| Athlete | Degree | Field | Institution | Known for |
| MD | Medicine | Harvard Medical School | Olympic and World Champion figure skater |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | College of Philadelphia Department of Medicine | Major League Baseball player, professor at Jefferson Medical College |
| DDS | Dental surgery | College of Dentistry | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | Baltimore Medical College | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine, Neurology | Exeter College, Oxford | Olympic middle-distance runner, first person to break the 4 minute mile |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | Tulane University School of Medicine | Major League Baseball third baseman and president of the American League |
| DDS | Dental surgery | Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery | Major League Baseball player, Mohawk activist |
| DPT | Physical therapy | University of Colorado School of Medicine | National Football League safety |
| DDS | Dental surgery | Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery | Major League Baseball catcher, possible inventor of the catcher's mitt, namesake of Bushong, Kansas |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Tennessee College of Dentistry | National Football League player and Heisman Trophy winner |
| DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball catcher |
| MD | Medicine | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine | National Football League player |
| MD | Medicine | | Professional racing cyclist |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball player |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Tennessee College of Dentistry | National Basketball Association All-Star |
| MD | Medicine | University of British Columbia | Canadian backstroke swimmer at the 1992 Summer Olympics |
| MDCM | Medicine | McGill University Faculty of Medicine | National Football League guard, Super Bowl champion |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball infielder |
| DO | Medicine | Ohio University Heritage School of Medicine | National Football League defensive end |
| MD | Medicine | Baltimore Medical College | Major League Baseball player whose life story was featured in the 1989 film Field of Dreams |
| MD | Medicine | University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry | National Hockey League player |
| MD | Medicine | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Major League Baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | Zucker School of Medicine | Major League Baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | Sidney Kimmel Medical College | American distance runner, anesthesiologist |
| MD | Medicine | Stanford University School of Medicine | American long track speed skater and five-time gold medalist at the Winter Olympics. Regarded as most successful Winter Olympian and one of 50 greatest athletes of the 20th century. |
| MD | Medicine | Rush Medical College | Major League Baseball player |
| DDS | Dental surgery | Ohio State University College of Dentistry | National Football League player and Heisman Trophy winner |
| MD | Medicine | University of Mississippi Medical Center | National Football League wide receiver |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| DDS | Dental surgery | Harvard Dental School | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | Yale Medical School | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | University of Illinois College of Medicine | Major League Soccer player |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Dentistry | Major League Baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | Queen's University at Kingston | French Canadian gymnast represented at the 2000 Olympic Games. |
| DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | Cy Young Award-winning Major League Baseball pitcher |
| DPT | Physical therapy | Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions | National Football League player |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Maryland School of Dentistry | Major League Baseball outfielder |
| DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | USC Keck School of Medicine | National Football League tackle, Super Bowl champion |
| DMD | Dental medicine | Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry | National Basketball Association player |
| MD | Medicine, neurosurgery | Pritzker School of Medicine | National Football League player, missionary, father of Milt McColl |
| MD | Medicine | Stanford University School of Medicine | National Football League player, son of Bill McColl |
| MD | Medicine | Aarhus University | National Women's Soccer League and Denmark Women's National Football Team player |
| DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | National Basketball Association player |
| DVM | Veterinary medicine | University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | Meharry Medical College | Negro National League baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | Stritch School of Medicine | Major League Baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | University of Vermont College of Medicine | Major League Baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health | Major League Baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | McGill University Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences | Olympic medal-winning figure skater |
| MD | Medicine | Florida State University College of Medicine | National Football League safety, Rhodes Scholar |
| MD | Medicine | Bowman Gray School of Medicine | All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player |
| MD | Medicine | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | Tufts University School of Medicine | Olympic rower |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania Dental School | Major League Baseball player |
| MD | Medicine | University Institute of Health Sciences - Héctor A. Barceló Foundation | Mixed martial artist |
| MD | Medicine | University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine | Olympic medalist and World Champion figure skater |
| MD | Medicine | Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons | Olympic swimmer |
| DDS | Dental surgery | University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| DDS | Dental surgery | Ohio State University College of Dentistry | Professional baseball player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League |
| DDS | Dental surgery | Georgetown University School of Dentistry | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| DMD | Dental medicine | Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| MD | Medicine | University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine | Canadian Olympic ice hockey gold medal player and team captain, considered among the greatest female ice hockey players of all time, then a physician |
| Athlete | Degree | Field | Institution | Known for |
| JD | Law | USC Gould School of Law | National Football League quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner |
| JD | Law | Rutgers Law School | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| JD | Law | William & Mary Law School | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| JD | Law | Suffolk University Law School | National Football League linebacker and Pro Football Hall of Famer |
| JD | Law | George Washington University Law School | National Football League cornerback and kick returner |
| JD | Law | Duquesne University School of Law | Major League Baseball player and 1969 World Series MVP |
| JD | Law | University of Cincinnati School of Law | Sportscaster and former National Football League wide receiver |
| JD | Law | University of Florida College of Law | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| JD | Law | South Texas College of Law | National Football League wide receiver |
| JD | Law | Harvard Law School | National Basketball Association player |
| JD | Law | King's College London | British former rower and current Chair of UK Sport. Summer Olympics gold and silver medallist as well World champion. |
| JD | Law | Washington University School of Law | Major League Baseball catcher |
| JD | Law | UC Berkeley School of Law | National Football League wide receiver, Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association |
| JD | Law | Florida State University College of Law | Major League Baseball player and [National Baseball National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame and Museum|Hall of Fame] manager |
| JD | Law | University of Miami School of Law | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| André Matias | JD | Law | Georgetown University Law Center | Angolan Olympic Rower |
| JD | Law | Georgetown University Law Center | National Football League player and executive |
| JD | Law | Cornell Law School | National Football League player, member of the Nebraska Legislature |
| JD | Law | University at Buffalo Law School | National Hockey League player and executive |
| JD | Law | University of California College of the Law, San Francisco | National Football League linebacker |
| JD | Law | University of Minnesota Law School | National Football League player, member of the College and Pro Football Hall of Fame, Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court |
| JD | Law | Seton Hall University School of Law | National Football League player |
| JD | Law | Western State College of Law | Major League Baseball pitcher |
| Matt Simpson | JD | Law | University of Virginia School of Law | Paralympic goalball player |
| JD | Law | Loyola University Chicago School of Law | National Football League player, Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court |
| JD | Law | Yale Law School | National Football League player, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |
| JD | Law | Duquesne University School of Law | National Football League player, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania judge |
| JD | Law | J. Reuben Clark Law School | National Football League quarterback, member of the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame |
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