LeBron? Kobe? Messi?
tigger
cristiano ronaldo
>>68053072
Jordan or Ronaldo
It's Messi or Ronaldo. Undoubtedly one of the two.
jordan
Shaq
>lebron
>globally recognized
hah
1. Ronaldo
2. Messi
3. Jordan
>>68053072
it's not from any sport except soccer. how could you possibly think otherwise
>>68053072
Michael Jordan
>>68053072
usain bolt probs
95% of sports fans don't know who messi or ronaldo are
messi by a massive margin, then about ten other footballers, then usain bolt, then a cricketer, then lebron
>>68053384
Actually, Jordan could probably take #1
>>68053072
ESPN just did a thing about this. They said:
1. Penaldo
2. LeBeta
3. Messi
Thing is, they heavily factored social media into it, and it's well known that Penaldo has millions of fake social media accounts which follow and like him, so Penaldo's position is not legitimate.
>>68053504
>implying Jordan isn't in the top 5 most known athletes
>>68053384
You have to go back.
Good lord, can indians fans learn what is and isn't a homerun?
Every fly ball ever
"OOOOOOOOO"
>>68053677
I can honestly tell you right now most British people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Jordan and another black basketball player. Fuck, I don't even think I could, and I've been on /sp/ for like four years and had far more exposure to American sports than most Europeans.
David Beckham has to be up there.
kobe or messi
prob messi
>>68053645
absolutely not
>>68053701
i'm not saying I support it, but thinking otherwise is just flat out retarded.
>>68053504
lebron is just as famous in the China, philippines and USA as any cricket player is in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, England, Aus, RSA. Get out of your own ass, friend.
Rex Grossman
>>68053821
Fucking lol.
All niggers look the same. I couldnt tell the difference between kobe, lebron, or my cocaine dealer (all niggers)
More importantly who is the most recognizable athlete in America?
>>68054236
papa john
>>68053072
Ronaldo and it's not close
Amongst normies it's probably actually someone like Tiger Woods or Roger Federer. No one here has a fucking clue who Messi is, I assume that's the same in the US.
>>68054368
Wrong its Kobe
>>68053072
Its still MJ
David Beckham still probably lamao
Depends on popular definition
Ronaldo for most Internet searched
If you are talking about fans that's easy it's Lebron
Insanely popular in Asia with around 2 billion people recognizing him immediately according to studies in Asia (not including India) alone. Roughly 2/3 the world recognizes him in pictures
Ronaldo is popular in Europe and South America but otherwise most people don't give a shit.
>>68054192
You underestimate the power of American business and advertising
>>68053072
>Who is the most globally recognized athelete?
Probably a soccer player.
I don't typically watch soccer but I know who the TSU guy and Messi are. But I don't know if the typical American would recognize them (Assuming they were the most recognizable in the world).
>>68054577
This. It's a weird ego thing with soccer fans. I'm not a basketball fan but it's kind of obvious when you realize there are 2.5 billion in east Asia people who don't give a shit at all about soccer but love basketball
Kobe. He is well known everywhere
>>68054775
>2.5 billion in East Asia who don't give a shit about football
Absolute kek. They bandwagon European football teams religiously
Kobe
no contest
an horse
Its westbrook aka kobe aka bledsoe aka chad guy from the suns
The typical American has probably at least heard Messi and Ronaldo's names, if they don't recognize them. I assume LeBron and Kobe are popular overseas.
>>68054550
This tbqh. If not for spuh the only soccer players I would know would be David Beckham, Pele, and Hope Solo
>>68055687
same
>>68055687
I used to think Beckham was like a super model or something
Haha it's funny how much of an echo chamber you all occupy. To think that it would be a soccer player is laughable, even Serena Williams would rank above any of them.
Your answer is Tiger Woods, maybe Federer. Ten years ago it would have been Jordan.
Beckham, you can ask anyone. they know who beckham is.
