List of oldest professional athletes by sport

The following is a list of sport's oldest professional athletes. Active athletes are in italics.

Sport Name Age Played Year Retired
Aggressive Inline Skating Jon Julio[1] 34 years 2011
American football George Blanda 48 years, 109 days 1976
Association football Eez Eldin Bahder 75 years Active
Australian rules football Sampson Hosking (SANFL)
Wally Watts (WAFL)		 48 years, 159 days (interchange only)
44 years, 49 days		 1936
1916
Auto racing Hershel McGriff 90 years 2018[2]
Baseball Satchel Paige 59 years, 350 days 1966
Basketball (Men's) Pierluigi Marzorati[3] 54 years 2006
Basketball (Women's) Nancy Lieberman[4] 50 years 2008
Bodybuilding Albert Beckles[5] 53 years 1991
Bowling Carmen Salvino[6] 86 years 2020
Boxing Saoul Mamby 60 years 2008
Cricket (Tests) Wilfred Rhodes 52 years 1930
Cricket (First-class) Raja Maharaj Singh 72 years 1950
Cycling Lex Nederlof 52 years 2018[7]
Golf Gary Player 73 years 2009
Ice hockey Gordie Howe 69 years (played 1 shift) 1980
International Darts John Magowan 72 years 2013
Lacrosse John Tavares 47 years 2015
Mixed Martial Arts Skip Hall[8] 64 years 2008
Rugby league Billy Wilson 40 years, 5 days 1967
Snooker Fred Davis 78 years 1992
Surfing Kelly Slater 48 years Active
Tennis Martina Navratilova 49 years 2006
Track and Field Stanisław Kowalski[9] 110 years Active
Volleyball Miguel Maia 48 years Active

References
  1. "Jon Julio Fan Site Legendary Inline Street Skater".
  2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nascar/2018/05/06/hershel-mcgriff-90-oldest-competitor-nascar-sanctioned-race/584673002/
  3. "Los viejos la saben meter" (PDF). Marca.com. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
  4. "Chron.com". July 24, 2008. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  5. "Bodybuilding Universe – Articles". Bodybuildinguniverse.com. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
  6. https://www.bowlersmart.com/2020/01/27/carmen-salvino-to-improve-his-oldest-pba-tour-competitor-record/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Lex Nederlof". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
  8. Professional MMA record for Skip Hall from Sherdog
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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