10 greatest male sprinters of all time

#8 Asafa Powell

Well, he can rightly be regarded as the person who laid the foundation of Jamaican domination when it comes to sprinting! Asafa Powell’s greatest statistic of all time is the fact that he has the most number of sub-10 finishes than anybody else in the sport, 98 to be precise.

Recently when he was questioned about where he would like to get the 100th one, the athlete was quoted as saying, "It depends where my next competition is. I would love to do it in Jamaica, not much sure if it's going to take that long."

But keeping that aside, Asafa held the 100-metre world record between June 2005 and May 2008, with times of 9.77 and 9.74 seconds. In a career that was disrupted by injuries and doping allegations, the gifted runners’ only Olympic gold glory came forth at 2016 Rio Olympics in the 4×100 m relay after his first medal from the same event he won back in the Beijing Games had to be surrendered since fellow runner Nesta Carter failed his drug test.

“I want to be the king of sprints because I think I am.”