Individual Athletes
| Year | Athlete | Sport | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Jack Armstrong | fictional character | ||
| 1934, 1992 | Lou Gehrig | baseball | first athlete depicted | |
| 1934 | Jimmie Foxx | baseball | ||
| 1934 | Ellsworth Vines | Tennis | ||
| 1934 | Elinor Smith | aviator | first female depicted | |
| 1935 | Dizzy Dean | baseball | ||
| 1935 | Babe Didrikson Zaharias | athlete | first female athlete depicted | |
| 1935 | Jane Fauntz | Olympic diving | ||
| 1935 | Benny Friedman | football | Michigan New York Giants HOF | |
| 1936, 2003 | Jesse Owens | Track & Field | first black athlete depicted | |
| 1936 | Robert Kessler | basketball | ||
| 1936 | Kit Klein | Speedskating | ||
| 1936 | Wilbur Shaw | Auto racing | ||
| 1937 | Earl Averill | baseball | ||
| 1937 | Lefty Gomez | baseball | ||
| 1937 | Bronko Nagurski | football | ||
| 1937 | Mel Ott | baseball | ||
| 1937 | Cecil Travis | baseball | ||
| 1937 | Harold "Hal" Trosky | baseball | ||
| 1938 | Bob Feller | baseball | ||
| 1938 | Lou Fette | baseball | ||
| 1938 | Charlie Gehringer | baseball | ||
| 1938 | Lefty Grove | baseball | ||
| 1938 | Billy Herman | baseball | ||
| 1938 | Carl Hubbell | baseball | ||
| 1939 | Leo Durocher | baseball | ||
| 1939 | Johnny Mize | baseball | ||
| 1930s | Marty Barry | Ice Hockey | ||
| 1947 | Hank Greenberg | baseball | ||
| 1951 | Tom Fears | Football | ||
| 1951 | Otto Graham | Football | ||
| 1951 | George Kell | baseball | ||
| 1951 | Ralph Kiner | baseball | ||
| 1951 | Bob Lemon | baseball | ||
| 1951 | Johnny Lujack | football | ||
| 1952 | Roy Campanella | baseball | ||
| 1952 | Glenn Davis | football | ||
| 1952 | Elwin "Preacher" Roe | baseball | ||
| 1952 | Bob Waterfield | football | ||
| 1956 | Bob Cousy | basketball | ||
| 1956 | Bobby Layne | football | ||
| 1956 | Duke Snider | baseball | ||
| 1958 | Bob Richards | Track and field (pole vault) | first athlete depicted on front of box | |
| 1959 | Esther Williams | Swimming | ||
| 1964 | Bart Starr | football | ||
| 1964 | Tom Tresh | baseball | ||
| 1967 | Raymond Berry | football | ||
| 1967 | Joe Horlen | baseball | ||
| 1967 | Tim McCarver | baseball | ||
| 1967 | Billy Mills | Running track | ||
| 1967 | Bobby Richardson | baseball | ||
| 1968 | Tom Matte | football | ||
| 1977, 2012 | Bruce Jenner | Decathlon Track and field | ||
| 1983 | Steve Veltman | bicycle Motocross racing | ||
| 1984 | Leslie Deniz | Discus | ||
| 1984, 1999, 2012 | Mary Lou Retton | Gymnastics | first female depicted on front of box | |
| 1984, 2004 | Carl Lewis | Track & Field | ||
| 1985 | Pete Rose | baseball | ||
| 1986, 2000 | Walter Payton | Football | ||
| 1987 | Chris Evert | Tennis | ||
| 1988 | Sammy Chagolla | Wrestling | ||
| 1988 | A. C. Green | baseball | ||
| 1988 | Michael Jordan | basketball | most depictions on box (18 total) | |
| 1988 | Steve Largent | football | ||
| 1988 | Abigail McLaughlin | Running | Olympics | |
| 1989 | Johnny Bench | baseball | ||
| 1989 | Detroit Pistons | basketball | ||
| 1989 | Joe Dumars | basketball | ||
