We all know the girl. She’s overprotective, controlling, hyperactive and hypersensitive. Maybe she’s a cheater or a little too out there in the night clubs. She is constantly blowing up your phone, checking in on your whereabouts and incredibly insecure. She will not accept that you have a life without her. She’s irrational, outrageous and ridiculous. She’s the typical crazy girlfriend. Hopefully, you’re crazy ex-girlfriend.

Athletes meet a wide variety of women every single day from the sane prudes to the wild hookups. Who they decide to carry out an official publicized relationship with directly affects how the public sees them and the person they are outside the field or court. Choosing to take on a relationship to the media is kind of a big deal for any sports star. They are entering a whole new world free of privacy for intimacy.

Every hug, every kiss, every fight and every tear is seen and criticized by all of the fans and all of the haters. Everyone has an opinion on an athlete’s relationship. Finding a good girl who wants the relationship for the right reasons, instead of the bank account reasons, can be difficult. Some athletes hook really great catches, like NBA star Steph Curry and his wife Ayesha. Even the scandalous Kobe Bryant found a good wife in Vanessa. But then there are those who let the crazy ones find her way into their loving arms… Luckily, some of those athletes have made it out of the loony relationships alive and ready to share the dirty details.

15 James Harden (Khloe Kardashian)

That last name should have been enough of a clue for NBA baller James Harden that he was entering crazy town. But those luscious lips and those never-ending curves must have mesmerized him because he attempted a relationship with the youngest Kardashian sister, Khloe in 2015.

After her dirty divorce with former NBA player Lamar Odom, Kardashian spread her wings and dated a few other NBA players. Harden was caught in the Kardashian whirlwind and he definitely did not enjoy it. He says the year he dated Kardashian was the “worst year” of his life! Harden didn’t like all the attention that came with the famous family. Rumours of cheating on both sides of the relationship hit headlines everywhere and enough was enough for Harden. Hopefully, he got out before the infamous “Kardashian Kurse” hit his professional career.

14 Amar'e Stoudemire (Amber Rose)

In 2010, Amar’e Stoudemire played for the New York Knicks and was caught making moves on infamous model, Amber Rose. Rose had just gotten out of a relationship with Kanye West and Stoudemire was being called out for cleaning up the leftovers. At the time, though, Stoudemire was having a really great life and basketball career. Having Rose on his arm was probably the perfect addition.

However, since they stopped seeing each other, Rose has gone on to humour many other men and post explicit images of herself on social media. She’s been described as a wild girl and untameable. She now has a son with rapper Wiz Khalifa, who she was married to for three years. Rose is extremely outspoken when it comes to women’s rights, and holds an annual “Amber Rose Slutwalk” where she walks around town barely wearing anything.

13 Ezekiel Elliott (Tiffany Thompson)

Dallas Cowboys’ running back, Ezekiel Elliott had a rough start to his NFL career when his off-the-field drama trickled into his professional life. Elliott was seeing self-proclaimed model, Tiffany Thompson prior to his draft into the NFL. After he began playing for the Cowboys, Thompson threatened to ruin his career. She was unhappy with the way they ended things and how he treated her during their time together.

Thompson went public with images showing several bruises all over her body that she claimed came from Elliott physically attacking her. The whole ordeal went to trial and the result was a six-game suspension for Elliott at the beginning of his NFL career. Elliott claimed Thompson was romantic with his teammate, as well, and she planned the whole uproar with her friends over text message.

12 Kyrie Irving (Kehlani)

Kyrie Irving, five-time NBA All-Star, was playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers when he started dating singer Kehlani. Kehlani just ended a relationship with her longtime “first” love, rapper PartyNextDoor. She claimed to be so happy with Irving and referred to him as her best friend. I guess things didn’t work out as planned though because during a split from Irving, Kehlani quickly got back together with PND. A photo of the pair together was posted and everything went nuts.

Irving’s fans really dug into Kehlani on the whole situation. Kehlani couldn’t handle the pressure and tried taking her own life. She then posted another picture showing herself in a hospital bed, explaining the entire situation on how hopeless she was. Irving set the record straight announcing they weren’t together when the picture was taken. It was difficult for him not to let all that drama affect his game play.

