List of Jews in sports

This list of Jewish athletes in sports contains athletes who are Jewish and have attained outstanding achievements in sports. The topic of Jewish participation in sports is discussed extensively in academic and popular literature.

Sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society. Jewish people immigrated from the countries where they had faced persecution. Some made Aliyah to the State of Israel, while others moved elsewhere.

The criteria for inclusion in this list are:

1–3 places winners at major international tournaments;

For team sports, winning in preliminary competitions of finals at major international tournaments, or playing for several seasons for clubs of major national leagues; or

Holders of past and current world records.

Boldface denotes a current competitor.

To be included in the list, one does not necessarily have to practice Judaism. Some members of the list may practice another faith or not at all; they do have to be of either ethnic Jewish descent or other Judaism-related background.

American football

Erik Affholter, US, WR, set national field goal record

Doc Alexander, US, G, 2× All-Pro

Lyle Alzado, US, DE, 2× All-Pro

Harris Barton, US, OT, 2× All-Pro

Alan Bersin, US, defensive lineman, offensive guard, and linebacker, Harvard, First Team All-Ivy League, All-New England, and All-East

David Binn, US, LS, All-Pro

Arthur Bluethenthal, US, C

Greg Camarillo, US, WR

Noah Cantor, Canada, DT, 2x Canadian Football League All Star

Gabe Carimi, US, OT, All-American and Outland Trophy

Jake Curhan, US, OT

Jordan Dangerfield, US, SS

JT Daniels, US, QB, Gatorade Player of the Year

Brian de la Puente, US, C

A. J. Dillon (Quadzilla), US, RB (Carolina Panthers)

Michael Dunn, US, G

Nate Ebner, US, DB

Brad Edelman, US, OG, 1× Pro Bowl

Julian Edelman, US, WR, MVP in Super Bowl LIII

Jay Fiedler, US, QB

Anthony Firkser, US, TE

John Frank, US, TE

Benny Friedman, US, QB & halfback, 4× All-Pro, Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame

Lennie Friedman, US, G

Steve Furness, US, DL

Antonio Garay, US, DT

Sid Gillman, US, end and coach, Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame

Adam Goldberg, US, OL

Bill Goldberg, US, DT; professional wrestler (4× world champion)

Marshall “Biggie” Goldberg, US, RB, All-Pro, College Football Hall of Fame

Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, US, G & RB, All-Pro

Lou Gordon, US, OL

Randy Grossman, US, TE

Arnold Horween, US, halfback, fullback, center, and blocking back (quarterback), Harvard All-American, and NFL player

Ralph Horween, US, fullback, halfback, punter, and drop-kicker, Harvard All-American and NFL player

Greg Joseph, South African, kicker

Sonny Karnofsky, US, HB

Perry Klein, US, QB

Kyle Kosier, US, OL

Mort Landsberg, US, HB

Len “Butch” Levy, US, G

Erik Lorig, US, FB

Sid Luckman, US, QB, 8× All-Pro, MVP, Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame

Joe Magidsohn, Russia, Halfback

Ali Marpet, US, G

Taylor Mays, US, S

Sam McCullum, US, WR

Josh Miller, US, P

Wayne Millner, US, E, DE, Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame

Ron Mix, US, OT, 9× All-Pro, Pro Football Hall of Fame

Ed Newman, US, G, All-Pro, College Football Hall of Fame, NFL passing yards and touchdowns leader

Harry Newman, US, QB, All-Pro

Brent Novoselsky, US, TE

Igor Olshansky, Ukraine, DE

Adam Podlesh, US, P

Merv Pregulman, US, T & C, College Football Hall of Fame

Jake Retzlaff, US, QB (Tulane Green Wave)

Josh Rosen, US, QB

Sage Rosenfels, US, QB

Mike Rosenthal, US, T

Sam Salz, US, receiver, Texas A & M; rare Orthodox Jewish player in Division 1 college football

Adam Schreiber, US, C/LS

Geoff Schwartz, US, OT

Mitchell Schwartz, US, OT, All-Pro

Mike Seidman, US, TE

Allie Sherman, US, running back, QB & coach

Steve Shull, US, LB

Scott Slutzker, US, TE

Ariel Solomon, US, OL

Bob Stein, US, LB

Paul “Twister” Steinberg, US, FB/HB

Rich Stotter, US, LB

Michael Stromberg, US, LB

Terrell Suggs, US, DE, All-Pro, NFL Defensive Player of the Year

Steve Tannen, US, CB

Joseph Taussig, Germany-born US, QB

Andre Tippett, US, LB, 2× All-Pro, NFL co-Defensive Player of the Year, Pro Football Hall of Fame, College Football Hall of Fame

Alan Veingrad, US, OL

Izzy Weinstock, US, FB

Gary Wood, US, QB

Sid Youngelman, US, OT

Joe Zelikovitz, Canadian gridiron football player

Association football (soccer)

Liel Abada, Israel, forward (Charlotte & national team)

Ryan Adeleye, US/Israel, defender (Atlantic City FC)

Jeff Agoos, US, defender (national team)

Yari Allnut, US, midfielder (national team)

Hennadiy Altman, Ukraine, goalkeeper

Kyle Altman, US, defender

Dudu Aouate, Israel, goalkeeper (RCD Mallorca & national team)

Gary Assous, France/Israel, midfielder (Hapoel Katamon Jerusalem F.C.)

