Most famous athletes
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ESPN's list:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Soccer)
2. LeBron James (Apehoop)
3. Lionel Messi (Soccer)
4. Neymar (Soccer)
5. Roger Federer (Tennis)
6. Kevin Durant (Apehoop)
7. Tiger Woods (Golf)
8. Virat Kohli (Cricket)
9. James Rodriguez (Soccer)
10. Rafael Nadal (Tennis)
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/15685581/espn-world-fame-100
LGTSS
>tsuu
>>68036795
>no baseball
>>68036795
>no meme curry
>>68036823
I'm surprised Durant, Kohli and James are there. This list would be even worse with any baseball player.
too many amerilard """""""""""""athletes""""""""""""""
>>68036885
show some country pride you xenophilic faggot
>>68036868
>Kohli
When you have one country that has over a billion people who only care about one sport its not surprising, and he is a genuine superstar there. The other pooinloo cricket countries (Pakistan, Bangladesh) also have sizeable populations.
>James
Strange one. Maybe he is big in Latin America?
>>68036823
Couldn't name a single baseball athlete alive 2bh
>>68036980
same 2bh
Babe Ruth is the only one I could name
>>68036795
I only know the top 3 , durant just last year and neymar from the WC memes
>>68036919
Kohli is a regional star at most. People like Federer, Nerman, CR7, Messi, Nadal, LeBron are world starts, faces that would be recognized everywhere (reminder that shouting "Messi" can save your life) . I don't think it justifies the >most famous athletes
>Maybe he is big in Latin America?
He is very famous worldwide, reminder that he was the top scorer in the most watched event in the world. But I wouldn't rank him above Bayol.
>>68037099
It's ranked on raw numbers I'm fairly certain.
And it so happens that India has a larger population than the entirety of the the Americas
>>68036795
Kohli is literally WHO and Rodriguez is known only cause of the WC desu
>cam newton most famous football player
wot
>>68036885
t. La Raza
>>68037069
How the fuck do you not know tiger Woods or Federer? How old are you
>>68037152
Cause of the dab
>hamez
why
>>68037152
cause he dabs on dem niggas
>>68037158
Kek
>>68036980
John Rocker and Curt Schilling nigga
>>68036795
>Kevin Durant above Tiger fucking Woods
>Kevin Durant on the list at all
what in the actual fuck
>james rodriguez
literally
who
>>68036795
>8. Virat Kohli (Cricket)
How is James so famous. Yeah he had a great World Cup 2 years ago but what the hell has he done since then. Besides sit on the bench for Real Madrid.
>>68037612
>ESPN
Now there's your problem
>>68036795
>ESPN creates another retarded stat to get clicks
>>68037234
he is literally the biggest deal in south america, behind messi and neymar
>>68037612
Tiger hasn't been relevant in a decade
How close is Disney to abandoning ship on ESPN?
>>68037612
I went to Naples, Italy recently and I actually saw 2 different people wearing KD jerseys.
I'd never think I'd see anything OKC related outside of America. Felt awesome desu.
Basketball is still growing internationally and I guess it's popular with younger Europeans.
The only reason Lebron is the on the list is due to his soccer-esque diving skills.
>>68037839
Disney would never do that.
They'll overhaul the entire thing before they abandoned it.
>>68036868
You are aware that basketball is probably the second most popular team sport in the world? North America, Argentina, Europe, China etc all love basketball. I'm surprised LeBron is in front of Messi and Neymar, but its not shocking hes in the top 5.
>>68037099
A region that includes India, Pakistan, and any other cricket loving countries which might know about this dude easily adds up to over two billion people.
Makes the Americas look tiny desu.
>>68036980
Ichiro faggot
>>68036795
>james "just got famous from one game in the world cup" rodrigues over tom brady
>>68036795
>7. Tiger Woods (Golf)
is he even relevant anymore?
