Purpose: to establish the features of the daily profile of blood pressure (BP) in patients with arterial hypertension (AH) with a sports history. Object and methods of the study. The study included 124 men with essential AH of the II stage. The average age was 43.7±1.0 years, the duration of AH was 6.08±0.73 years. According to the features of the sports history and the nature of physical activity at the time of the examination, they were divided into 3 groups. The 1st group included 40 (32.3%) men with a sports history who had played sports in the past and currently have regular physical activity (physical exercises/sports), the 2nd group included 54 (43.5%) men who had played sports only in the past, and the 3rd group included 30 (24.2%) men who had not previously and currently do not have regular physical activity. All patients underwent daily BP monitoring using a standard method. Results. Taking into account the attitude to sports in the past and the nature of physical activity currently in men with AH allowed us to determine AH and compare the chronobiological behavior of BP at different times of the day. Men with a sports history in groups 1 and 2 had lower BP and, accordingly, BP load indices than men who had never played sports. However, parameters that worsen the prognosis, such as BP variability, increased BP in the morning hours, and disturbed circadian rhythm, were comparable in the examined men of all groups, regardless of physical activity. Conclusion. The results of the study demonstrate the need for daily BP monitoring in athletes, both current and former, to detect latent AH. Despite constant physical activity, the cardiovascular risk among men with a sports history did not differ from the risk of people leading a sedentary lifestyle. Therefore, even young physically active men need timely and high-quality diagnostics of AH.