No. 14 in America · Week of November 9, 2026
Hall of Fame tight end, host of Club Shay Shay
Shannon Sharpe is a Hall of Fame tight end who became one of television's best-known sports debaters on Undisputed and First Take.
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Score breakdown
Nine parts, measured fresh each week. This is where Shannon Sharpe's points came from, and the evidence behind each one.
Debate record
Argued opposite Skip Bayless every weekday for seven years on Undisputed, then joined Stephen A. Smith on First Take.
Sharpe played 14 NFL seasons, mostly with the Denver Broncos, and is considered one of the greatest tight ends of all time.
After football he spent seven years on Undisputed opposite Skip Bayless, joined First Take in 2023 and hosts the podcast Club Shay Shay.
On the record
2023
September 2023
Broadcast debate
Against Stephen A. Smith · ESPN First Take
Three months after leaving Undisputed, Sharpe joined First Take as a regular debate partner for Stephen A. Smith.
2023
2016 to 2023
Broadcast debate
Against Skip Bayless · FS1
Seven years of daily argument on FS1, ending in June 2023 after a rift over Bayless's comments on Damar Hamlin's collapse.
The people on this list argue in public for a living. At SuperDebate you get the same stage: one question, a clear structure, and a room that votes. It is how you learn to win an argument without making enemies.
