Skateboarders, Ranked

The sport's most famous athlete, the first to land the 900 (1999 X Games), a dominant vert competitor and video-game namesake who brought skating to the mainstream.

The most influential technical skater ever, credited with inventing the flatground ollie, kickflip, heelflip, and 360 flip that form the entire vocabulary of street skating.

The most decorated contest street skater in history, with a record haul of Street League and X Games titles and an Olympic appearance.

Widely credited as the inventor of modern street skating, transforming handrails and ledges into terrain and reshaping the sport's creative direction.

MegaRamp pioneer who jumped the Great Wall of China in 2005 and set multiple world records for distance and height on a skateboard.

Holds the record for the most X Games skateboarding medals (30), a vert and big-air master known for his switch-stance fluency.

A Dogtown Z-Boys pioneer who helped invent pool and vertical skating in the 1970s and is credited with the first frontside air.

Founder of Baker and co-founder of Deathwish and one of street skating's most influential stylists, revered for pristine kickflips and enduring pro credibility.

A defining 1990s and 2000s street pro with multiple contest wins and outsized influence on ledge and manual technique.

A Bones Brigade vert great with a record-long pro career and the namesake of the caballerial, a fakie-to-forward 360 air.

A multiple X Games gold medalist and Street League contender who became the first skater with a signature Nike SB shoe.

Won the inaugural Olympic men's street gold at Tokyo 2021 and defended it at Paris 2024, alongside multiple SLS and X Games titles.

A two-time Thrasher Skater of the Year and X Games gold medalist known for combining raw power with technical street tricks.

Became the youngest X Games gold medalist in 2003 at age 13 and remained a fixture of the contest circuit and skate media for two decades.

Tony Hawk's great 1980s rival and a vert icon whose flamboyant style and signature Christ air made him one of skating's biggest stars.

A perennial X Games vert medalist through the 2000s and multiple-time gold winner, one of the most consistent vert competitors of his era.

A top 1970s pro who co-founded Powell-Peralta and assembled the Bones Brigade, shaping skate culture more as a filmmaker and team manager than in contests.

A multiple X Games gold medalist who has been a leading figure and advocate for women's street skating, though still building an all-time legacy.

Became Britain's youngest Olympic medalist at 13 with park bronze in Tokyo 2021, an emerging star early in her career.

An X Games medalist and the first woman to complete Tony Hawk's full 360-degree loop, a growing influence in park and transition skating.

Won Olympic street silver at Tokyo 2021 aged 13 and bronze at Paris 2024, a two-time medalist whose full legacy is still being written.