Its men's and women's track and field and cross country teams are perennial powerhouses in their division.

The New York Times called Haverford a pipeline to a front-office career in professional baseball, with a focus on sabermetrics (advanced statistics).

As of summer 2015, it notes, "there are about 15 to 20 Haverford graduates working in prominent baseball-related jobs, as front-office executives, agents and talent evaluators.

The first intercollegiate basketball game played east of the Mississippi River occurred in Ryan Gym (now a lounging area for students) in 1895 between Haverford and Temple University.

Recently retired coach, David Littell, fenced in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

The men's soccer team won its first NCAA playoff game in 1980, defeating Elizabethtown College 4-3.

The 2015 season was the most successful in the history of Haverford men's soccer, as the team won the Centennial Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA playoff's Elite Eight.

[39] The men's and women's track and field and cross country teams are perennial powerhouses in their division.

The men's outdoor track and field team won the first 16 Centennial Conference championships, while the men's cross country team has won all but two Centennial Conference championships, reclaiming the title from Dickinson in the 2010 fall season.

Three Haverford runners have won individual Division III men's cross country national championships: Seamus McElligott in 1990, JB Haglund in 2001, and Anders Hulleberg in 2010.

The women's volleyball team competed in the NCAA tournament in 2006 and 2007 after winning its first Centennial Conference titles.