FAMOUS ATHLETES IN THE WORLD
1. CRISTIANO RONALDO
He is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Juventus (a Italian club) and his own National team Portugal. Not only famous as the best footballer of all times but also considered to be the best athlete in the world, according to ESPN. He has a record of receiving five Ballon d’Or awards equalising his rival Lionel Messi. He is the first player in Europe who had received Four European Gold shoes. His social media platform has 148 million followers. His records hold the most goals scored in Europe’s top five leagues.
Endorsements: £27.8m
Search Score: 100
Social Media Following: 148m
2. LEBRON JAMES
LeBron James is an American professional basketball player and is a free agent. He has played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Cleveland Cavaliers and Miami Heat. He played for Cleveland Cavaliers from 2003-2010 and then Moved to Miami Heat and played there for 4 years and then came back to Cleveland Cavaliers. He is often considered as the best basketball player in the world and by some as the greatest of all time. He has received a series of awards in the world of Basketball like four NBA Most Valuable Player Awards, three NBA final MVP Awards, two Olympic Gold Medals, three All-star Game MVP awards and is the all-time NBA playoffs scoring leader.
Endorsements: £39.1m
Search Score: 47
Social Media Following: 45.3m
3. LIONEL MESSI
He was born on 24 June 1987 is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentine national team. At his early age, the doctor told that he is growth-hormone deficient. But who knows that world would call him best footballer and he would we be listed at number three position in the list of famous athletes. At age of 13, he joined Barcelona youth club who agreed to pay for his medical treatment. He has received 32 titles in his football carrier which includes five 5 Ballon d’Or awards, nine La Liga titles, four UEFA Champions League titles.
Endorsements: £21m
Search Score: 54
Social Media Following: 103.1m
4. NEYMAR DA SILVA SANTOS JUNIOR
Neymar is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for a French player PSG (Paris Saint Germain) and the Brazil national team. He joined Barcelona in 2013 as a forward player. He along with Messi and Luis Suarez won the continental treble of La Liga, the Copa del Rey, and the UEFA champions league in a 2014-2015 season. In 2017, Neymar was transferred from Spanish club Barcelona to French club PSG in a move worth €222 million, which made him the most expensive player of the world. He had scored 56 goals in 88 matches for his national team.
Endorsements: £14.2m
Search Score: 55
Social Media Following: 107.2m
5: Conar McGregor
McGregor started his MMA career in 2008 and, in 2012, he won both the Cage Warriors Featherweight and Lightweight Championships, holding both titles simultaneously before vacating them to sign with the UFC. In 2015, at UFC 194, he defeated José Aldo for the UFC Featherweight Championship via knockout thirteen seconds into the first round, which is the fastest victory in UFC title fight history. Upon defeating Eddie Alvarez for the UFC Lightweight Championship at UFC 205, McGregor became the first fighter in UFC history to hold titles in two weight divisions simultaneously.
Endorsements: £11.2m
Search Score: 100
Social Media Following: 29.7m
6. ROGER FEDERER
He is a Swiss professional tennis player who was born on 8th August 1981 in Basel, Switzerland. He is ranked world’s number 2 player in men’s singles tennis by Associations of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He became a pro tennis player in the year 1998. Federer has won 20 Grand Slam titles which is the maximum in the history for any male player. He is ranked number fifth Athlete by ESPN. He is continuously ranked within top ten from August 2002 to November 2016. He is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time.
Endorsements: £31.2m
Search Score: 23
Social Media Following: 14.5m
Kohli Born (5 November 1988) is an Indian international cricketer who currently captains the India national team. A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world.He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL), and has been the team's captain since 2013. Kohli has been the recipient of many awards such as the Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy (ICC Cricketer of the Year) in 2017 and 2018; ICC Test Player of the Year 2018; ICC ODI Player of the Year in 2012, 2017 and 2018 and Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2016, 2017. He was given the Arjuna Award in 2013, the Padma Shri under the sports category in 2017 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the highest sporting honour in India, in 2018.
Endorsements: £15m
Search Score: 25
Social Media Following: 37.1m
8. Rafael Nadal
Nadal Born (3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player, currently ranked world No. 2 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Nadal has won 17 Grand Slam singles titles, the second most in history for a male player, as well as a record 33 ATP Tour Masters 1000 titles, 20 ATP Tour 500 titles, and the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles. In addition, Nadal has held the world No. 1 ranking for a total of 196 weeks. In majors, Nadal has won a record 11 French Open titles, three US Open titles, two Wimbledon titles, and one Australian Open title. Nadal has won 80 career titles overall, including a record 57 clay court titles. With 81 consecutive match wins on clay, Nadal holds the record for the longest single surface win streak in the Open Era.
Endorsements: £22m
Search Score: 40
Social Media Following: 15.6m
9. Stephen Curry
Curry Born (March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time NBA All-Star, he has been named the NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice and won three NBA championships with the Warriors. Many players and analysts have called him the greatest shooter in NBA history. He is credited with revolutionizing the game of basketball by inspiring teams to regularly employ the three-point shot as part of their winning strategy. In 2014–15, Curry won his first MVP award and led the Warriors to their first championship since 1975.
Endorsements: £31.6m
Search Score: 12
Social Media Following: 23m
10. ELDRICK TONT WOODS
He is better known as Tiger Woods was born on 30 December 1975. He is an American professional golfer. He is considered to be the most successful golfer of all times. Ranked at position seven in the most famous athletes. He has been the highest paid athlete in the world from last few years. He became a professional golfer at the age of 20 in 1996. He won three PGA tour events in 1997. By 2000 he was a dominant player in Golf and won 2000 U.S. Open by a record of 15 shot Margin. No other golfer stands parallel to him who has earned so much fame in the world of Golf.
Endorsements: £31.6
Search Score: 20
Social Media Following: 6.4m
