Cristiano Ronaldo named 'world's most famous athlete'


Real Madrid Forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the world's famous athlete on earth, according to Sport network, ESPN.

Cristiano Ronaldo, beat off competitions from the likes of LeBron James and Lionel Messi to lead the ranking, which was compiled by ESPN.

Superstars from the world of sports features on the list, which features a total of 38 Footballers. Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar Junior are the only footballers to make the top 10 of the ESPN world fame 100.

The list was compiled by ESPN Director of Analytics Ben Alamer, who came up with a formula which control the outcome of the list, with Earnings, social media influence and Google search popularity, all taken into account.

Multiple Grand Slam winner, Rafael Nadal also feature on the list, Manchester United trio Wayne Rooney, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba are also included on the ESPN World Fame 100. See the list below.

ESPN WORLD FAME 100

1 Cristiano Ronaldo (football)
2 LeBron James (basketball)
3 Lionel Messi (football)
4 Roger Federer (tennis)
5 Phil Mickelson (golf)
6 Neymar (football)
7 Usain Bolt (athletics)
8 Kevin Durant (basketball)
9 Rafael Nadal (tennis)
10 Tiger Woods (golf)
11 Stephen Curry (basketball)
12 Novak Djokovic (tennis) 
13 Virat Kohli (cricket)
14 Rory McIlroy (golf)
15 Mahendra Singh Dhoni (cricket)
16 Ronda Rousey (UFC)
17 Jordan Spieth (golf)
18 Kaka (football)
19 Serena Williams (tennis)
20 Kei Nishikori (tennis)
21 Tom Brady (NFL)
22 Gareth Bale (football)
23 Maria Sharapova (tennis)
24 Dwyane Wade (basketball)
25 Conor McGregor (UFC)
26 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (football) 
27 James Rodriguez (football)
28 James Harden (basketball)
29 Alexis Sanchez (football)
30 Mesut Ozil (football)
31 Wayne Rooney (football)
32 Andy Murray (tennis)
33 Derrick Rose (basketball)
34 Kyrie Irving (basketball)
35 Russell Westbrook (basketball)
36 Antoine Griezmann (football)
37 Andres Iniesta (football)
38 Luis Suarez (football)
39 Anderson Silva (UFC)
40 Paul Pogba (football)
41 Carmelo Anthony (basketball)
42 Stan Wawrinka (tennis)
43 Dustin Johnson (golf)
44 Karim Benzema (football)
45 Marcelo (football)
46 Radamel Falcao (football)
47 Cam Newton (NFL)
48 Simone Biles (gymnastics)
49 Sergio Aguero (football)
50 Ivan Rakitic (football)
51 Chris Paul (basketball)
52 Drew Brees (NFL)
53 David Luiz (football)
54 Cesc Fabregas (football)
55 Russell Wilson (NFL)
56 Aaron Rodgers (NFL)
57 Dani Alves (football)
58 Sergio Garcia (golf)
59 Manny Pacquiao (boxing)
60 Eli Manning (NFL)
61 Damian Lillard (basketball)
62 Rickie Fowler (golf)
63 Blake Griffin (basketball)
64 Odell Beckham Jr (NFL)
65 Dwight Howard (basketball)
66 Ning Zetao (swimming)
67 Ryan Lochte (swimming)
68 Bastian Schweinsteiger (football)
69 Dale Earnhardt Jr (motorsport)
70 Javier Hernandez (football)
71 Ma Long (table tennis)
72 Toni Kroos (football)
73 Justin Rose (golf)
74 J.J. Watt (NFL) 
75 Hope Solo (football)
76 Thiago Silva (football)
77 Raheem Sterling (football)
78 Eden Hazard (football)
79 Theo Walcott (football)
80 Didier Drogba (football)
81 Mario Gotze (football)
82 Robert Lewandowski (football)
83 Marco Reus (football)
84 Lewis Hamilton (motorsport)
85 Jason Day (golf)
86 Jimmie Johnson (motorsport)
87 Caroline Wozniacki (tennis)
88 Lin Dan (badminton)
89 Saul Alvarez (football)
90 Yuvraj Singh (cricket)
91 Thomas Muller (football)
92 Felipe Massa (motorsport)
93 Eugenie Bouchard (tennis)
94 Bubba Watson (golf)
95 Suresh Raina (cricket)
96 Gabriel Jesus (football)
97 Manuel Neuer (football)
98 Adam Scott (golf)
99 Aly Raisman (gymnastics)
100 Mohamed Salah (football)

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