| 1989 | Jim Palmer | baseball | ||
| 1990 | Eric Davis | baseball | ||
| 1990 | Boomer Esiason | football | ||
| 1991 | Randy Gilhen | ice hockey | ||
| 1991, 1992, 1993 | Horace Grant | basketball | ||
| 1992, 1999 | Barry Sanders | football | ||
| 1992 | Babe Ruth | baseball | ||
| 1993 | Larry Bird | basketball | ||
| 1993 | Jack Del Rio | football | ||
| 1993 | Chris Doleman | Football | ||
| 1993 | Clyde Drexler | basketball | ||
| 1993 | John Elway | football | ||
| 1994, 1996 | Mike Russo | |||
| 1995, 2001 | Cal Ripken Jr. | baseball | ||
| 1995 | Josh Gibson | baseball | ||
| 1995 | Dan Marino | football | ||
| 1996 | Amanda Borden | Gymnastics | U.S. Olympic gymnastics team box | |
| 1996 | Amy Chow | Gymnastics | U.S. Olympic gymnastics team box | |
| 1996 | Dominique Dawes | Gymnastics | U.S. Olympic gymnastics team box | |
| 1996 | Tom Dolan | Swimming | ||
| 1996 | Michael Johnson | Athletics (track and field) | ||
| 1996 | Shannon Miller | Gymnastics | U.S. Olympic gymnastics team box | |
| 1996 | Dominique Moceanu | Gymnastics | U.S. Olympic gymnastics team box | |
| 1996 | Dan O'Brien | Track and field (decathlon) | ||
| 1996 | Jaycie Phelps | Gymnastics | U.S. Olympic gymnastics team box | |
| 1996 | Jackie Robinson | baseball | ||
| 1996 | Roger Staubach | football | ||
| 1996 | Kerri Strug | Gymnastics | U.S. Olympic gymnastics team box | |
| 1996 | Amy Van Dyken | Swimming | ||
| 1996 | Steve Young | football | (CWR) | |
| 1996, 1999 | Troy Aikman | football | ||
| 1996, 2010 | Dale Earnhardt | NASCAR | ||
| 1996-2000 | Ken Griffey, Jr. | baseball | ||
| 1997 | Arthur Ashe | Tennis | ||
| 1997 | Terry Glenn | football | ||
| 1997 | "Mean" Joe Greene | football | (CWR) | |
| 1997 | Franco Harris | football | ||
| 1997, 2007 | Tony Gwynn | baseball | ||
| 1998 | Denny Brauer | fishing | ||
| 1998 | Terrell Davis | football | ||
| 1998 | Tricia Dunn | ice hockey | ||
| 1998 | Brett Favre | Football | ||
| 1998 | Cammi Granato | Ice Hockey | ||
| 1998 | Mark McGwire | baseball | ||
| 1998 | Richard Petty | NASCAR | ||
| 1999 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Wrestling | ||
| 1999 | Lance Armstrong | Cycling | ||
| 1999 | Brandi Chastain | Soccer | ||
| 1999 | Arnold Palmer | Golf | ||
| 1999 | Mia Hamm | soccer | ||
| 1999 | Joe Torre | baseball | ||
| 1999, 2012 | Muhammad Ali | boxing | ||
| 1999, 2000, 2001 | Bill Elliott | NASCAR | (CWR Reg.) (HFW) | |
| 2000 | Stacy Dragila | Pole Vault | ||
| 2000 | Pete Sampras | Tennis | ||
| 2001 | Barry Bonds | baseball | ||
| 2001 | Tony Dorsett | Football | ||
| 2001 | Althea Gibson | Tennis | ||
| 2001 | Kirby Puckett | baseball | ||
| 2001 | Jim Thorpe | Track & Field, football, baseball | ||
| 2001 | Dave Winfield | baseball | ||
| 2002 | Hank Aaron | baseball | ||
| 2002 | A.J. Foyt | NASCAR | ||
| 2002 | Sarah Hughes | figure skating | ||
| 2002 | Cael Sanderson | Wrestling | ||
| 2002 | Emmitt Smith | football | ||
| 2002 | Ozzie Smith | baseball | ||
| 2003 | Kevin Garnett | basketball | ||
| 2003 | Wayne Gretzky | Ice hockey | ||
