>formula that combines salary and endorsements with social media following and Google search popularity
That's not really the definition of famous, that's more like having a successful commercial profile with the internet demographic, (i.e. mainly young westerners) in a commercially successful sport/league.

>>68020206
Sounds like a decent metric to me. Social media isn't just youngsters anymore m8, my mom uses Twitter ffs

Messi should be 2. I assume more people who never watch football would recognise Ronaldo over Messi as he has a more distinct look, both are way more famous than anyone from some American sport though.

>>68020637
Yeah, she totally retweeted me last night if you catch my drift

>Federer still relevant

>>68020653
Ronaldo is top because of everyone searching for 'Is ronaldo gay?'

>>68020107
>handegg in charge of being relevant

>>68021679

No one really cares about the players in handegg

Only 8 women

> triggered

Why does a list even matter?

>>68020637
Famous just means people know and recognise the person.

About 20% of the world are on social media. Of those only fanbois are actually going to follow someone.

Google searches are a bit more accurate but how much they get paid is not relevant.

>>68020107

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