GiantGonzalez
Banned
realistically its probably 10 footballers I've never heard of
ESPN: 100 Most Famous Athletes on The Planet
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This list is fukking garbage. How is Messi not RIGHT under CR7 or 1B? Whenever, I mean EVER, CR7 is brought up Messi is brought up. Phil is on there? Really? WTF
That might be the case among soccer and sports fan in general but Ronaldo is more famous than Messi among non-sports fans.
For instance, show a bytch a picture of Ronaldo and a lot of them will recognize him, even though they don't follow the sport. Messi not so much
The Devil's Advocate
Call me Dad
nikkas ask all these questions and don't one bit of reading 
The ESPN World Fame 100 is our annual attempt to create a ranking, through statistical analysis, of the 100 most famous athletes on the planet.
We started with Forbes' annual list of the highest-paid athletes and expanded the pool from there using a variety of domestic and international sources to make sure we didn't overlook any legitimate candidates. (You can find the 2016 World Fame 100 here.) We also sought input from ESPN journalists around the world, including colleagues in our bureaus in Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
The data for each athlete in the pool was then fed into a formula created by ESPN director of sports analytics Ben Alamar that weighs athletes' endorsements, their following on the social media Big Three (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and Google search popularity, producing a comparative ranking system. The analysis includes five categories: endorsement money, Twitter followers, Instagram followers, Facebook followers and Google Trends score. For special situations (esports and China) we used two additional categories: other social media -- for when the athlete was more relevant on a platform outside the Big Three (Twitch, for example, although no gamers made the top 100) -- and, in China's case, Baidu search score, because Google is blocked there.
Salary is not used as a factor because of differences among sports. For example, players in a league with a salary cap would be at an unfair disadvantage when measured against players in uncapped leagues. Endorsement dollars, however, reflect the ability to draw attention -- which is a good way to define fame.
Endorsement amounts cover 2016 and were compiled by ESPN researchers. All currency figures were converted to U.S. dollars using March 27 rates. The social media followings and Google Trend scores (which show relative popularity based on how often names are searched on a scale of 0 to 100) were as of April 19. (Note: Where categories in the profiles are marked as NA, the athlete either doesn't have an official account for that social media site or an accurate endorsement figure could not be confirmed.)
Retired athletes are not included. Therefore, popular stars such as Tony Romo (No. 70 in 2016) and Floyd Mayweather (No. 26 in 2016) are absent. We have also excluded amateur athletes -- Deshaun Watson, Lonzo Ball and Katie Ledecky, for example -- due to lack of salary and endorsements.
The ESPN World Fame 100 is our annual attempt to create a ranking, through statistical analysis, of the 100 most famous athletes on the planet.
We started with Forbes' annual list of the highest-paid athletes and expanded the pool from there using a variety of domestic and international sources to make sure we didn't overlook any legitimate candidates. (You can find the 2016 World Fame 100 here.) We also sought input from ESPN journalists around the world, including colleagues in our bureaus in Australia, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, China, India, Mexico and the United Kingdom.
The data for each athlete in the pool was then fed into a formula created by ESPN director of sports analytics Ben Alamar that weighs athletes' endorsements, their following on the social media Big Three (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram) and Google search popularity, producing a comparative ranking system. The analysis includes five categories: endorsement money, Twitter followers, Instagram followers, Facebook followers and Google Trends score. For special situations (esports and China) we used two additional categories: other social media -- for when the athlete was more relevant on a platform outside the Big Three (Twitch, for example, although no gamers made the top 100) -- and, in China's case, Baidu search score, because Google is blocked there.
Salary is not used as a factor because of differences among sports. For example, players in a league with a salary cap would be at an unfair disadvantage when measured against players in uncapped leagues. Endorsement dollars, however, reflect the ability to draw attention -- which is a good way to define fame.
Endorsement amounts cover 2016 and were compiled by ESPN researchers. All currency figures were converted to U.S. dollars using March 27 rates. The social media followings and Google Trend scores (which show relative popularity based on how often names are searched on a scale of 0 to 100) were as of April 19. (Note: Where categories in the profiles are marked as NA, the athlete either doesn't have an official account for that social media site or an accurate endorsement figure could not be confirmed.)
Retired athletes are not included. Therefore, popular stars such as Tony Romo (No. 70 in 2016) and Floyd Mayweather (No. 26 in 2016) are absent. We have also excluded amateur athletes -- Deshaun Watson, Lonzo Ball and Katie Ledecky, for example -- due to lack of salary and endorsements.
Straw Hat Luffy
Veteran
I forget other countries and shyt like soccer exist.
stepbackj34spud
Top 75 All-Time
LeBron James is huge name man.. 7 straight finals.. he's insansley popular. I'm surprised he isn't number one.
stepbackj34spud
Top 75 All-Time
America is not the world, not even close. Soccer players should consist of the top 5 alone, the world cup gets these guys over everywhere with everyone tuning in.
There's no way Lebron is over Messi/CR7, even Neymar would be questionable considering last world cup was in Brazil and he was a big deal all throughout it and with his injury+he plays for Barca.
HumbertoWCA
Venezuela
Phil who?... over Bolt?
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joeychizzle
光復香港，時代革命
this is some cracker ass cracker list. Who the fukk is Phil Mickelson :whatmayne:
No connor mcgregor? That cac is everywhere. or TMT for that matter? 
LeBron gotta be #1 just off America alone. Other countries don't really even matter. They want to be like us anyways.
prophecypro
Hollywood North
Presuming this is only active atheltes cause surely people like MJ, Kobe, Ali, Pele get goggled a lot
But even with that considered, lol@ people acting like Mickleson isnt famous. Golf is pretty global and theres a ton of people older who check for it around the world (Europe, Australia, Asia Pacific for example)
But even with that considered, lol@ people acting like Mickleson isnt famous. Golf is pretty global and theres a ton of people older who check for it around the world (Europe, Australia, Asia Pacific for example)