List of oldest professional athletes by sport

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The following is a list of sport's oldest professional athletes.

SportNameAge playedYear retired
German footballer Manfred Burgsmüller [1] 52 years, 182 days2002
Association football Ezzeldin Bahader (one-off) [2] 74 years, 348 days2020
Robert Carmona (continuous)62 years, 314 daysActive
Australian rules football Sampson Hosking (SANFL)48 years, 159 days (interchange only)1936
Wally Watts (WAFL)44 years, 49 days1916
Auto racing (Rallying) Sobiesław Zasada 91 years2021 [3]
Baseball Satchel Paige (one-off)59 years, 350 days1966
Basketball (Men's) Pierluigi Marzorati [4] 54 years2006
Basketball (Women's) Nancy Lieberman [5] 50 years2008
Bodybuilding Albert Beckles [6] 53 years1991
Bowling Carmen Salvino [7] 86 years2020
Boxing Albert Hughes70 years, 234 days2019
Cricket (Tests) Wilfred Rhodes 52 years1930
Cricket (First-class) Raja Maharaj Singh 72 years1950
Cycling (Road) Lex Nederlof 52 years2018 [8]
Cycling (track) Shoichi Yuasa68 years1996 [9]
Cycling (track) (women's) Miyoko Takamatsu  [ ja ]54 years, 11 months and 4 days2017 [10]
Golf Gary Player 73 years2009
Gymnastics Oksana Chusovitina 49 years, 264 daysActive
Ice hockey Gordie Howe (one-off)69 years, 276 days1997
Jaromír Jágr [11] 53 years, 23 daysActive
International Darts John Magowan 72 years2013
Lacrosse John Tavares 47 years2015
Mixed Martial Arts John Williams 70 years, 139 days2010
Rugby league Billy Wilson 40 years, 5 days1967
Snooker Fred Davis 79 years1993
Sumo Hanakaze Daisaku 51 years 2022
Surfing Kelly Slater 53 years, 27 daysActive
Tennis (women's) Martina Navratilova 49 years2006
Track and Field Stanisław Kowalski [12] 105 years2022
Volleyball Miguel Maia 53 years, 321 daysActive

See also

References

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