11 Tony Romo (Jessica Simpson) 

It wasn’t near as bad as the “Kardashian Kurse,” but Dallas Cowboys’ quarterback experienced some serious game struggles while dating popstar Jessica Simpson in 2009. Romo played one the worst games of his career during the couple’s brief relationship. Diehard Cowboys’ fans were fuming and called Simpson his bad luck charm. Simpson’s manager/father, Joe Simpson also inserted himself way too far into the couple’s personal life. Romo had a hard time dealing with all the Simpson drama.

Simpson saw a lifelong future with Romo and wanted to start a family, but Romo thought she and her nosey father were boring. He ended up breaking things off on Simpson’s birthday; she had no idea it was coming. Romo went on to marry the beautiful former Miss Missouri, Candace Crawford.

10 Reggie Bush (Kim Kardashian) 

Former NFL running back was on his way to becoming one of the greats of the league, when he started dating reality show star and socialite Kim Kardashian. Reggie Bush was a Heisman Trophy winner when he was drafted in the NFL in 2006. A year later, he met Kardashian. The pair stayed together for a couple of years, so Bush really got to know the Kardashian family inside and out. They were one of the hottest couples of the time, but Kardashian’s personal tape with R&B singer Ray J being publicly released and their separate busy schedules took a toll on the relationship. They mutually went their own ways. Unfortunately for Bush, his NFL career also slowly ended. He’s one casualty to the “Kardashian Kurse” that has affected numerous other athletes

9 Andy Roddick (Paris Hilton) 

In October 2006, for the tiniest amount of time, former tennis legend Andy Roddick and socialite hotel heiress Paris Hilton hooked up. Although it was just a quick fling, it was enough to make headlines. Hilton’s personal life has been shared with the entire world for a long time. She has been recognized worldwide as the pretty princess, materialistic ditz.

Dating a woman with a not so pleasant reputation isn’t something considered normal for Roddick. Nevertheless, Roddick and Hilton were caught canoodling in Las Vegas. It seemed to be only once, which is lucky for Roddick, because Hilton has been arrested several times, been linked up with several men and has been called a gold digger. All things someone focusing on playing a great tennis game doesn’t need.

8 Dirk Nowitzki (Cristal Taylor)

Dallas Mavericks’ Dirk Nowitzki was very close to marrying one of the craziest WAGs of the NBA, Cristal Taylor. Nowitzki was engaged to the criminal in 2009 after dating for quite some time. The unlikely couple “met” when Taylor dialed the wrong number and ended up with Nowitzki on the other end of the phone. The pregnant Taylor was arrested and sentenced to five years of prison for violating probation. Prior to meeting Nowitzki, Taylor had been arrested on other charges, including felony theft.

While in jail, Taylor made several threatening phone calls to Nowitzki and his lawyers trying to get money out of the NBA star. Nowitzki was heartbroken over the whole situation and very disappointed and furious in himself. "It's not as though something really bad happened," he said to a German publication. "I showed bad judgment, and that's that. Life goes on."

7 Rob Gronkowski (Camille Kostek)

Rob Gronkowski has told the media time and time again that he does not have a girlfriend and doesn’t have intentions of finding one anytime soon. But that didn’t stop former New England Patriots cheerleader, Camille Kostek from trying her hand with big Gronk. The pair have made appearances together on more than one occasion, but Gronk always denied any real relationship. All the time, Kostek shared images of herself seductively dressed in only Gronk’s jersey and allowed the public to think the two were together.

For the last year or so, it seems things have been heating up and cooling off between Kostek and Gronk. Even as of a couple of weeks ago, the pair were rumored as being back together again. Maybe it’s a case of Gronk leading the pretty lady on, but when you’re considered one of the NFL’s hottest bachelors it’s hard to tie yourself down

6 Kevin Durant (Chantel Jeffries)

Chantel Jeffries is a self-proclaimed model who appears all over Instagram. She has been linked up with numerous big names, including NFL player DeSean Jackson, NBA star Kyrie Irving and Justin Bieber. She has gained quite a troublesome reputation for making her rounds through athletes. It’s no surprise NBA’s Kevin Durant made it to her long list.