>>68038068
Nobody outside America would recognize Tom Brady. He looks like a gay model than an athlete
>>68038117
He is as a failure.
>>68036795
So basically any sport where you wear a hat or helmet makes you was less popular
Djokovic on suicide watch
>>68038164
Hmm... interesting.
I can't see why tho :^)
>>68038164
players wear hats in 3/5 sports listed retard
people who wear helmets being less popular makes sense though
>>68038198
I'm just looking at the top of the list - it's mostly soccer and basketball. Golf seems to be the exception.
>Counting Indian facebook likes
>>68038198
A lot of those big name tennis players don't wear hats most of the time.
Cricket is irrelevant.
They get a lot of close up camera shots in Golf so the hat doesn't matter.
>Autoracing
>2 literally whos above Lewis Hamilton
>>68038297
>7 literally whos before gimi
>>68036795
>pandering to curries
stay absolutely cucked murrka
>>68036795
I know nothing of Soccer but Messi is a lot more famous here in burgerland as far as i know
>lelBron
>KD
>it's another E!SJW pandering to niggers episode
>>68038564
>hurr durr basketball isn't internationally popular and the biggest stars of basketball aren't internationally popular at all
>hurr durr china and the US don't make up significant portions of the human population and world media
>>68038117
If you went up to people on the streets and said "name a golfer" he'd still be far and way the most common answer.
it seems like ESPN og these "international" lists just have Messi and Ronaldo and then pick som random footballers to make it seem international
too many literal who american football and basketball players
>nr. 91 GAY
lmao
>>68038680
Surely it's the NASCAR drivers that have to be the most ridiculous inclusions. Literally watched by no one outside the US and even then it's not part of North America's 'big 4' sports.
>>68036795
>9. James Rodriguez (Soccer)
lel sure
>>68036795
>Virat Kohli
Who?
>>68038827
>>68036868
>>68037144
>>68037717
>>68038827
>63. Danica Patrick
>Only athlete from NZ is an 18 year old Korean girl
Just fuck my life up ph am.
>>68038985
Next time they make a list Steven Adams will be on there. He's an up and coming star in the NBA and plays for a team that almost beat the greatest team in basketball history last weekend.
>>68038945
to be fair she's the only nascar driver I could name
>>68038985
>zero (0) aussies
I hope you've practiced your haka kiwibro because we're going to war.
Portugal confirmed for literally the best sport nation in the world.
>>68038120
Pffff so like every soccer player ever?
>>68036795
>james rodriguez
what?
get a load of this cuck
>>68036795
>8. Virat Kohli (Cricket)
>9. James Rodriguez (Soccer)
Literal whos.
Also surprised Curry isn't on this list, given his bandwagoning.
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for people questioning these rankings, the methodology is quantitative (though weighting of metrics is subjective)
I wouldn't even know LeBron if I didn't browse /sp/
>>68036795
>No Maradona
>No Cruyff
List discarded
>>68036795
>2. LeBron James (Apehoop)
I GUARANTEE you that most people outside of Yankistan have no idea who that is
>6. Kevin Durant (Apehoop)
Who?
>>68040832
This, he's literally unknown in europe. nobody cares about niggerhoop, apeball whatever you want to call it
>>68036795
Surely Wayne Rooney is more famous than "Kevin Durant" or "Virat Kohli" or even James?
By the way I'm not saying Rooney is GOOD (although I think he is good in his new midfield role), I'm saying that he's famous
>>68036795
>Durant
>Nadal
>No Curry because of current hype
>No Djokovic because of first Tennis player to 100 million career winnings
>No Conor Mcgoober
>No Floyd Mayweather
Shit list senpai
>>68036795
not heard of either of those basketball nobodies, nobody watches it outside america
Who the fuck is lebron james?
>>68041365
Nah some continentals watch basketball so obviously know who he is
>ESPN doesn't count rugby
too bad Dan Carter would probably be pretty high (no top ten)
>virat kohli
I know india has 1 billion people but wasn't tendulkar more popular? I've never heard this name in my life
>>68041536
Lomuh, Wilkinson and maybe Chabal are the only "mediatic" rugby players outside said sport's fanbase.
