THE ROLL OF HONOR HEREWITH THE 173 MEN AND EIGHT WOMEN WHO HAVE APPEARED ON THREE OR MORE SI COVERS

Muhammad Ali 31
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 27
Jack Nicklaus 22
Pete Rose 17
Larry Bird 16
Magic Johnson 16
Arnold Palmer 14
Bill Walton 14
Wayne Gretzky 12
Sugar Ray Leonard 12
Michael Jordan 11
Reggie Jackson 10
John McEnroe 10
Roberto Duran 9
Chris Evert 9
Patrick Ewing 9
Larry Holmes 9
Sonny Liston 9
Mickey Mantle 9
Joe Namath 9
Jimmy Connors 8
Julius Erving 8
Marvin Hagler 8
Willie Mays 8
Floyd Patterson 8
$ Herschel Walker 8
Wilt Chamberlain 7
Tony Dorsett 7
Joe Frazier 7
Gary Player 7
Bill Russell 7
Jim Ryun 7
Ralph Sampson 7
Mike Tyson 7
Tom Watson 7
Johnny Bench 6
Stan Musial 6
Mike Schmidt 6
O.J. Simpson 6
Fran Tarkenton 6
James Worthy 6
Yogi Berra 5
Bjorn Borg 5
Terry Bradshaw 5
George Brett 5
Lou Brock 5
Rod Carew 5
Gary Carter 5
Billy Casper 5
Eric Dickerson 5
John Elway 5
George Foreman 5
Charles Goren 5
John Havlicek 5
Elvin Hayes 5
Thomas Hearns 5
Bobby Hull 5
Moses Malone 5
Dan Marino 5
Billy Martin 5
Jim McMahon 5
Joe Montana 5
Dale Murphy 5
Martina Navratilova 5
Bobby Orr 5
Tom Seaver 5
Lee Trevino 5
Ken Venturi 5
Ted Williams 5
Rick Barry 4
Wade Boggs 4
Steve Carlton 4
Steve Cauthen 4
Larry Csonka 4
A.J. Foyt 4
Kirk Gibson 4
Franco Harris 4
Rickey Henderson 4
Gordie Howe 4
Bo Jackson 4
Ingemar Johansson 4
Dennis Johnson 4
Al Kaline 4
Sandy Koufax 4
Carl Lewis 4
Jerry Lucas 4
Eddie Mathews 4
Earl Monroe 4
; Walter Payton 4
Sam Perkins 4
Kurt Rambis 4
Willis Reed 4
Tony Rice 4
Brooks Robinson 4
Mary Slaney 4
Ozzie Smith 4
Michael Spinks 4
Bart Starr 4
Darryl Strawberry 4
Jim Taylor 4
Joe Theismann 4
Cheryl Tiegs 4
Y.A. Tittle 4
Al Unser 4
Fernando Valenzuela 4
Maury Wills 4
Carl Yastrzemski 4
Henry Aaron 3
Marcus Allen 3
Tracy Austin 3
Ernie Banks 3
Carmen Basilio 3
Kent Benson 3
Rocky Bleier 3
Julius Boros 3
Christie Brinkley 3
Bear Bryant 3
Tom Burleson 3
Earl Campbell 3
Jose Canseco 3
Maurice Cheeks 3
George Chuvalo 3
Sebastian Coe 3
Gerry Cooney 3
Bob Cousy 3
Dave Cowens 3
Anthony Davis 3
Dave Debusschere 3
Matt Doherty 3
Augie Donatelli 3
Ken Dryden 3
Don Drysdale 3
Leo Durocher 3
Phil Esposito 3
Carlton Fisk 3
Doug Flutie 3
Walt Frazier 3
Roman Gabriel 3
Steve Garvey 3
Dwight Gooden 3
Florence Griffith Joyner 3
Dick Groat 3
Eric Heiden 3
Paul Hornung 3
Rafer Johnson 3
Bert Jones 3
Jean-Claude Killy 3
Bernie Kosar 3
Vince Lombardi 3
Elle Macpherson 3
Danny Manning 3
Pete Maravich 3
Don Mattingly 3
Tommy McDonald 3
Denny McLain 3
Joe Morgan 3
Edwin Moses 3
Chuck Muncie 3
Robert Parrish 3
Gaylord Perry 3
Boog Powell 3
Jim Rice 3
John Riggins 3
Frank Robinson 3
Larry Robinson 3
Sugar Ray Robinson 3
Nolan Ryan 3
Frank Shorter 3
Billy Sims 3
Sam Snead 3
Leon Spinks 3
Mark Spitz 3
Ken Stabler 3
Willie Stargell 3
Roger Staubach 3
Casey Stengel 3
Alan Trammell 3
Jerry West 3
Wes Westrum 3
Sidney Wicks 3
Robin Yount 3