The subject of this research is satisfaction with life of top athletes. Three hypotheses are set: H1: Active athletes are more satisfied with their lives than those who think about the end of their sports career and those who have stopped competing. H2: Team sports athletes are more satisfied with their lives than athletes of individual sports. H3: Male athletes are more satisfied with their lives than female athletes. The sample included 301 athletes, of which 154 female athletes and 147 male athletes; 153 out of individual and 148 out of team sports and 130 active and 171 ex-athletes. All athletes have won senior medals for the Republic of Croatia at the biggest competitions: the Olympic Games, World and European Championships, World Cups and European Cups and the Mediterranean Games, during the 6 Olympic Cycle Periods; since the 1992 (Olympic Games in Barcelona) to the 2012 (Olympic Games in London). Athletes filled out a questionnaire composed of standardized and valorized scales, verified in the domestic population. They responded to the issues of the Quality of Life Scale (QOL), the Scale of Life Satisfaction (SLS) and the Extended Satisfaction With Life Scale (ESWL); along with them on issues related to sociodemodraphic and socioeconomic features; issues related to the status of sports; issues related to the support of society and sports organizations and questions about what attracts them and what repelled them. For all the variables of the questionnaire frequency was determined and for all quantitative variables arithmetic meanings and standard deviations were determined. The analysis of measuring properties and total result was made for all three scales. The existence of differences between groups, determined by sex, type of sport and career status, was determined by a multivariate three-factor analysis of variance The average results of all satisfaction tests have shown that athletes are satisfied with their life. They are also happy in all measured life domains, as well as in all aspects of satisfaction. The variance analysis did not confirm the first hypothesis, but it has been shown that active athletes and athletes who have stopped competing are equally satisfied with their lives, while athletes who think about the end of their sports career have the lowest scores on all satisfaction tests. The results confirmed the second hypothesis. They have shown that athletes of team sports are significantly more satisfied than athletes of individual sports. The third hypothesis has not been confirmed, and based on the results of the variance analysis it can be said that no statistically significant gender differences in life satisfaction were found in this paper. Qualitative analysis in the form of semi-structured interviews revealed some of the results obtained. The analysis and processing of the results was carried out by the standard programs of the STATISTICA 64 package.