What Maradona, Michael Jordan and LeBron James did that Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo could not

Only the great sportsmen know how it feels to be considered the best in their discipline. And of course, the debates will always be there, because any sport has more than one contender to the GOAT label. Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are some of the pick in soccer, while LeBron James opened the discussion in basketball between him and Michael Jordan.

Anyway, some of then get their own different careers inside and outside competition. They have their own style of play, their own records and their own lives. In this last regard, Diego and both NBA legends achieved something that the others top sportsmen never did in their careers, and might never do.

With the first images released of LeBron James in Space Jam 2, he joined the group of GOATs who featured in a movie. Michael Jordan did so in the iconic prequel, while Maradona appeared in two films when he was young and still playing for Argentinos Juniors, before his great moments in Europe and the Argentina national team.

Messi and CR7 have never been in front of a filming camera outside of advertisements. Ronaldinho was another top soccer player filmed, in various music videos, some of them made by his own studio. But only Maradona, Jordan and James have the privilege of being watched in a cinema.