The 50 Biggest Athlete Style Fails

No matter what their on-field accomplishments were, we'll always remember these style fails.

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While they're on the field, pitch, court, or diamond, professional athletes are the epitome of focus and discipline. One slight mistake could mean the evaporation of their dreams and their paycheck. So you would think these guys would know how to pull off the relatively simple task of getting dressed, right? 

Turns out that the world of sports is rife with guys totally messing up the act of looking presentable. In a world literally full of uniforms and standards, a lot of these awful fails occur when athletes try to express themselves however they can and end up going way overboard. As fans, we can only root for and/or jeer these utter style fails of our favorite players and revel in the fact that yes, we are better at some things than these otherwise Herculean specimens. From the worst off-field outfits to the most bizarre facial hair, these are The Biggest Athlete Style Fails.

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50. Do NOT tickle Shaquille O'Neal's all-Elmo-everything.

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49. LeBron James' denim tuxedo shirt is a high-low fail.

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48. Stevie Johnson's doggystyle cap.

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47. Vladimir Radmanovic's braids distract everyone from his crazy name.

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46. Johnny Weir knows how to get street styled.

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45. Sean Avery is photographed in Terry Richardson's sex-dungeon.

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44. Didier Drogba is the Euro Trash Robin to Ronaldo's Euro Trash Batman.

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43. Paul Malignaggi has got himself a style situation.

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42. Ryan Lochte's grill aka A$AP Soggy.

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41. Ricky Williams in a wedding dress.

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40. John Rocker goes from bad to worse.

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39. Marquis Daniels' necklace of Marquis Daniels is the most noteworthy event of Marquis Daniels' career.

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38. Tiger Woods tries to show us another side precisely when we find out wayyy too much.

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37. MMA style clothing is as brutal as the sport.

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36. The Lakers' short shorts are more throw-up than throwback.

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35. Perhaps one of Scot Pollard's most bizarre actions, and that is saying something.

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34. A.J. Burnett dyes his hair blonde for Spring Break.

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33. Dwight Howard's cargo shorts? Cargo pants? Cargo capris?

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32. John Daly's outfits are a walking punchline.

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31. No pot of gold at the end of Brian Bosworth's rainbow.

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30. Turk Wendell's necklace made of the teeth of animals he's hunted and killed.

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29. John Kruk is a Troglodyte.

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28. Brett Favre on draft day is the archetype for Buckwild.

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27. Cristiano Ronaldo is the physical manifestation of Euro Trash.

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26. Darryl Dawkins' horrendous pink jacket is more exciting than the 2013 dunk contest.

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25. Pete Sampras' hair makes us sad.

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24. Kimbo Slice's chest hair arrow almost makes him look not scary.

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23. How did Jaromír Jágr's mullet get past customs?

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22. Joakim Noah's draft day outfit is almost enough to make fans of style give up.

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21. Rajon Rondo's jacket is the embodiment of an existential crisis.

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20. Allen Iverson wearing suits that could fit three Allen Iversons.

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19. Adam Morrison's hair is slowly eating his head.

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18. At least the attention was off of LeBron's hairline.

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17. Steve Nash got the "Hollywood" thing all wrong in his Lakers debut.

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16. Melvin Costa's "I have a small penis" tattoo.

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15. Dennis Rodman in a wedding dress.

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14. If Drew Gooden's suit is from the future, then we're not looking forward to it.

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13. Anthony Davis' unibrow is out of control.

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12. Most, if not all, of Chris "Birdman" Andersen is offensive.

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11. Dwyane Wade's band-aid hurts us more than anything.

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10. (Don't) Braid it like Beckham.

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9. Rafael Nadal stays flossin'.

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8. Tim Thomas' draft day outfit is the "Don't" for rookes from 1997 to Forever.

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7. In hindsight, Mark Sanchez swagging like Joe Namath was a huge mistake.

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6. Jose Canseco's sheer shirt.

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5. Andrew Bynum's inexplicable perm.

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4. Drew Gooden's squid-beard.

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3. Kobe ethers himself in an all-white everything editorial.

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2. Sammy Sosa bleaches his skin.

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1. Tom Brady is forced to contract Bieber Fever. Loses respect of everyone else in the NFL.

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