# Marca Leyenda

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

| Date | Winner | Sport |
| 1 June 2023 | Karim Benzema | Football |
| 18 May 2022 | Luka Modrić | Football |
| 16 May 2022 | Jesús Ángel García | Athletics |
| 30 December 2021 | Simone Biles | Artistic gymnastics |
| 18 December 2020 | Russell Coutts | Sailing |
| 29 January 2020 | Mike Powell | Athletics |
| 16 November 2019 | Sergio García | Golf |
| 29 July 2019 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Football |
| 7 March 2019 | Javier Fernández | Figure skating |
| 14 December 2018 | Juan Carlos Navarro | Basketball |
| 8 November 2018 | Bob Beamon | Athletics |
| 4 April 2018 | Hugo Sánchez | Football |
| 11 December 2017 | Marc Márquez | Motorcycle sport |
| 14 December 2016 | Luis Suárez | Football |
| 13 September 2016 | Ruth Beitia | Athletics |
| 1 May 2016 | Novak Djokovic | Tennis |
| 2 December 2015 | Xavi | Football |
| 29 November 2015 | José María Olazábal | Golf |
| 7 October 2015 | Teresa Perales | Swimming |
| 5 May 2015 | David Cal | Canoe racing |
| 2 October 2014 | Kilian Jornet | Trail running |
| 24 September 2014 | Javier Gómez Noya | Triathlon |
| 12 February 2014 | Marcelino | Football |
| 28 September 2012 | Kelly Slater | Surfer |
| 27 September 2012 | Luis Arconada | Football |
| 15 June 2012 | Quini | Football |
| 2 June 2012 | Fernando Torres | Football |
| 14 March 2012 | Franz Beckenbauer | Football |
| 10 November 2011 | Fernando Hierro | Football |
| 8 August 2011 | Andrés Iniesta | Football |
| 14 April 2011 | Fabio Capello | Football |
| 1 April 2011 | Ronaldo | Football |
| 18 January 2011 | Ángel María Villar | Football |
| 18 January 2011 | Vicente del Bosque | Football |
| 16 December 2010 | David Stern | Basketball |
| 27 November 2010 | Fernando Alonso | Auto racing |
| 2 November 2010 | Jorge Lorenzo | Motorcycle sport |
| 2 June 2010 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Basketball |
| 27 May 2010 | Edurne Pasaban | Mountaineering |
| 18 March 2010 | Muhammad Ali | Boxing |
| 17 November 2009 | Paolo Maldini | Football |
| 19 October 2009 | Kaká | Football |
| 24 September 2009 | Luca Cordero di Montezemolo | Auto racing |
| 31 August 2009 | Usain Bolt | Athletics |
| 30 June 2009 | Federico Martín Bahamontes | Road bicycle racing |
| 29 April 2009 | Lionel Messi | Football |
| 3 March 2009 | Raúl González | Football |
| 15 December 2008 | Rafael Nadal | Tennis |
| 15 December 2008 | Juan Carlos I | Others |
| 24 October 2008 | Valentino Rossi | Motorcycle sport |
| 20 August 2008 | Michael Phelps | Swimming |
| 1 July 2008 | Luis Aragonés | Football |
| 30 January 2008 | Zinedine Zidane | Football |
| 5 December 2007 | Francisco Gento | Football |
| 18 October 2007 | Roger Federer | Tennis |
| 25 September 2006 | Pau Gasol | Basketball |
| 7 July 2005 | John McEnroe | Tennis |
| 6 March 2005 | Sergey Bubka | Athletics |
| 28 January 2005 | Haile Gebrselassie | Athletics |
| 25 November 2004 | Manolo Santana | Tennis |
| 18 October 2004 | Andre Agassi | Tennis |
| 22 May 2002 | Martina Navratilova | Tennis |
| 2 April 2002 | Mark Spitz | Swimming |
| 6 January 2002 | Magic Johnson | Basketball |
| 4 June 2001 | Juanito Oiarzabal | Mountaineering |
| 1 March 2001 | Michael Schumacher | Auto racing |
| 26 July 2000 | Eddy Merckx | Road bicycle racing |
| 7 May 2000 | Niki Lauda | Auto racing |
| 26 December 1999 | Carl Lewis | Athletics |
| 11 November 1999 | Ángel Nieto | Motorcycle sport |
| 5 October 1999 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | Football |
| 1 October 1999 | Diego Armando Maradona | Football |
| 21 September 1999 | Juan Antonio Samaranch | International Olympic Committee |
| 21 June 1999 | Johan Cruyff | Football |
| 11 January 1999 | Seve Ballesteros | Golf |
| 27 November 1998 | Pete Sampras | Tennis |
| 20 July 1998 | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | Tennis |
| 17 June 1998 | Alberto Tomba | Alpine skiing |
| 28 March 1998 | Carlos Sainz | Auto racing |
| 23 March 1998 | Nadia Comăneci | Artistic gymnastics |
| 22 January 1998 | Manel Estiarte | Waterpolo |
| 18 December 1997 | Garry Kasparov | Chess |
| 11 December 1997 | Miguel Indurain | Road bicycle racing |
| 27 November 1997 | Michael Doohan | Motorcycle sport |
| 15 November 1997 | Pelé | Football |
| 16 October 1997 | Michael Jordan | Basketball |