List of oldest professional athletes by sport information
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The following is a list of sport's oldest professional athletes.
Sport
Name
Age played
Year retired
American football
Manfred Burgsmüller[1]
52 years, 182 days
2002
Association football
Ezzeldin Bahader (one-off)[2]
74 years, 348 days
2020
Kazuyoshi Miura (continuous)
57 years, 79 days
Active
Australian rules football
Sampson Hosking (SANFL)
48 years, 159 days (interchange only)
1936
Wally Watts (WAFL)
44 years, 49 days
1916
Auto racing (Rallying)
Sobiesław Zasada
91 years
2021[3]
Baseball
Satchel Paige
59 years, 350 days
1966
Basketball (Men's)
Pierluigi Marzorati[4]
54 years
2006
Basketball (Women's)
Nancy Lieberman[5]
50 years
2008
Bodybuilding
Albert Beckles[6]
53 years
1991
Bowling
Carmen Salvino[7]
86 years
2020
Boxing
Albert Hughes
70 years, 234 days
2019
Cricket (Tests)
Wilfred Rhodes
52 years
1930
Cricket (First-class)
Raja Maharaj Singh
72 years
1950
Cycling (Road)
Lex Nederlof
52 years
2018[8]
Cycling (track)
Shoichi Yuasa
68 years
1996[9]
Cycling (track) (women's)
Miyoko Takamatsu [ja]
54 years, 11 months and 4 days
2017[10]
Golf
Gary Player
73 years
2009
Gymnastics
Oksana Chusovitina
48 years, 331 days
Active
Ice hockey
Jaromír Jágr[11]
52 years, 90 days
Active
International Darts
John Magowan
72 years
2013
Lacrosse
John Tavares
47 years
2015
Mixed Martial Arts
John Williams
70 years, 139 days
2010
Rugby league
Billy Wilson
40 years, 5 days
1967
Snooker
Fred Davis
79 years
1993
Sumo
Hanakaze Daisaku
51 years
2022
Surfing
Kelly Slater
52 years, 94 days
Active
Tennis (women's)
Martina Navratilova
49 years
2006
Track and Field
Stanisław Kowalski[12]
105 years
2022
Volleyball
Miguel Maia
53 years, 22 days
Active
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