Poll: Real Life Underdogs in Sports

A poll by Hoekkie

Results of 629 votes:

  1. 83

    Chris Hemsworth in Rush (2013)

  2. 80

    Taron Egerton in Eddie the Eagle (2015)

  3. 74

    John Candy, Doug E. Doug, Leon, Rawle D. Lewis, and Malik Yoba in Cool Runnings (1993)

  4. 44

    Sean Astin in Rudy (1993)

  5. 43

    Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti in Cinderella Man (2005)

  6. 32

    Chadwick Boseman in 42 (2013)

  7. 26

    #26

  8. 25

    Brad Pitt in Moneyball (2011)

  9. 22

    Kurt Russell in Miracle (2004)

  10. 22

    Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale in The Fighter (2010)

  11. 20

    Matt Damon in Invictus (2009)

  12. 17

    Mark Wahlberg in Invincible (2006)

  13. 17

    Gene Hackman, Steve Hollar, David Neidorf, and Wade Schenck in Hoosiers (1986)

  14. 16

    Tobey Maguire in Seabiscuit (2003)

  15. 16

    AnnaSophia Robb in Soul Surfer (2011)

  16. 11

    Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Rick Gonzalez, Robert Ri'chard, Antwon Tanner, Channing Tatum, and Texas Battle in Coach Carter (2005)

  17. 10

    Seann William Scott in Goon (2011)

  18. 10

    Quinton Aaron in The Blind Side (2009)

  19. 9

    Matthew McConaughey in We Are Marshall (2006)

  20. 8

    Cuba Gooding Jr. and Ed Harris in Radio (2003)

  21. 7

    Miles Teller in Bleed for This (2016)

  22. 7

    Kevin Costner and Carlos Pratts in McFarland, USA (2015)

  23. 7

    Shia LaBeouf and Josh Flitter in The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

  24. 6

    The Perfect Game (2009)

  25. 3

    Mitch Eakins, Josh Lucas, Austin Nichols, Kip Weeks, Damaine Radcliff, and James Olivard in Glory Road (2006)

  26. 3

    Terrence Howard in Pride (2007)

  27. 3

    Madhur Mittal and Suraj Sharma in Million Dollar Arm (2014)

  28. 3

    Kurt Russell and Dakota Fanning in Dreamer (2005)

  29. 2

    Diane Lane in Secretariat (2010)

  30. 1

    Dennis Quaid in The Rookie (2002)

  31. 1

    Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, and Lee Thompson Young in Friday Night Lights (2004)

  32. 1

    Jesse Spencer in Swimming Upstream (2003)

  33. 0

    Ice Cube and Keke Palmer in The Longshots (2008)

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