Ranking Sports By Skill Requirement

Ever wondered which sports are the toughest and which are a walk in the park? This dataset has the answers, straight from a panel of experts at ESPN that includes sports scientists from the United States Olympic Committee, muscle and movement science academicians, a star two-sport athlete, and seasoned sports journalists.

Upon meticulously analyzing 60 sports across 10 categories of athletic skills, such as endurance, strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, nerve, durability, hand-eye coordination, and analytic aptitude, each expert rated the demands each sport places on these skills on a scale of 1 to 10. By averaging their ratings, we've calculated a degree-of-difficulty number for each sport, ranging from 1 to 60, providing a comprehensive view of the relative difficulty of each sport.

For instance, the experts ranked boxing as the most demanding sport and fishing as the least demanding. Want to know where your favorite sport ranks? Explore this dataset to find out!