The 2010 decade’s 61 greatest athletes

Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Serena Williams and Michael Phelps are among the top athletes in the 2010s.

Rory McIlroy

By age 23, Rory McIlroy had already won two of golf’s four major championships—the U.S. Open in 2011 and the PGA Championship in 2012—and risen to the rank of No. 1 in the world.