The Greatest Athlete To Wear #5 is Joe Dimaggio.

Notable #5’s-in baseball one of my all time favourite players- George Brett, Albert Pujols, Johnny Bench, Lou Boudreau, Brooks Robinson, Hank Greenberg, Bill Madlock and Jeff Bagwell.

in basketball- Jason Kidd, Dick and Tom Van Arsdale, and Big Shot Robert Horry.

In hockey-Nicklas Lidstrom, Denis Potvin, Boom Boom Geoffrion.

in football- Paul Hornung, Donovan F. McNabb.

The Greatest Athlete To Wear #5 is The Yankee Clipper- Joe Dimaggio. When I have asked old timers over the years who was the greatest ballplayer they ever saw -the ones who saw Joe D play usually say Dimaggio. A great all-around player and one of the greatest of all Yankees.