5 (number)

:This article discusses the number five. For the year 5 AD, see 5. For other uses of 5, see 5 (disambiguation)

In sports

• The number of players on a basketball team.
• In chess, the number of first titled grandmasters.
• In chess, the fewest number of moves a pawn makes to a queening square.
• The Olympics have five interlocked rings as their symbol, representing the number of inhabited continents represented by the Olympians (counting North America and South America as one continent).
• The number of kyu (pupil) grades in judo
• In rugby union, the number of the lock forward who usually jumps at number 4 in the line-out.
• In baseball, five represents the third baseman's position.