Jonathan Assous, France/Israel, defensive midfielder

Gai Assulin, Israel, winger/attacking midfielder

Yael Averbuch, US National Team, midfielder

Finn Azaz, Ireland national team and Middlesbrough

Pini Balili, Israel, striker (Maccabi Ironi Bat Yam & national team)

Tal Banin, Israel, midfielder, national team, manager

Tai Baribo, Israel, forward (D.C. United & national team)

Orr Barouch, Israel, striker

Kyle Beckerman, US, midfielder (Real Salt Lake & national team)

David Beckham, UK, midfielder, English Football Hall of Fame, Premier League Hall of Fame (England national team)

David "Dedi" Ben Dayan, Israel, left defender (Maccabi Petah Tikva & national team)

Tal Ben Haim, Israel, center back/right back (Beitar Jerusalem & national team)

Arik Benado, Israel, defender (national team)

Yossi Benayoun, Israel, attacking midfielder

Eyal Berkovic, Israel, midfielder (national team)

Rhett Bernstein, US, defender (Miami FC)

Steve Birnbaum, US, defender (D.C. United & national team)

Gyula Bíró, Hungary, midfielder/forward (national team)

Nir Bitton, Israel, defender/midfielder (Ashdod & national team)

Nick Blackman, England/Barbados/Israel, striker (Maccabi Tel Aviv & Barbados national team)

Jean Bloch, France, Olympic silver

Harald Bohr, Denmark, Olympic silver

Noam Bonnet, France, midfielder (Hapeol Acre)

Louis Bookman, Lithuanian-born Ireland, forward

Jonathan Bornstein, US/Israel, left back/midfielder (Chicago Fire & U.S. national team)

David Boysen, Denmark/Israel, left winger

Daniel Brailovski, Argentina/Uruguay, midfielder (Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay, & Israel national teams)

Adam Braz, Canada, defender

Ashley Brown, Australia, football (soccer) player Melbourne Victory

Jordan Brown, Australia, midfielder (Melbourne Victory)

Tomer Chencinski, Israel/Canada, goalkeeper (Shamrock Rovers & national team)

Jordan Cila, US, forward (Under-17 World Cup)

Avi Cohen, Israel, defender (Liverpool, Rangers, Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)

Martin Cohen, South Africa, midfielder (Highlands Park, LA Aztecs, California Surf, Wits University & national team)

Steven Cohen, France-Israel, midfielder

Tamir Cohen, Israel, midfielder (national team)

Yonatan Cohen, Israel, attacking midfielder/forward (Maccabi Tel Aviv & national team)

Edgar Davids, Netherlands, midfielder (Ajax Amsterdam, Juventus, and national team)

Rolf Decker, Germany-born US, midfielder (US national team)

Micky Dulin, England (Tottenham)

Daniel Edelman, US, midfielder (New York Red Bulls)

Yaniv Edery, France/Morocco, defender (F.C. Jerusalem)

Yakov Ehrlich, Russia, striker (FC Ocean Kerch)

Sol Eisner, US, forward (New York Americans and USMNT)

Ilay Elmkies, Israel, midfielder (Ironi Tiberias & national team)

Ernő Egri Erbstein, Hungary, midfielder

Benny Feilhaber, Brazil/US, center/attacking midfielder (Sporting Kansas City & U.S. national team)

Ilay Feingold, Israel, right-back/centre-back (New England Revolution & national team)

Lajos Fischer, Hungary, goalkeeper, national team player

Otto Fischer, Austria, national team player and coach

Gottfried Fuchs, Germany/Canada (Germany national team)

Dean Furman, South Africa, midfielder (Warrington Rylands 1906 & national team)

Peter Fuzes, Australia, goalkeeper

Sándor Geller, Hungary, goalkeeper, Olympic champion

Mikhail Gershkovich, URS, forward, Europe U-19 Champion (national team)

Ludwik Gintel, Poland, defender and forward (national team)

Jake Girdwood-Reich, Australia, defensive midfielder/central defender (St.