Being on that list, though, is nothing to brag about. In 2015, Durant was spotted with Jeffries more than once. But it didn’t last, and he should consider himself lucky. Jeffries has been called a “wannabe celebrity” and someone who “clearly likes celeb hookups.” Durant had a rough break up with WNBA player, Monica Wright prior to meeting up with Jeffries, so it can be assumed Jeffries was his rebound girl.

5 Blake Griffin (Brynn Cameron)

Former Los Angeles Clippers’ player Blake Griffin was recently traded over to the Detroit Pistons. While this may affect his relationship with his current girlfriend Kendall Jenner, that’s probably not at the top of his worries right now. Before Jenner, there was a woman named Brynn Cameron.

Cameron and Griffin were to be married, but Griffin broke up with her and ran off to Las Vegas just one week before the wedding because Cameron refused to sign a prenup. Before that, the pair were together for eight years! Now, Cameron is suing Griffin saying he abandoned her and their children for a relationship with Jenner. She claims he left their family homeless and her brother has been supporting them. "Griffin cared more about the glamour of dating a Hollywood celebrity than the day-to-day responsibilities of being a father and family man,” she stated in the lawsuit.

4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Gemma Atkinson)

Portuguese soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo was once one of the hottest athlete bachelors. To date him was a dream come true for most women. In 2007, rumors began flying claiming he had dated wild English actress and model, Gemma Atkinson.

Atkinson, best known for her role in Emmerdale, was very quite on the whole matter ten years ago. She said everyone wanted to know what it was like to date Ronaldo. However, she wanted to keep what happened between them a secret for as long as she could. Finally, after years of teasing Atkinson made the big reveal. She claims her and Ronaldo’s date was “really, really glamorous.” They went to her house, drank tea and watched a British sitcom. Just that, and she’s still swooning and fantasizing over the first date.

3 Dwight Howard (Royce Reed)

Before playing for the Charlotte Hornets, Dwight Howard played for the Orlando Magic. While with the Magic, reality star Royce Reed was a dancer for the team. Howard and Reed had a brief fling that resulted in Reed becoming pregnant with Howard’s son. The pair never really got a long and were referred to as one of the nastiest celebrity feuds of all time. At one time, he sued her for more than $500 million and she’s called the cops on him numerous times.

In 2016, the once couple decided to try to get along for the sake of their son. But just a few months ago, Reed ripped into Howard over Instagram for being a bad dad and not spending time with their son.

2 Marcedes Lewis (Olivia Pierson)

Jacksonville Jaguars player, Marcedes Lewis once had a relationship with E! Network’s WAGS: LA star Olivia Pierson. Since she was on a reality show based on her relationships with famous athletes, she literally got paid to air their dirty laundry out for the world. And she had no problem doing so.

Lewis might not have been the best boyfriend, by far, but Pierson put the icing on the disaster cake when she shared intimate details on camera. She called Lewis out for being a cheater and a dog. He often got caught flirting with other women and would lie about his whereabouts. Since ending things with the NFL player, Pierson has only gone on to show the world how much drama she really is. She’s entered other athlete relationships and shared their dirty details, too.

1 Tom Brady (Tara Reid)

New England Patriots’ star quarterback has had his share of relationship drama. He was in the middle of the Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears break up, broke up with actress Bridget Moynahan only to realize weeks later she was pregnant with his son and worked through co-parenting growing pains with his current wife Gisele Bündchen. Not that he needed another crazy relationship to his record, but one of Hollywood’s most notorious party girls, Tara Reid has made claims she once had a fling with the quarterback.

The movie actress has had many a scandal and many a fling, some we may never hear about. But she decided to let the world know she once kissed Brady. The short “relationship” was rumored to have happened in 2002, around the time Reid was famous for her role in American Pie and before Brady had even started dating Moynahan.