middleweight
Welterweight
[114]
Reza Madadi  Iran Lightweight
Welterweight
[115]
Khabib Nurmagomedov  Russia Lightweight [116]
Irshaad Sayed  South Africa Bantamweight [116]

Modern pentathlon

Athlete Nationality Ref
Aya Medany  Egypt [117]

Rugby

Player Nationality Current
team
Ref
Sonny Bill Williams  New Zealand Waikato Chiefs [41]

Shooting

Athlete Nationality Event Ref
Bahiya Al-Hamad  Qatar 10 m air rifle [108]
Nur Suryani Taibi  Malaysia 10 m air rifle
50 m prone rifle
50 m prone rifle 3 position
50 m prone rifle team
[109]

Swimming

Athlete Nationality Event Ref
Nada Arkaji  Qatar 50 m freestyle [109]
Jewel Ahmed  Bangladesh
Dolly Akhter  Bangladesh
Mahfizur Rahman Sagor  Bangladesh
Karar Samedul Islam  Bangladesh
Rubel Rana  Bangladesh
Oussama Mellouli  Tunisia 1500 m freestyle GOLD [118]

Table tennis

Athlete Nationality Ref
Aya Majdi  Qatar [109]
Zobera Rahman Linu  Bangladesh

Track and field

Athlete Nationality Event Ref
Sarah Attar  Saudi Arabia 800 metres [109]
Ruqaya Al-Ghasra  Bahrain 60 metres
100 metres
200 metres
400 metres
[109]
Shinoona Al-Habsi  Oman 100 metres [119]
Noor Al-Malki  Qatar 100 metres [109]
Hassiba Boulmerka  Algeria 1500 metres
800 metres
[109]
Fatima Dahman  Yemen 100 metres [109]
Zamzam Mohamed Farah  Somalia 400 metres [119]
Tahmina Kohistani  Afghanistan 100 metres [109]
Nawal El Moutawakel  Morocco 400 metres hurdles [109]
Woroud Sawalha  Palestine 800 metres [109]

Weightlifting

Athlete Nationality Discipline Ref
Khadija Mohammed  United Arab Emirates 75 kg [109]
Nurcan Taylan  Turkey 48 kg
53 kg
[109]

Wrestling

Real name Ring names Nationality Ref
Muhammad Inoki Antonio Inoki  Japan [120]
Rami Sebei Sami Zayn  Canada [121]

Tennis

Name Country Discipline
Sania Mirza  India Doubles, Mixed Doubles
Marat Safin  Russia Singles
Dinara Safina  Russia Singles
Aisam-Ul-Haque Qureshi  Pakistan Doubles
Zarina Diyas  Kazakhstan Singles
Younes El Aynaoui  Morocco Singles
Karim Alami  Morocco Singles
Hicham Arazi  Morocco Singles

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