The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found, or have admitted to, having taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sporting body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing.
| Name | Country | Sport | Banned substance | Reference | | Mbulelo Mabizela | South Africa | Football (soccer) | Marijuana | [485] | | Remigius Machura | Czechoslovakia | Athletics | Admits to anabolic steroids use | [486] | | Colin Mackenzie | Wales | Athletics | | [487] | | Maurren Maggi | Brazil | Athletics | Clostebol | [488] | | Emmanuel Magnien | France | Cycling | Corticoids | [57] | | Bill Mahood | Canada | Mixed martial arts | Drostanolone | [489] | | Reni Maitua | Australia | Rugby (NRL) | Clenbuterol | [490] | | Igor Majcen | Slovenia | Swimming | | [108] | | Mitchil Mann | Australia | Weightlifting | Clenbuterol | [491] | | Milka Maneva | Bulgaria | Weightlifting | Steroids | [165] | | Jesús Manzano | Spain | Cycling | EPO, Cortisone, Testosterone, Human Growth Hormone, Nandrolone, Oxyglobin | [492] | | Diego Maradona | Argentina | Football (soccer) | Cocaine (1991), Ephedrine (1994) | [493][494] | | Georgi Markov | Bulgaria | Weightlifting | Steroids, Tampering with test | [165][96] | | Ivan Markov | Bulgaria | Weightlifting | Steroids | [165] | | Rodolfo Massi | Italy | Cycling | cortisone | [495] | | LaVonna Martin-Floreal | United States | Athletics | Diuretic (Ban later lifted) | [496] | | David Martínez | Spain | Athletics | Steroids | [138] | | Martha Matsa | Greece | Swimming | Stanozolol | [140] | | Natasha Mayers | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Athletics | T/E-4 | [497] | | Jeremy Mayfield | United States | Auto racing | Amphetamine | [498] | | Iain McCorkindale | England | Ten-pin bowling | Benzoylecgonine | [465] | | Sean McCully | United States | Mixed martial arts | Nandrolone | [499] | | John McEwen | United States | Athletics | Tetrahydrogestrinone | [171][221] | | David McFadgen | United States | Athletics | Cocaine | [500] | | Mark McKoy | Canada | Athletics | | [501] | | Brigitte McMahon | Switzerland | Triathlon | Erythropoietin | [502] | | Tim McNeill | United States | Gymnastics | Triamcinolone acetonide | [503] | | David Meca | Spain | Swimming | Nandrolone | [504] | | Roland Meier | Switzerland | Cycling | EPO | [267] | | Birgit Meineke | East Germany | Swimming | Turinabol (self-admitted) | [505] | | Mihaela Melinte | Romania | Athletics | Nandrolone | [57] | | Filip Meirhaeghe | Belgium | Cycling | EPO | [506] | | Oussama Mellouli | Tunisia | Swimming | Amphetamine | (Dutch)[507] | | Miroslav Menc | Czech Republic | Athletics | Stanozolol Norandrosterone | [508] [509] | | Pietro Mennea | Italy | Athletics | Growth hormone (self-admitted) | | | Amewu Mensah | Germany | Athletics | Oxandrolone | [510] | | Eddy Merckx | Belgium | Cycling | Reactivan, lodinated glycerol and Pemoline | [511] | | Shawne Merriman | United States | American football | Steroid | [512] | | Jeff Michels | United States | Weightlifting | Testosterone | [513] | | Mike Mihelic | Canada | Canadian football | | [514] | | Andrei Mikhnevich | Belarus | Athletics | | [515] | | Harry Milanzi | Zambia | Football (soccer) | Cannabis | [423] | | David Millar | Scotland | Cycling | EPO | [516] | | Sevdalin Minchev | Bulgaria | Weightlifting | Furosemide | [225] | | Donka Mincheva | Bulgaria | Weightlifting | Steroids | [165] | | Dennis Mitchell | United States | Athletics | Testosterone | [44] | | Yuliya Mochalova | Russia | Athletics | | [517] | | Ofentse Mogawane | South Africa | Athletics | Methylprednisolone | [518] | | Claus Michael Møller | Denmark | Cycling | | [31] (Danish) | | Felicia Moldovan (née Tilea) | Romania | Athletics | | [519] | | Shane Monahan | United States | Baseball | Deca-Durabolin, Winstrol & amphetamines Self-admitted in 2007, last played in minors 2003. | [520] | | Gianpaolo Mondini | Italy | Cycling | EPO | [521] | | Scott Moninger | United States | Cycling | 19-norandrosterone | [522] | | Agustin Montero | Dominican Republic | Baseball | | [523] | | Tim Montgomery | United States | Athletics | Self admitted use of prohibited substance | [38] | | Josh Moreau | United States | Weightlifting | Cannabinoids | [524] | | Christophe Moreau | France | Cycling | EPO (self admitted) | [525] | | Cristian Moreni | Italy | Cycling | Testosterone | [526] | | Maria Moreno | Spain | Cycling | EPO | Daily Telegraph, Spanish cyclist Maria Moreno fails drugs test at Beijing Olympics | | Aston Morgan | Jamaica | Athletics | Steroids | [307] | | Johnnie Morton | United States | Mixed martial arts | anabolic steroids | [527][528] | | Luca Moro | Italy | Auto racing | Benzoylecgonine | [529] | | Sergey Morozov | Russia | Race walking | rh-EPO | [530] | | Mike Morse | United States | Baseball | Steroids | [531] | | Shane Mosley | United States | Boxing | Tetrahydrogestrinone | [532] | | Guillermo Mota | Dominican Republic | Baseball | | [533] | | Hassan Mourhit | Belgium | Athletics | Anastrozol | [534] | | Mohammed Mourhit | Morocco | Athletics | Erythropoietin | [535] | | Johann Mühlegg | Spain | Cross-country skiing | Darbepoetin | [536] | | Gael Mulhall | Australia | Athletics | Anabolic steroids | [537] | | David Munyasia | Kenya | Boxing | Stimulant | [433] | | Giuseppe Muraglia | Italy | Cycling | hCG (Human chorionic gonadotropin) | [538] | | Johan Museeuw | Belgium | Cycling | Aranesp-darbepoetin alfa | [539] (self-admitted) | | Elizabeth Muthuka | Kenya | Athletics | Nandrolone | [540] | | Adrian Mutu | Romania | Football (soccer) | Cocaine | [541] | | Carl Myerscough | England | Athletics | Anabolic steroids | [542] | | Mika Myllylä | Finland | Cross-country skiing | HES | [543] | | Larry Myricks | United States | Athletics | Phenylpropanolomine | [544] | | Eero Mäntyranta | Finland | Cross-country skiing | Amphetamine | [545] | |