>>68036795
>some pajeet above Bryant and Bolt
>Ovechkin above Crosby
wut
>>68041561
tendulkar is by far more well known than Kohli, both in the subcontinent and world wide. the list is shit
>>68041727
id even go as far as to say that Tendulkar is 3rd most well known sportsman, lagging way way way way behind CRonaldo and Messi
>>68036795
>>68036795
There is no way that Suarez is less famous than James 'who' Rodriguez.
>>68041561
>>68041727
>>68041745
He is retired
>>68041727
>>68041745
Looks like current players. Tendulkar retired three years ago.
the average normie only knows the top 5 at best.
>James
kek.
>britbongs flustered about NBA superstars being famous
Even in Finland where the only relevant team sport is hockey, people do know LeBron and some people know Durant too, but I believe Curry more known than him.
Lampard>Gerrard
>>68041821
Wew lad
>Usain Bolt not top 5
lmao
>>68036795
#8 LITERALLY who the fuck is this guy?
>>68041820
lol if you think people in finland know durant or curry, lebron might make the top 100 most famous foreign athletes
actual list would be 10 football players and maybe some pooinloos that the rest of the world has no idea about
>>68036795
>LeBron James above Messi
Sure thing ESPN
Is this worldwide or just in the USA? Surely the average kid in Africa or Brazil or whatever is more likely to know a football player than a basketball one
The very suggestion than LeBron is more well known than Messi is ludicrous.
Is this like when the NFL claimed there was like 100million NFL fans in Europe?
Americans seem to get lied to a lot by their media about the actual popularity of their sports.
Cristiano Ronaldo
Lionel Messi
Neymar
Wayne Rooney
Roger Federer
Tiger Woods
Lebron James
Some cricketer idk
>>68041892
Alistair Cook pal.
>>68041929
I would think it's more likely to be someone from India considering how much more popular cricket is there than in the UK
>>68041635
None of those play anymore
>>68041536
Yeah maybe Dan Carter is the most famous but Bryan Habana is probably pretty close. I guess all the most famous rugby players are now retired... Richie McCaw, Jonny Wilkinson, Brian O'Driscoll, etc.
On the next tier of fame for current players I think it would probably be the likes of Sergio Parisse, Mathieu Basteraud, Sam Warburton, Dylan Hartley, Greig Laidlaw... i.e. the captains basically.
>>68041929
Literally, literally no. I would say probably only 25% of England even knows who he is
>>68041977
Joking, ya daftie. Cricket's shite.
>>68041929
Is that the pirate?
>>68036795
/SP/ OFFICIAL FAMOUS ATHLETES POWER RANKINGS:
1=. Cristiano Ronaldo (football)
1=. Lionel Messi (football)
3. Tiger Woods (golf)
4. Roger Federer (tennis)
5. Usain Bolt (athletics)
6. Wayne Rooney (football)
7. Kobe Bryant (basketball)
8. Rafael Nadal (tennis)
9. Neymar (football)
10. LeBron James (basketball)
I think that's pretty fair. I definitely think Kobe Bryant is more famous than LeBron James even though both of them are not that famous outside of America.
>>68041365
Basketball is pretty similar to cricket desu. China and the US alone are more relevant than all of Europe combined, so it doesn't matter if Yurofags aren't aware of LeBron (even though that's even incorrect because a handful of continental and eastern countries follow that shit)
>13. Phil Mickelson
I mean I know him, but putting him at 13? what the fuck?
>>68042028
Kobe can't walk placces in China without getting assaulted, you mongoloid. And he's not as famous as lebron.
