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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001428204-11-000016
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110801
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110808
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110808

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Clark Boyd O
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001527550

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-49850
		FILM NUMBER:		111017584

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
		STREET 2:		2525 EAST EL SEGUND BLVD
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001156388
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	RETAIL-MISCELLANEOUS SHOPPING GOODS STORES [5940]
		IRS NUMBER:				954388794
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2525 EAST EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245-4632
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3102977706

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2525 EAST EL SEGUNDO BOULEVARD
		CITY:			EL SEGUNDO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90245-4632

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BIG 5 HOLDINGS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20010802
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    <periodOfReport>2011-08-01</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
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        <issuerName>BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>BGFV</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>Clark Boyd O</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>90245</rptOwnerZipCode>
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            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Senior VP,  Buying</officerTitle>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $.01</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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    <derivativeTable>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>24.61</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2014-02-13</value>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)</value>
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            <expirationDate>
                <value>2018-03-03</value>
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                <value>2019-03-02</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The options vested in four equal annual installments, with the first such installment having vested on March 13, 2005.  The final installment vested on March 13, 2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The options vested in four equal annual installments, with the first such installment having vested on March 13, 2007.  The final installment vested on March 13, 2010.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">1,250 of these options are currently vested.  The remaining 1,250 options will vest on March 3, 2012.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">3,000 of these options are currently vested.  Of the remaining 6,000 options, 3,000 will vest on March 2, 2012, and 3,000 will vest on March 2, 2013.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Gary S. Meade, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-08-08</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR BOYD CLARK
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POWER OF ATTORNEY

       Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Gary S. Meade, Luke D. Thompson and Barry D. Emerson, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, to:

(1)execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a director of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section l6(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder;

(2)do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.







      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.



      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 3rd day of August, 2011.





              /s/ Boyd O. Clark

                     Boyd O. Clark

1166665



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