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 (See also: List of Jews in sports (non-players)). Scholars believe that sports have been a historical avenue for Jewish people to overcome obstacles toward their participation in secular society. Many Jewish people immigrated from the countries where they had faced persecution to the United States.
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, or to hail from Israel. Some members of the list may practice other religions or no religion at all, but are of Jewish descent.
Athletes
American football
Doc Alexander, US, G, 2× All-Pro
Lyle Alzado, US, DE, 2× All-Pro
Harris Barton, US, OT, 2× All-Pro
David Binn, US, LS, All-Pro
Adam Bisnowaty, US, T (free agent) Arthur Bluethenthal, US, C Justin Boren, US, OG Zach Boren, US, FB (free agent) Daniel Braverman US, WR (free agent) Greg Camarillo, US, WR Noah Cantor, Canada, DT, Canadian Football League Gabe Carimi, US, OT, All-American and Outland Trophy Jake Curhan, US, OT (Seattle Seahawks) Jordan Dangerfield, US, SS (free agent) JT Daniels, US, QB, Gatorade Player of the Year (Rice Owls) Brian de la Puente, US, C (free agent) A. J. Dillon, US, RB (Green Bay Packers) Michael Dunn, US, G (Cleveland Browns) Nate Ebner, US, DB (free agent) Brad Edelman, US, OG, 1× Pro Bowl Julian Edelman, US, WR, MVP in Super Bowl LIII Hayden Epstein, US, K Carl Etelman, US, B Drew Ferris, US, LS (free agent) Jay Fiedler, US, QB Anthony Firkser, US, TE (New England Patriots) John Frank, US, TE Benny Friedman, US, QB, 4× All-Pro, Hall of Fame Lennie Friedman, US, G Antonio Garay, US, DT Sid Gillman, US, End, former player and coach Adam Goldberg, US, OL Bill Goldberg, US, DT; professional wrestler (4× world champion) Marshall Goldberg, US, RB, All-Pro Charles "Buckets" Goldenberg, US, G & RB, All-Pro Lou Gordon, US, OL Ben Gottschalk, US, C (free agent) 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 (Minnesota Vikings) Andrew Kline, US, G Kyle Kosier, US, OL Len Levy, US, G Erik Lorig, US, FB Sid Luckman, US, QB, 8× All-Pro, MVP, 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, Hall of Fame Ron Mix, US, OT, 9× All-Pro, Hall of Fame Aaron Murray, US, QB Ed Newman, US, G, All-Pro 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 Josh Rosen, US, QB (free agent) Sage Rosenfels, US, QB Mike Rosenthal, US, T Adam Schreiber, US, C/LS Geoff Schwartz, US, OT Mitchell Schwartz, US, OT, All-Pro Mike Seidman, US, TE Allie Sherman, US, running back & coach Sam Sloman, US, K (Vegas Vipers) Scott Slutzker, US, TE Paul Steinberg, US, FB/HB Terrell Suggs, US, DE, All-Pro Joseph Taussig, Germany-born US, QB Josh Taves, US, DE Andre Tippett, US, LB, 2× All-Pro, Hall of Fame Alan Veingrad, US, OL Gary Wood, US, QB Sid Youngelman, US, OT