While in tennis, there are only four Grand Slam titles available each season, in football, top teams can compete for as many as six or seven trophies in one campaign.
Regardless, these are the greatest teams and players in the history of their sports based on tournament wins and trophies, medals, or belts collected.
Football: Barcelona (89 trophies)
It’s very close between Real Madrid and Barcelona, but entering the 2018/19 season, Barcelona rank as the top football team on trophies collected with 89.
The finest pieces on their trophy wall include five European Cups and Champions League trophies as well as a massive 25 league titles. This season, Barcelona are the joint-favourites to add another Champions League trophy to their cabinet at 5/1.
Tennis: Margaret Court (24 Grand Slam titles)
She may not be considered the greatest tennis player of all-time, but Margaret Court certainly has the most Grand Slam victories at 24.
As of October 2018, Court has the most Grand Slam titles of any women’s or men’s singles players, but Serena Williams is hot on her heels with 23, and at 17/4 to win the Australian Open in 2019.
Boxing: Manny Pacquiao (Eight-division world champion)
In the 25th fight of his career, Manny Pacquiao won the WBC and lineal flyweight titles by defeating Chatchai Sasakul via knockout.
The Filipino then moved on to claim world titles in seven more divisions, collecting the near unbeatable record of world titles in eight different divisions.
He’s still going, now at 60-7-2, with Floyd Mayweather now trying to whip up another money-and-media frenzy to battle Pacquiao again, for which the still active boxer is at 2/1 to win.
Ice Hockey: Canada Men's National Team (61 tournament wins)
Team Canada is by far the most dominant team in the sport of ice hockey. While they don’t win everything all of the time, they certainly manage to emerge victorious from many tournaments.
But, if the NHL decides to stop its players from attending the next Olympics, they’ll likely go without another medal. They’re once again the favourites to claim the World Championships in 2019 at 2/1 in the ice hockey betting.
Formula One: Ferrari (16 World Constructors' titles)
Way out in front of Williams, McLaren, Lotus, Red Bull Racing, and Mercedes, Ferrari is, historically, the best constructor in Formula One. However, they haven’t won the championship since Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa drove their cars in 2007 and 2008.
Before that, they rode to a six-season World Constructors’ Championship streak with the legendary Michael Schumacher behind the wheel. This season, Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel is at 7/4 to make a comeback and win the World Drivers’ Championship.
Boxing: Evander Holyfield (Four-time heavyweight champion)
Muhammad Ali was a three-time heavyweight world champion, Lennox Lewis a three-time, Mike Tyson a two-time, Wladimir Klitschko a two-time, but it’s Evander Holyfield who fought back to claim a heavyweight world title four times.
After becoming the undisputed cruiserweight champion of the world, he defeated Buster Douglas in 1990 to commence his first reign as a heavyweight world champion – an undisputed one at that.
By the time that his career came to an end in 2011, Holyfield had earned the title of heavyweight world champion a record four times and was the first boxer to be a cruiserweight world champion and heavyweight world champion.
Now, the next heavyweight world title fight sees the 8/13 Deontay Wilder take on the 13/10 Tyson Fury, who’s looking to become a two-time world heavyweight champion.
*Odds subject to change - correct at time of writing*
