🏆Best Sports Anime to Watch in 2026
The definitive ranked list of sports anime — underdog teams, rivalries, and athletic glory. Every title below is ranked by community score and links to its full page with episodes, ratings, trailers, and one-tap tracking. Create a free account to build your own sports watchlist and get AI recommendations tuned to your taste.
#1★ 8.8Tomorrow's Joe 2
TV · 1980 · 47 eps
#2★ 8.8Fighting Spirit
TV · 2000 · 75 eps
#3★ 8.8Haikyu!! 3rd Season
TV · 2016 · 10 eps
#4★ 8.7The First Slam Dunk
Movie · 1 eps
#5★ 8.7Umamusume: Cinderella Gray Part 2
TV · 2025 · 10 eps
#6★ 8.7Fighting Spirit: New Challenger
TV · 2009 · 26 eps
#7★ 8.6Umamusume: Pretty Derby - Beginning of a New Era
Movie · 1 eps
#8★ 8.6Ping Pong the Animation
TV · 2014 · 11 eps
#9★ 8.6Haikyu!! Movie: The Dumpster Battle
Movie · 1 eps
#10★ 8.6Haikyu!! 2nd Season
TV · 2015 · 25 eps
#11★ 8.6Fighting Spirit: Rising
TV · 2013 · 25 eps
#12★ 8.6Umamusume: Cinderella Gray
TV · 2025 · 13 eps
#13★ 8.6Haikyu!! To the Top 2nd-cour
TV · 2020 · 12 eps
#14★ 8.6Slam Dunk
TV · 1993 · 101 eps
#15★ 8.5Chihayafuru 3
TV · 2019 · 24 eps
#16★ 8.4Medalist Season 2
TV · 2026 · 9 eps
#17★ 8.4Haikyu!!
TV · 2014 · 25 eps
#18★ 8.4Major S5
TV · 2009 · 25 eps
#19★ 8.4Medalist
TV · 2025 · 13 eps
#20★ 8.4Tomorrow's Joe
TV · 1970 · 79 eps
#21★ 8.4Run with the Wind
TV · 2018 · 23 eps
#22★ 8.4Cross Game
TV · 2009 · 50 eps
#23★ 8.4Chihayafuru 2
TV · 2013 · 25 eps
#24★ 8.4Haikyu!! To the Top
TV · 2020 · 13 eps
#25★ 8.3100 Meters
Movie · 1 eps
#26★ 8.3Umamusume: Pretty Derby Season 2
TV · 2021 · 13 eps
#27★ 8.3One Outs
TV · 2008 · 25 eps
#28★ 8.3Major S6
TV · 2010 · 25 eps
#29★ 8.3Ace of Diamond: Second Season
TV · 2015 · 51 eps
#30★ 8.3Major: World Series
OVA · 2 eps
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