What is the toughest sport?

Toughest to play, toughest to compete, toughest on the body. Each sport is given a rating out of 10 for all six attributes, and then the six scores are added together to give a final "toughness rating" out of 60 for each sport. The higher the rating, the tougher the sport. read more

By totalling and averaging their responses, we arrived at a degree-of-difficulty number for each sport on a 1 to 100 scale. That number places the difficulty of performing each sport in context with the other sports we rated. read more

The sport with the highest average was named the toughest sport to play by the experts. For example, while a sport like weight-lifting requires enormous strength and power, it requires little else, giving it a low overall score. read more

Swimmer’s lower body (legs) and upper body (Arma, shoulder) are constantly active to produce motion in water and it requires greater cardiovascular endurance to achieve professional level making Swimming one the hardest professional sport in the world. read more