| 2003 | Rafael Palmeiro | baseball | ||
| 2003 | Joe Paterno | College Football Coach (Penn State) | ||
| 2003 | Darrell Waltrip | NASCAR | ||
| 2004 | Andre Agassi | tennis | ||
| 2004 | Justin Gatlin | Track | ||
| 2004 | Peyton Manning | football | ||
| 2004 | Pedro Martinez | baseball | ||
| 2004 | David Ortiz | baseball | ||
| 2004 | Carly Patterson | Gymnastics | ||
| 2004 | David Robinson | basketball | ||
| 2004 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | Track & Field | ||
| 2004, 2012 | Michael Phelps | Swimming | ||
| 2004 | Michael Vick | Football | ||
| 2005 | Roberto Clemente | baseball | ||
| 2005 | Tim Duncan | basketball | ||
| 2005 | Kirk Gibson | baseball | ||
| 2005 | Shaquille O'Neal | basketball | ||
| 2005 | Albert Pujols | baseball | ||
| 2006 | Chris Carpenter | baseball | ||
| 2006 | Julius Erving | basketball | ||
| 2006 | Doug Flutie | football | ||
| 2006 | Apolo Anton Ohno | Short track speed skating | ||
| 2006 | Alex Rodriguez | baseball | ||
| 2006 | Joey Cheek | Long Track Speedskating | ||
| 2007 | Bill Russell | basketball | ||
| 2008 | Jarrod Shoemaker | Triathlon | ||
| 2008 | Bryan Clay | Decathlon | ||
| 2009 | Willis Reed | basketball | ||
| 2010 | Lindsey Vonn | Alpine skiing | ||
| 2010 | Shaun White | Snowboarding | ||
| 2010 | Seth Wescott | Snowboard cross | ||
| 2011 | Chris McCormack | Triathlon | (WF) | |
| 2011, 2012 | Aaron Rodgers | Football | ||
| 2012 | Clay Matthews III | football | (WF) | |
| 2012 | Misty May-Treanor | beach volleyball | ||
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | basketball | |||
| Michelle Akers | soccer | |||
| Ethan Allen | baseball | |||
| Johnny Allen | baseball | |||
| Marcus Allen | football | |||
| Sandy Alomar, Jr. | baseball | |||
| Leonel Álvarez | soccer | |||
| Ignacio Ambriz | soccer | |||
| Ottis Anderson | football | |||
| George Lee "Sparky" Anderson | baseball | |||
| Luke Appling | baseball | |||
| B.J. Armstrong | basketball | |||
| Morrie Arnovich | baseball | |||
| Steve Atwater | football | |||
| Arnold "Red" Auerbach | basketball | |||
| Jeff Bagwell | baseball | |||
| Max Baer | boxing | |||
| Chris Bailey | Tennis | |||
| George Barclay | baseball | |||
| Tom Barrasso | ice hockey | |||
| Justin McCarthy "Sam" Barry | basketball | |||
| Marie Bartoletti | Marathon | (WEC) | ||
| Marlene Bauer | Golf | |||
| Sammy Baugh | football | |||
| Mark Bavaro | football | |||
| Josh Beckett | baseball | |||
| Myriam Bédard | biathlon | |||
| Beau Bell | baseball | |||
| James "Cool Papa" Bell | baseball | |||
| Andy Benes | baseball | |||
| Brooke Bennett | Swimming | |||
| Cornelius Bennett | football | |||
| Edgar Bennett | football | |||
| Patty Berg | Golf | |||
| Wally Berger | baseball | |||
| Yogi Berra | baseball | |||
| Bernie Bierman | football | |||
| Craig Biggio | baseball | |||
| Drew Bledsoe | football | |||
| Ken Block | Racing | |||
| Zeke Bonura | baseball | |||
| Lou Boudreau | baseball | |||
| Phil Bourque | Ice hockey | |||
| Claudio Branco | soccer | |||
| Tommy Bridges | baseball | |||
| Johnny Mack Brown | football | |||