>>68054428
>>68060050
>NZ
>knowing about anything relevant
>>68053072
by sheer amount of people it's yao ming
Someone mentioned this in another thread. Yelling messi could actually save your life and allow you to escape a situation in some countries. Imagine that. So prolly messi. Maybe ronaldo. Then i guess lebron or something or another soccer player. Its hard to say because soccer is so popular i dont know if other players are so well known maybe neymar?
hamilton
>>68054550
Only soccer player I can name
No one thinks Usain Bolt?
>>68053329
>>68060514
I change my opinion this is probably right unless jordan is really fat now or something
>The Most Famous People of All Time
*descending*
Elvis Presley
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Martin Luther King
Walt Disney
Michael Jackson
Spider Man
Albert Einstein
Leonardo Da Vinci
Benjamin Franklin
Darth Vader
William Shakespeare
Bill Gates
Gandhi
Michael Jordan
Neil Armstrong
Dr. Seuss
Marilyn Monroe
Mother Teresa
Thomas Jefferson
George W. Bush
Charlie Brown
Christopher Columbus
Napoleon
Thomas Edison
Cleopatra
Tom Cruise
John F. Kennedy
Vincent Van Gogh
Ludwig van Beethoven
Isaac Newton
Michelangelo
Paul McCartney
Pablo Piccaso
Mohammad Ali
>>68060652
>jesus not #1
>>68054550
For sure
http://www.businessinsider.com/most-famous-athletes-2016-5
According to this thing, it's Ronaldo, followed by Lebron.
>>68055687
>>68055940
>>68055999
>>68060604
But we have to consider shit like other countries. Sure soccer isnt big in the usa or aus, but baseball and cricket players could walk down the streets of ny or syndney and not be recognized by anyone. Im starting to think its gotta be a soccer player, start athlete from a huge country like china, or some random guy who is known for sports and other stuff like being Yao Ming and fucking gigantic. Globally recognized is confusing as maybe im thinking about globally recognizable? like you could see yao in the street and know its yao.
>>68060652
How the fuck is Spider Man there but not Superman or Batman?
>>68060652
Lmao when you see tom cruise on that list and you realize its actually prolly true and he is one of the most famous people ever
cristiano or messi. it couldn't be an american
>>68060652
>literally who?: the list
>>68060652
Ur prolly missing pele, steve jobs, and hitler
>>68060652
1. Jesus of Nazareth
2. Adolf Hitler
3. Caesar
is objectively correct
>>68060676
Also Lennon is more famous than McCartney.
>>68060828
Mohammad is probably up there too.
>>68060652
>Spider Man
>>68060863
prophet mohammad third above caesar now that you mention it
>>68060828
>famous people
>fiction character
wew
Usain Bolt
>>68060652
wtf kind of shit list is this
>>68060828
This list is actually pretty good, There is a debate to be had here, we only know what caesar and jesus look like from paintings and sculptures, and in that regard jesus wins by default. Which makes me thing the whole muslim and no depiction of muhammed thing means muhammed would prolly be number 2 but isntead he is actually way way down the list like in the thousands
>>68060944
>>68060907
>>68060863
>>68060907
Refer to my comment, is he recognizable other than cartoon caricatures that all muslims do not accept. Christians at least accept that jesus is depicted in some way
This was literally produced yesterday. The 100 most famous athletes in the world.
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/15685581/espn-world-fame-100?ex_cid=espntw
>>68060976
isn't the fact that half the globe knows who mohammad is despite no physical depiction a testament to his recognizability ?
>>68060976
Does anything other than literary depiction and word of mouth matter? Perhaps there could be problems in that there were multiple prohpets (akin to the Homeric problem), but it was all attributed to one guy.
>>68053178
Dis
>>68060987
How the fuck is Durantula more famous than Kobe?
>>68060987
I mean recognizable is not necessarily who is the most famous. Its part of it. But i had a comment above that mentioned other things making you recognizable. For example china is fucking huge and I would imagine they would figure out kobe is kobe, maybe they wouldnt know who messi is if he was just walking around without an entourage.
>>68061005
>>68061019
Well im thinking of recognized as recognizable. I honestly dont know what recognized means. Does op mean it as in you recognize the face immediately or does he mean something else like people are aware of their existence even without knowing what they look like?? This is my problem with the question
>>68060987
>ESPN's director of sports analytics, devised a formula that combines salary and endorsements with social media following and Google search popularity to create the ESPN World Fame 100 rankings.