>>68041999
Get out of my country. Get out of my country and never ever come back you fucking treasonous cunt
>>68042012
Captain of the England cricket team mate. Bit of a wanker in my opinion
>>68042040
>salary
>endorsements
>google search
>facebook likes
he wasn't "put" there, unless you think the formula was reverse-engineered
>>68042049
>Kobe can't walk placces in China without getting assaulted, you mongoloid.
Exactly, that's why he's above LeBron
I would definitely say that over here Kobe Bryant is more famous. Although I guess it would be pretty close. The most famous basketball player in the world would undoubtedly be Michael Jordan and all the others are nowhere near as famous I would say
>>68042049
>Kobe can't walk placces in China without getting assaulted
That's because he's black mate
>>68042035
Mate more people in China known who Lionel Messi is than LeBron James
north America is the only place on earth where he'd be more famous I think
>>68042066
>not that famous outside of america
>exactly, he gets assaulted in China
kek
>>68042060
To be honest, I don't think salary and endorsements should figure into it. Actually endorsements could, because that definitely is an indicator of fame. But salary can be inflated by experience and age, in spite of declining fame. And obviously it totally depends on what sport you play, in which country, for which team. So it's a bit stupid really
>>68042066
>The most famous basketball player in the world would undoubtedly be Michael Jordan and all the others are nowhere near as famous I would say
David Beckham would be pretty high on footballers desu.
>>68042074
where'd you come up with that stat? I would guess they are both well known in china, though messi is way more renowned the world over.
>>68042028
Replace Neymar with Virat Kohli (the only reason I've heard of Neymar is sp), swap 9 and 10
Where did Vardy come?
>>68042082
i agree with the salary bit, though its generally correlated to fame within any given sport. But we are comparing across all sports.
>>68036795
>no Zlatan
Shit list
>>68042084
1. Pele
2. Maradona
3. Messi
4. C Ronaldo
5. Beckham
6. Ronaldinho
>>68040788
From the list:
55. Alex Morgan
Salary/winnings: $1M
Endorsements: $1M
Facebook likes: 2.7M
Twitter followers: 2.2M
59 Lewis Hamilton
Salary/winnings: $39M
Endorsements: $4M
Facebook likes: 3.6M
Twitter followers: 3.3M
Maybe all the hungry masturbators are following Alex Morgan on instagram and googling her (they don't include these figures), but still - seems way off to me.
>>68042113
Messi and Ronaldo are infinitely more famous than Pele or Maradona.
>>68042060
>Facebook likes
This is mostly under 16s. The same people that buy singles.
>>68042120
>all of hamiltons criteria are higher
>still placed below women's soccer player
Nice "formula" you've got here esjw
>>68042126
Not considering how most people are a lot older than us.
>Name a famous footballer, living or dead
Pele
>>68042141
https://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=lewis%20hamilton%2C%20alex%20morgan&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4
dunno, does seem fishy, though she got a major boost due to timing early in the year.
>>68042120
morgan has a large edge in instagram
>the first four on the list are black guys
Impressive.
>>68036795
There's a few things wrong with the list but the main thing is that I can understand Ronaldo being at top but surely Messi has to be right behind him, not behind Ronaldo and Lebron. There's no way Lebron is more known than Messi. The only way how he can be at top is just because of USA.
>>68037717
>>68038258
>>68040776
t. seething americans that don't realise cricket has the second largest international following after soccer
>>68037987
think he was talking about james rodriguez
>>68042103
who?
>>68036795
>no djokovic
people are such plebs
How is James ranked above Suarez? You would think that hand against Ghana or the bites would make him world-famous.
>>68036795
Curry
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>>68037013
Are you literally me?
>>68042103
He is ranked 21, not that you bothered to read the article
>>68043391
Curry is on the list at thirty something
>>68036795
LGTSS
>lardcollide
>>68042120
I follow her on twitter, and she's a bore.
>mfw Djokovic isn't even in the top ten
>>68042126
Not even close. Maradona is almost synonymous with football.
>>68036795
>durant
literally no fucking way