| Kevon Brown | lacrosse | |||
| Tim Brown | Football | |||
| Terry Bradshaw | football | |||
| Isaac Bruce | football | |||
| Don Budge | Tennis | |||
| Mark Buehrle | baseball | |||
| Jay Buhner | baseball | |||
| Nick Buoniconti | football | |||
| Ellis Burks | baseball | |||
| Dick Butkus | football | |||
| Wally Butts | football | |||
| Karyn Bye | Ice hockey | |||
| Earnest Byner | football | |||
| Kyle Busch | NASCAR | |||
| Ken Caminiti | baseball | |||
| Harry Caray | baseball broadcaster | |||
| Cris Carter | Football | |||
| Bill Cartwright | basketball | |||
| Ron Cey | baseball | |||
| Wilt Chamberlain | basketball | |||
| Mark Chmura | Football | |||
| Earl "Dutch" Clark | football | |||
| Gary Clark | football | |||
| Roger Clemens | baseball | |||
| Harlond Clift | baseball | |||
| Ben Coates | football | |||
| Mickey Cochrane | baseball | |||
| Paul Coffey | ice hockey | |||
| David Cone | baseball | |||
| Michael Cooper | basketball | |||
| Joey Cora | baseball | |||
| Roger Craig | Football | |||
| Joe Cronin | baseball | |||
| Jim Crowley | football | |||
| Kiki Cuyler | baseball | |||
| Harry Danning | baseball | |||
| Bob Davies | basketball | |||
| Curt Davis | baseball | |||
| Darryl Dawkins | basketball | |||
| Paul Dean | baseball | |||
| Frank Demaree | baseball | |||
| Jack Dempsey | boxing | |||
| Paul Derringer | baseball | |||
| Donna DeVarona | Swimming | |||
| Bill Dickey | baseball | |||
| Joe DiMaggio | baseball | |||
| Abner Doubleday | baseball | |||
| Bob Errey | ice hockey | |||
| Marshall Faulk | Football | |||
| Lew Fonseca | baseball | |||
| Barry Foster | football | |||
| Gretchen Fraser | alpine skiing | |||
| Frankie Frisch | baseball | |||
| Walt Frazier | basketball | |||
| Andrés Galarraga | baseball | |||
| Juan González | baseball | |||
| Joe "Flash" Gordon | baseball | |||
| Goose Goslin | baseball | |||
| Red Grange | Football | |||
| Kevin Greene | football | |||
| Ralph Guldahl | golf | |||
| Stanley Hack | baseball | |||
| Odell Hale | baseball | |||
| Gabby Hartnett | baseball | |||
| John Havlicek | basketball | |||
| Eric Heiden | (CWR) Speed skating | |||
| James "Chico" Hernandez | (WEC) Sombo wrestling | |||
| Merril Hoge | football | |||
| Ben Hogan | Golf | |||
| Nat Holman | basketball | |||
| Mike Holmgren | football | |||
| Desmond Howard | football | |||
| Dixie Howell | baseball | |||
| Kent Hrbek | baseball | |||
| Don Hutson | football | |||
| Doug Heir | Paralympics | |||
| Peter Jacobsen | Golf | |||
| Joe Jacoby | football | |||
| Jaromir Jagr | ice hockey | |||
| Ned Jarrett | NASCAR | |||
| Ab Jenkins | auto racing | |||
| Lynn Jennings | long-distance running | |||
| Derek Jeter | baseball | |||
| Magic Johnson | basketball | |||
| Pepper Johnson | football | |||
| Randy Johnson | baseball | |||
| Vinnie Johnson | basketball | |||
| Brent Jones | football | |||
| Howard Jones | football | |||
| K.C. Jones | basketball | |||
| Tom Jones | football | |||
| Jim Kelly | football | |||
| Hunter Kemper | triathlon | |||
| Steve Kerr | basketball | |||
