Marca Leyenda (Marca legend) is an award given by the Spanish sports newspaper Marca to the best sport professionals in history. Since its inception in 1997 over 80 people have received this award.
List of winners DateWinnerSport1 June 2026 Johannes Høsflot KlæboCross-country skiing13 December 2025 Ilia TopuriaMixed martial arts25 November 2025 Carlos Soria FontánMountaineering25 September 2025 Fernando BelasteguínPadel27 May 2025 Saúl CraviottoCanoeing6 March 2025 Toni BouMotorcycle sport24 January 2024 Sandra SánchezKarate27 July 2023 Sergio ScarioloBasketball1 June 2023 Karim BenzemaFootball24 March 2023 RonaldinhoFootball22 February 2023 Iván PedrosoAthletics10 June 2022 Pierluigi CollinaFootball18 May 2022 Luka ModrićFootball16 May 2022 Jesús Ángel GarcíaAthletics30 December 2021 Simone BilesArtistic gymnastics18 December 2020 Russell CouttsSailing29 January 2020 Mike PowellAthletics16 November 2019 Sergio GarcíaGolf29 July 2019 Cristiano RonaldoFootball7 March 2019 Javier FernándezFigure skating14 December 2018 Juan Carlos NavarroBasketball8 November 2018 Bob BeamonAthletics4 April 2018 Hugo SánchezFootball11 December 2017 Marc MárquezMotorcycle sport14 December 2016 Luis SuárezFootball13 September 2016 Ruth BeitiaAthletics1 May 2016 Novak DjokovicTennis2 December 2015 XaviFootball29 November 2015 José María OlazábalGolf7 October 2015 Teresa PeralesSwimming5 May 2015 David CalCanoe racing2 October 2014 Kilian JornetTrail running24 September 2014 Javier Gómez NoyaTriathlon12 February 2014 MarcelinoFootball28 September 2012 Kelly SlaterSurfer27 September 2012 Luis ArconadaFootball15 June 2012 QuiniFootball2 June 2012 Fernando TorresFootball14 March 2012 Franz BeckenbauerFootball10 November 2011 Fernando HierroFootball8 August 2011 Andrés IniestaFootball14 April 2011 Fabio CapelloFootball1 April 2011 RonaldoFootball18 January 2011 Ángel María VillarFootball18 January 2011 Vicente del BosqueFootball16 December 2010 David SternBasketball27 November 2010 Fernando AlonsoAuto racing2 November 2010 Jorge LorenzoMotorcycle sport2 June 2010 Kareem Abdul-JabbarBasketball27 May 2010 Edurne PasabanMountaineering18 March 2010 Muhammad AliBoxing17 November 2009 Paolo MaldiniFootball19 October 2009 KakáFootball24 September 2009 Luca Cordero di MontezemoloAuto racing31 August 2009 Usain BoltAthletics30 June 2009 Federico Martín BahamontesRoad bicycle racing29 April 2009 Lionel MessiFootball3 March 2009 Raúl GonzálezFootball15 December 2008 Rafael NadalTennis15 December 2008 Juan Carlos IOthers24 October 2008 Valentino RossiMotorcycle sport20 August 2008 Michael PhelpsSwimming1 July 2008 Luis AragonésFootball30 January 2008 Zinedine ZidaneFootball5 December 2007 Francisco GentoFootball18 October 2007 Roger FedererTennis25 September 2006 Pau GasolBasketball7 July 2005 John McEnroeTennis6 March 2005 Sergey BubkaAthletics28 January 2005 Haile GebrselassieAthletics25 November 2004 Manolo SantanaTennis18 October 2004 Andre AgassiTennis22 May 2002 Daijiro KatoMotorcycle sport2 April 2002 Mark SpitzSwimming6 January 2002 Magic JohnsonBasketball4 June 2001 Juanito OiarzabalMountaineering1 March 2001 Michael SchumacherAuto racing26 July 2000 Eddy MerckxRoad bicycle racing7 May 2000 Niki LaudaAuto racing26 December 1999 Carl LewisAthletics11 November 1999 Ángel NietoMotorcycle sport5 October 1999 Alfredo Di StéfanoFootball1 October 1999 Diego Armando MaradonaFootball21 September 1999 Juan Antonio SamaranchInternational Olympic Committee21 June 1999 Johan CruyffFootball11 January 1999 Seve BallesterosGolf27 November 1998 Pete SamprasTennis20 July 1998 Arantxa Sánchez VicarioTennis17 June 1998 Alberto TombaAlpine skiing28 March 1998 Carlos SainzAuto racing23 March 1998 Nadia ComăneciArtistic gymnastics22 January 1998 Manel EstiarteWaterpolo18 December 1997 Garry KasparovChess11 December 1997 Miguel IndurainRoad bicycle racing27 November 1997 Michael DoohanMotorcycle sport15 November 1997 PeléFootball16 October 1997 Michael JordanBasketball
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