I don't know how accurate a list based on fucking social media can be. For one thing, people were famous before the internet, and people can still be famous in shitty places without internet.
>>68061074
Awareness of existence is what I assumed
>>68061101
Well yea in that case its gotta be
Jesus
Mohammed
someone else
I think this all depends on whether more indians and chinese know muhammed or jesus
>>68061147
A bunch of religious figures would be up there. Buddha would also probably fit into the top 5, Confucious top 15
>>68060987
>http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/15685581/espn-world-fame-100?ex_cid=espntw
>KD
>Neymar more famous than Federer, or even in the top 20 for that matter
>Hamez
>some random cricketer
>Mickelson
>Ozil
>arguably Bale
>Bolt that low
>Suarez
>Rousey
>Aguero
>Falcao
>Fabregas
>Melo
>DRose
>Cam
this list of greentext is getting too large
What a garbage list
Beckham & Ronaldo.
>>68053072
Mike Vick
>>68061188
Fucking goose lipped canucks really think their backwards-world offhand knowledge is somehow superior to advanced analytical analysis based on hard data reflecting people's preferences and current, up to date interests and the actual financial footprint athletes have. I love this site.
>>68061171
Very good call, buddha would be 3 at best 5 at worst, but who could you imagine being number 4 regardless of buddha? Has to be a massive political figure. The chinese have their classical leaders and may not necessarily know caesar in large numbers. This is why india and china fuck everything up, because we have to consider their retarded populations. Excluding china and india I genuinely think that number 4 spot would be someone like gandhi or hitler, or maybe even whoever the current us president is?
>>68054211
Not everyone is as retarded as you.
>>68061282
>>68061171
anyway the first semi-modern sports figure I think would be highest on list of most recognized people ever would probably be pele. I mean, my parents literally dont know who messi or ronaldo are but they know pele. I know its anecdotal but most older americans have heard of pele. Id imagine its similar in most countries
Are there sports figures of legend of which there are only illustrations and historical anecdotes?
>>68061255
>Curry
>34
I'll take my backwards-world offhand knowledge thanks
>>68061391
Bo Jackson
>>68061441
but this is on video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk3l_L-VJ3w
>>68061421
Curry has been a hot topic for under 2 seasons, give him time and he'll start to garner some legitimate worldwide attention.
>>68053072
>thinking cuckhoop fags are relevant
>>68061494
jesus christ his legs are insane
>>68061391
Not famous ones, possibly early baseball and soccer players. Before that maybe games that arent played anymore. But certainly roman Colosseum games if u consider those sports, are documented by illustration and anecdote pretty heavily. The person who answered bo jackson is actually kinda right in a way. Because although theres pictures and videos there is probably more mythology surrounding him than any other modern sports figure, and im talking internationally
>>68061494
https://youtu.be/5d2K1vAiDd0
>>68061608
Cool, will watch
>>68060050
The irony is that outside or certain specific non-football bubbles like yourselves, The US and Outer Mongolia, it's the exact reason why it's a footballer. There's a billion chinks, The Koreans and Japanese, Indians, the entirety of Europe, South America and Africa plus Mexico that could all recognise David Beckham, Ronaldo and perhaps Messi. Globally speaking, the only other contenders would be Muhammed Ali and Michael Jordan.
some poverty ball fag. Also stop stealing memes you faggot
>>68063286
/nba/ is the strongest general and you /hoc/ fags need to stay out of our general
>>68054775
Half of those literally do not give a flying fuck about soccer or basketball.
>>68054775
>This. It's a weird ego thing with soccer fans. I'm not a basketball fan but it's kind of obvious when you realize there are 2.5 billion in east Asia people who don't give a shit at all about soccer but love basketball
Have you been sniffing on turps? You're stupid mate, sorry no one told you before.
>>68054211
>Buying coke from niggers
You deserve all the aids
>>68063630
There's like 4 of you faggots. That's not powerful it's just embarrassing to the rest of /sp/
