It would make sense, it's by far the most popular sport, so to even make it as a professional, you don't just have to be very talented, but also mentally strong, disciplined, and lucky. Let's take the NBA for example, if you're born really tall, like seven footer+, you have a high chance of making it to the NBA if you're remotely athletic. There's only around 400 spots in the NBA, and maybe now height is not quite as important as it once was, but you'd have some really low-skilled players who were in the NBA mainly due to their size. You won't find that in football, no one makes it simply because of a physical advantage without having skills behind it. I can't speak on other sports as much as those two, but it's also silly to say Messi is greater than all the top athletes combined or to think someone like Michael Jordan is in any way in Messi (or name your GOAT)'s shadow in terms of overall athletic dominance, skills, etc, just because it's 'easier' to get in the NBA than it is to become a professional footballer (very debatable actually, since there's less jobs available than there are in football).