Lists of sportspeople who died during their careers

Sportspeople who died during their careers are covered in lists by sport, and in the case of motorsports by location.

Lists of sportspeople who died during their careers

 * List of American football players who died during their careers
 * List of association footballers who died after on-field incidents
 * List of athletics competitors who died during their careers
 * List of marathon fatalities
 * List of Australian rules footballers who died during their careers
 * List of basketball players who died during their careers
 * List of baseball players who died during their careers
 * List of deaths due to injuries sustained in boxing
 * List of fatal accidents in cricket
 * List of professional cyclists who died during a race
 * List of ice hockey players who died during their careers
 * List of triathlon fatalities
 * Fatalities in mixed martial arts contests
 * List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing
 * Rider deaths in motorcycle racing
 * List of Billown Course fatal accidents
 * List of Snaefell Mountain Course fatal accidents
 * Driver deaths in motorsport
 * List of Brands Hatch Circuit fatal accidents
 * List of Turismo Carretera fatalities
 * List of fatal Champ Car accidents
 * List of Daytona International Speedway fatalities
 * List of Dundrod Circuit fatal accidents
 * List of Formula One fatalities
 * List of Hockenheimring fatal accidents
 * List of fatalities at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
 * List of Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit fatal accidents
 * List of 24 Hours of Le Mans fatal accidents
 * List of Autodromo Nazionale Monza fatal accidents
 * List of NASCAR fatalities
 * List of Nürburgring fatal accidents
 * Driver and co-driver deaths in rallying events
 * List of Dakar Rally fatal accidents
 * List of fatal World Rally Championship accidents
 * List of Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps fatal accidents
 * List of Suzuka Circuit fatal accidents
 * List of Watkins Glen International fatalities
 * List of deaths on eight-thousanders
 * List of people who died climbing Mount Everest
 * List of fatal accidents in sailboat racing
 * List of fatalities due to wingsuit flying
 * List of premature professional wrestling deaths (This list includes wrestlers that were active or retired from the sport but died before the age of 65.)
 * List of sumo wrestlers who died during their careers
 * Sudden cardiac death of athletes

Other sports

 * Ilona Lucassen (1997–2020), Dutch judoka, suicide.
 * Lara van Ruijven (1992–2020), Dutch short track speed skater, auto immune disease.

List of sportspeople who died in wars

 * List of cricketers who were killed during military service
 * List of footballers killed during World War II
 * List of ice hockey players who died in wars


 * List of Major League Baseball players who died in wars


 * List of National Football League players who died in wars


 * List of Olympians killed in World War I
 * List of Olympians killed in World War II
 * List of Wales rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars
 * List of England rugby union footballers killed in the World Wars


 * List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service