List of athletes who came out of retirement
In most cases, when a professional athlete announces retirement, he or she retires and then never returns to playing professional sports; however, in rare instances there are some athletes who came out of retirement. The following list shows such athletes in addition to any noteworthy achievements that they earned during their playing career after returning from retirement. It includes only professional athletes who announced retirement, were retired for at least one full season or year, and then returned to play their sport in at least one regular season contest. The list does not include players who sat out at least one full season due to injury and then returned to play without having ever officially announced retirement, nor does it include players whose careers were interrupted because of military service or incarceration. It also excludes free agents who were unable to find a team for at least a season and signed with a team at a later point without having ever officially announced retirement.
Michael Jordan in 1997 playing in the National Basketball Association after returning from a retirement of nearly two years; during that post-retirement stint, he led the Chicago Bulls to three NBA championships in three seasons
American football
- Randall Cunningham (1985–1995, 1997–2001)[1]
- Marshawn Lynch (2007–2015, 2017–2019)
- Bronko Nagurski (1930–1937, 1943)[2]
- Deion Sanders (1989–2000, 2004–2005)[1]
- Reggie White (1984–1998, 2000)[1]
- Jason Witten (2003–2017, 2019–present)[3]
- Rob Gronkowski (2010-2018, 2020-present)[4]
Association football
- Zico (1971–1989, 1991–1994)
- Aldair (1986–2005, 2007–2008)
- Roberto Carlos (1991–2012, 2015)
- Dida (1992–2010, 2012–2015)
- Paul Scholes (1993–2011, 2012–2013)
- Walter Montillo (2002–2017, 2018–)
Baseball
- Chief Bender (1903–1917, 1925)[5]
- Yogi Berra (1946–1963, 1965)[6][notes 1]
- Jim Bouton (1962–1970, 1978)[7]
- Ben Chapman (1930–1941, 1944–1946)[8][9]
- David Cone (1986–2001, 2003)[10]
- Tony Conigliaro (1964–1971, 1975)[11]
- Dizzy Dean (1930–1941, 1947)[12][notes 2]
- Jimmie Foxx (1925–1942, 1944–1945)[8][13]
- Jerry Grote (1963–1978, 1981)[14][15]
- Babe Herman (1926–1937, 1945)[8][16]
- Gabe Kapler (1998–2006, 2008–2010)[17][18]
- Minnie Miñoso (1949–1964, 1976, 1980)[19][notes 3]
- Charley O'Leary, (1904–1913, 1934)[21][notes 4]
- Jim O'Rourke (1872–1893, 1904)[22][notes 5]
- Joe Page (1944–1950, 1954)[23][24]
- Satchel Paige (1926–1953, 1965)[25][notes 6]
- Troy Percival (1995–2005, 2007–2009)[27][28]
- Andy Pettitte (1995–2010, 2012–2013)
- Ryne Sandberg (1981–1994, 1996–1997)
- Paul Shuey (1994–2003, 2007)[29]
- Dave Stieb (1979–1993, 1998)[30]
- Lloyd Waner (1927–1942, 1944)[31]
Basketball
- George Mikan (1946–1954; 1956)
- Bob Cousy (1950–1963, 1969–1970)[1]
- Michael Jordan (1984–1993, 1995–1998, 2001–2003)[1]
- Magic Johnson (1979–1991, 1996)[1]
- Rasheed Wallace (1995–2010, 2012–2013)
- Saulius Štombergas (1992–2007, 2009–2010)
Cricket
- Imran Khan (1971–1987, 1988–92)
- Shahid Afridi (Am
Cycling
- Lance Armstrong (1992–2005, 2009–11)
Ice hockey
- Helmuts Balderis (1973–1985, 1989–90, 1991–96)
- Barry Beck (1977–1986, 1989–90)
- Carl Brewer (1957–1965, 1967–1974, 1979–80)
- Alexandre Daigle (1993–2000, 2002–10)
- Ron Ellis (1964–1975, 1977–81)
- Mike Fisher (1999–2017, 2018)
- Dominik Hasek (1980–2002, 2003–08, 2009–11)
- Stanley Cup champion – 2002, 2008
- Gordie Howe (1946–1971, 1973–1980, 1997-1998)
- WHA MVP – 1974
- Avco World Trophy champion – 1974, 1975
- WHA First All-Star Team – 1974, 1975
- NHL All-Star Game participant – 1980
- Guy Lafleur (1971–1985, 1988–91)
- NHL All-Star Game participant – 1991
- Claude Lemieux (1983–2003, 2008–09)
- Mario Lemieux (1984–1997, 2000–06)[1]
- NHL Second All-Star Team – 2001
- NHL All-Star Game participant – 2001, 2002
- Ted Lindsay (1944–1960, 1964–65)
- Dickie Moore (1951–1963, 1964–65, 1967–68)
- Mark Pavelich (1980–89, 1991)
- Jacques Plante (1952–1965, 1968–1975)
- Vezina Trophy – 1969
- NHL All-Star Game participant – 1969, 1970
- NHL Second All-Star Team – 1971
- Gary Roberts (1985–1996, 1997–2009)
- NHL All-Star Game participant – 2004
Mixed Martial Arts
- Tito Ortiz (1997-2012, 2014-)
- Chuck Liddell (1998-2010, 2018)
- Fedor Emelianenko (2000-2012, 2015-)
- Georges St-Pierre (2002-2013, 2017)
- Urijah Faber (2003-2016, 2019)
- Brock Lesnar (2007-2011, 2016)
- Alexander Gustafsson (2006-2019, 2020-)
Motorsports
- Jeff Gordon (1990–2015, 2016)
- Matt Kenseth (1998-2018, 2020-present)
- Niki Lauda (1971-1979, 1982-1985)
Formula One World Champion 1984
- Michael Schumacher (1991–2006, 2010–2012)
Rugby Union
- Andy Goode (1998-2015, 2015-2016, 2020)
- Peter Rogers (1990-2004, 2007-2008)
- Gareth Thomas (2007-2010, 2010)
Tennis
- Justine Henin (1999-2008, 2010-11)
- Kim Clijsters (1997-2007, 2009-12, 2020)
- Bjorn Borg [1973-1983,1991-1993]
Notes
- Berra was a coach with the New York Mets when, in 1965, he played four games at catcher.
- Dean was a broadcaster for the St. Louis Browns when, in 1947, he signed a $1 contract to pitch the final game of the season.
- Miñoso had a total of ten at bats between his two comeback seasons as a publicity stunt arranged by Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck.[20]
- O'Leary asked into a 1934 game as a 58-year-old coach with the St. Louis Browns and took a single turn at bat.
- In 1904, at 54 years old, New York Giants manager John McGraw granted O'Rourke's request to play in a single game. He became the oldest player to play an entire MLB game.
- Paige pitched in one game in 1965 as a publicity stunt arranged by Kansas City Athletics owner Charles O. Finley.[26]
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