Purpose: The aim of this study is to determine the self-esteem level of elite athletes and to examine its relationship with sociodemographic variables. Methods: This study was planned as a descriptive relational study. The study was carried out with 147 national athletes in Turkey. In the collection of data; A personal information form prepared by researchers and questioning socio-demographic characteristics and Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale were used. The data of the study were evaluated using the statistical package program SPSS for Windows 22.0 (Statistical Package for Social Science). Results: When the sociodemographic characteristics of the athletes were examined, the mean age was 25.75±4.07, 55.8% female, 44.22% male, 37.4% university graduate, 66.0% married. It was determined that 77% of them evaluated their income at a medium level, 55.1% of them perceived their health at a medium level, 55.1% of them lived in a metropolitan city and the athletes had been national for an average of 3.02±0.76 years. The mean score of the self-esteem scale of the athletes was found to be 2.09±0.75, and the self-esteem was evaluated at a moderate level. A statistically significant and negative high correlation was found between the duration of being a national and self-esteem (p<0.05). A statistically significant and negative high correlation was found between the age and self-esteem of the athletes (p<0.05). It was observed that as the duration of being national of the athletes increased, their self-esteem scores decreased and therefore their self-esteem increased. Conclusions: At the end of the study, it was observed that as the age of the athletes increased, their self-esteem scores decreased and therefore their self-esteem increased. It was observed that as the duration of being national of the athletes increased, their self-esteem scores decreased and therefore their self-esteem increased.
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