The 50 Worst Flops and Dives in Sports History in GIFs

From LeBron James to Gareth Bale.

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It's a shame that flopping is here to stay, but regardless, sports fans are just going to have to accept it. It's existance is semi-understandable if you look at it from another perspective, too. As a professional player, of course you're going to do whatever you can to at least make it seem like you're earning those millions. If that means flailing a limb or two—or all four—then so be it. You have to respect the hustle.

But please, PLEASE, at least do it with some dignity. Some of these flops are just outright disrespectful, and the worst part is they actually get the call sometimes.  Selling the call is one thing, but flailing like a killed Call of Duty multiplayer character is a completely uncalled for. Athletes like LeBron James, Manu Ginobili, and Vlade Divac (especially Vlade Divac) are too guilty for their ridiculous flops and dives.

There's occurances in every major sport and we've collected from each one in the 50 Worst Flops and Dives in Sports History. Study them and avoid being a Vlade Divac in your pro-am league, neighborhood club, or what-have-you. Nobody likes a Vlade Divac.

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50. Anything Pyo Can Do, I Can Do Better

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49. The First

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48. The Double Flop

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47. Red Card Gone Wrong

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46. The Lightest 250 Pounds Ever

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45. An Extremely Delayed Reaction

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44. Boozer'd

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43. The Unforced Flop

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42. Olé!

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41. Bosh Spice Is in the Building

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40. The Americans Have Learned

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39. "I Gotta Get My Upper Body Strength Up"

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38. Yellow Flag!

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37. Fake Inspirational Moment

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37. "Championships? Nah. Oscars, Bruh!"

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36. Classic Cristiano

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35. Elder Abuse

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34. Put Me Out Coach!

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33. No Charge

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32. The Death of Superman

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31. The Trip That Wasn't

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30. You Got Rob-bed!

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29. Swandive

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27. Anticipating the Contact

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26. All That Jazz

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25. Delayed Dive

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24. All That Jazz Too

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23. Belly Flop

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22. Flying Dutchman

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21. Two of a Kind

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20. "Man in the Mirror"

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19. Beach Soccer, Baby

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18. Actin' Crazy

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17. Peek-A-Boo

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16. Dive Into History

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15. And the Academy Awards Goes To...

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14. Man Down

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13. Fake Facial

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12. Self Destruction

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11. Down But Not Out

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10. Fake Out!

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9. Sonic Swat

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8. Changin' the Game

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7. Crowd Surfing

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6. The Master

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5. The Flop Heard 'Round The World (Cup)

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4. Better Late Than Never

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3. Hit Us With Your Best Flop

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2. Get Down!

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1. Flop to the Top

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