One of determinant factors of an athlete's high achievement is a good physical condition. The cardiorespiratory endurance becomes one of the vital physical condition components in sport. The measurement of cardiorespiratory endurance for the aerobic capacity can be conducted by measuring the maximum oxygen consumption (VO2max). The measuring method of VO2max value can employ the direct and indirect measurement approaches. The purpose of this study was to analyze the VO2max with the direct and indirect measurement in badminton, rowing, and cycling by considering the different mechanism of the dominant movement of each other. The method was a descriptive quantitative study with comparative approach. The sample of this study were male athletes in rowing, badminton, and cycling involving 24 athletes. Each sport consisted of eight athletes as the samples. The anthropometrics profiles of the athletes namely age 23.5 ± 2.6 years, height 174.8 ± 3.2 cm, weight 63.4 ± 2.1kg. According to the data analysis result of VO2max test of badminton, rowing, and cycling, it concludes that there was a strong significant correlation in the measurement with direct and indirect measurement in badminton sport (r = 0.85), rowing (r = 0.82) and cycling (r = 0.78). The result of the correlation show that the VO2max conducted with direct and indirect measurement did not show a significant difference. Therefore, both parameters test can be used in each of the sports.