Was it Serena, Tiger Woods, Jackie Robinson? Who made the big splash when they went pro?
Caitlin Clark has not just changed what people think about women’s basketball. She’s changed the fact that people talk about women’s basketball at all.
Even before she made her first 3 from the logo for the Indiana Fever, Clark changed the WNBA. In fact, her arrival has impacted the WNBA as much as any athlete has ever positively affected a sport just by joining the league.
Who else has had this kind of immediate and transformative impact?
Michael Jordan would not qualify because he changed basketball only after he became an NBA star. He wasn’t the first or even second pick in his draft class.
Tom Brady is the GOAT of football, but nobody was even aware of him when he entered the NFL.
In this week’s Randy’s Rankings, we count down the Sensational Seven athletes who have had the most impact when they arrived in their professional league.