Lebron is Sports Illustrated’s fittest athlete, Bolt third

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Sports Illustrated (SI) listed track legend Usain Bolt as the third fittest professional athlete in the magazine’s Top 50 fittest athlete list.

Topping the list is basketballer Lebron James with footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in second spot.

Sports Illustrated ranked the athletes under speed, strength, agility and endurance with James scoring maximum 10 points in all four sections for a total of 40.

Ronaldo scored 10 for speed, 8.5 for strength, 10 for agility and 10 for endurance totalling 38.5.

SI had Bolt at 10 for speed, 9 for strength, 8.5 for agility and 9 for endurance for a 36.5 total. Bolt was just ahead of boxer Floyd Mayweather who scored 36.

SI Top 10 fittest athletes

1 LeBron James – Basketball

2 Cristiano Ronaldo – Football

3 Usain Bolt – Track

4 Floyd Mayweather – Boxing

5 Dez Bryant – American Football

6 Calvin Johnson – American Football

7 Serge Ibaka – Basketball

8 Adrian Peterson – American Football

9 Jon Jones – UFC

10 Michael Phelps – Swimming