| Katie King | ice hockey | |||
| Harry Kipke | football | |||
| Chuck Klein | baseball | |||
| Bernie Kosar | football | |||
| Jack Kramer | Tennis | |||
| Jim Lachey | football | |||
| Bill Laimbeer | basketball | |||
| Sean Landeta | football | |||
| Carnell Lake | football | |||
| Barry Larkin | baseball | |||
| Ty Law | football | |||
| Bill Lee | baseball | |||
| Mario Lemieux | ice hockey | |||
| Darrell Lester | football | |||
| Lawson Little | golf | |||
| Greg Lloyd | football | |||
| Kenny Lofton | baseball | |||
| Vince Lombardi | football | |||
| Ernie Lombardi | baseball | |||
| Troy Loney | ice hockey | |||
| Luc Longley | basketball | |||
| Ronnie Lott | football | (HFW) | ||
| John Lugbill | whitewater canoeing | |||
| Nastia Liukin | Gymnastics | |||
| Todd Lyght | football | |||
| George Maddox | cricket | |||
| Greg Maddux | baseball | |||
| Phil Mahre | Alpine skiing | |||
| Steve Mahre | Alpine skiing | |||
| Rick Mahorn | basketball | |||
| Gus Mancuso | baseball | |||
| Tony Manero | golf | |||
| Lloyd Mangrum | Golf | |||
| Charles Mann | football | |||
| Edgar "Eggs" Manske | football | |||
| Mickey Mantle | baseball | |||
| Heinie Manush | baseball | |||
| Alice Marble | Tennis | |||
| Marty Marion | baseball | |||
| Johnny "Pepper" Martin | baseball | |||
| Edgar Martínez | baseball | |||
| Tino Martinez | baseball | |||
| Willie Mays | baseball | |||
| Jake McClanahan | basketball | |||
| Tim McCoy | ||||
| Michael McCrary | football | |||
| Dave MacMillan | basketball | |||
| Bo McMillin | football | |||
| Mary T. Meagher | Swimming | |||
| Joe Medwick | baseball | |||
| José Mesa | baseball | |||
| Art Monk | football | |||
| Joe Montana | football | |||
| Warren Moon | football | |||
| John Moore | soccer | |||
| Byron "Bam" Morris | football | |||
| Hal Morris | baseball | |||
| Wally Moses | baseball | |||
| Van Lingle Mungo | baseball | |||
| George Murray | Wheelchair Roadracer | |||
| Stan Musial | baseball | |||
| Mike Mussina | baseball | |||
| Randy Myers | baseball | |||
| Joe Namath | football | |||
| Steve Nash | basketball | |||
| Byron Nelson | Golf | |||
| Cindy Nelson | Alpine skiing | |||
| Ernie Nevers | football | |||
| Hal Newhouser | baseball | |||
| Bobo Newsom | baseball | |||
| Jack Nicklaus | Golf | |||
| Hideo Nomo | baseball | |||
| Ken Norton | boxing | |||
| Jay Novacek | football | |||
| Bart Oates | football | |||
| Davey O'Brien | football | |||
| Neil O'Donnell | football | |||
| Jonathan Ogden | football | |||
| Tom Osborne | football | |||
| Orlando Pace | football | |||
| LeRoy "Satchel" Paige | baseball | |||
| Brad Park | ice hockey | |||
| Benny Parsons | NASCAR | |||
| Lynn Patrick | ice hockey | |||
| John Paxson | basketball | |||
| David Pearson | NASCAR | |||
| Drew Pearson | football | |||
| Lee Petty | NASCAR | |||
| Mike Piazza | baseball | |||
| Frank Pietrangelo | ice hockey | |||
| Andy Pilney | football | |||
| Scottie Pippen | basketball | |||
| Jim Pollard | basketball | |||
| Raymond Radcliff | baseball | |||
| Karthik Ravi | basketball | |||
