# The best sports anime

Basketball, volleyball, baseball, football, boxing and even relay running: classic sports anime chosen from Entame Cross, a 150-person survey (PR TIMES) and Ranqly.

- 0 votes · 15 items
- May 30, 2026 · 高橋 誠
- https://even.best/en/l/4089/the-best-sports-anime

## Top 10

1. **Slam Dunk (1993)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Delinquent Hanamichi Sakuragi discovers basketball at Shohoku.
2. **Haikyu!! (2014)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Small Shoyo Hinata and the Karasuno volleyball club.
3. **Run with the Wind (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ten misfits aiming for the Hakone Ekiden relay.
4. **Hajime no Ippo (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A bullied boy grows strong through boxing.
5. **Blue Lock (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A prison built to create Japan's best striker.
6. **Major (2004)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Goro Shigeno from little league to Major League Baseball.
7. **Kuroko's Basketball (2012)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Barely visible Kuroko and the Generation of Miracles.
8. **Captain Tsubasa (1983)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tsubasa Ozora, who got kids all over the world playing football.
9. **Touch (1985)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Twin brothers and Koshien, from Mitsuru Adachi.
10. **Tomorrow's Joe (1970)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Joe Yabuki and Toru Rikiishi, the landmark boxing story.
11. **Ace of Diamond (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — High-school baseball with catcher Miyuki and pitcher Sawamura.
12. **Yowamushi Pedal (2013)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — An anime-loving boy joins the cycling club.
13. **The Prince of Tennis (2001)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ryoma Echizen and the Seigaku tennis club.
14. **Yuri!!! on Ice (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A figure skater's comeback story.
15. **Oblivion Battery (2024)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A genius catcher who lost his memory and a power pitcher.

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