| Andre Reed | football | |||
| Harold "Pee Wee" Reese | baseball | |||
| Jerry Rice | Football | |||
| Mark Richt | College Football Coach (University of Georgia) | |||
| Freddy Rincón | soccer | |||
| José Rijo | baseball | |||
| Phil Rizzuto | baseball | |||
| Brooks Robinson | baseball | |||
| Bill Rodgers | Track and field (marathon) | |||
| Dennis Rodman | basketball | |||
| Al Rosen | baseball | |||
| Norman Ross | swimming | |||
| Charles "Red" Ruffing | baseball | |||
| Nolan Ryan | baseball | (CWR) | ||
| Mark Rypien | football | |||
| Chris Sabo | baseball | |||
| Joan Benoit Samuelson | Marathon | |||
| Adam Sandbergé | Music | |||
| Deion Sanders | football | (HFW) | ||
| Ricky Sanders | football | |||
| Jerry Sandusky | football | |||
| Gene Sarazen | Golf | |||
| Wes Schulmerich | baseball | |||
| Barbara Ann Scott | figure skating | |||
| Byron Scott | basketball | |||
| Todd Scott | football | |||
| Briana Scurry | Soccer | |||
| Shannon Sharpe | football | |||
| Don Shula | football | |||
| Al Simmons | baseball | |||
| Phil Simms | football | |||
| Bruce Smith | football | |||
| Lee Smith | baseball | |||
| Neil Smith | football | |||
| John Smoltz | baseball | |||
| Sam Snead | Golf | |||
| Paul Sorrento | baseball | |||
| Warren Spahn | baseball | |||
| Chris Spielman | football | |||
| Eddie Stanky | baseball | |||
| Kevin Stevens | ice hockey | |||
| Dave Stockton | Golf | |||
| Elvis Stojko | Figure skating | |||
| Harry Stuhldreher | football | |||
| Pat Summitt | basketball coach | |||
| Peter Taglianetti | ice hockey | |||
| Joe Theismann | football | |||
| Yancey Thigpen | football | |||
| Frank Thomas | baseball | (CWR) | ||
| Isiah Thomas | basketball | |||
| Thurman Thomas | football | |||
| Reyna Thompson | football | |||
| Lee Trevino | Golf | |||
| Johnny Unitas | football | |||
| Carlos Valderrama | Soccer | |||
| Arky Vaughan | baseball | |||
| Zoilo Versalles | baseball | |||
| Maribel Vinson | figure skater | |||
| Joe Vosmik | baseball | |||
| Dwyane Wade | basketball | |||
| Wallace Wade | football | |||
| Lynn Waldorf | football | |||
| Doak Walker | Football | |||
| Gerald "Gee" Walker | baseball | |||
| Wallenda Troupe | High wire performers | |||
| Bucky Walters | baseball | |||
| Paul Waner | baseball | |||
| Cotton Warburton | football | |||
| Lon Warneke | baseball | |||
| Glenn S. "Pop" Warner | football | |||
| Ricky Watters | football | |||
| Tom Weiskopf | Golf | |||
| Johnny Weissmuller | Swimming | |||
| David Wells | baseball | |||
| Billy Welu | bowling | |||
| Jerry West | basketball | |||
| Jo Jo White | basketball | |||
| Reggie White | football | |||
| Pinky Whitney | baseball | |||
| Laura Wilkinson | Diving | |||
| Bernie Williams | baseball | |||
| Ted Williams | baseball | |||
| Dan Wilson | baseball | |||
| Hack Wilson | baseball | |||
| Tiger Woods | Golf | |||
| Rod Woodson | football | |||
| James Worthy | basketball | |||
| Kristi Yamaguchi | Figure skating | (HFW) | ||
| Cale Yarborough | NASCAR | |||
| Rudy York | baseball |
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