The Top 100 Most Famous Athletes in the Planet

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  • El Gitano
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    #1

    The Top 100 Most Famous Athletes in the Planet

    five fighters made the list.

    #16 Ronda Rousey
    #25 Conor McGregor
    #39 Anderson Silva
    #59 Manny Pacquiao
    #89 Canelo



    http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/sto...nking-athletes
    Last edited by El Gitano; 05-30-2017, 12:40 PM.
  • The Big Dunn
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    #2
    Interesting.

    Ben Alamar, ESPN's director of analytics, devised a formula that combines endorsements with social media following and internet search popularity to create the ESPN World Fame 100 rankings.

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    • Floyd is TBE
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      #3
      Garbage list

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      • Shrap
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        #4
        #25 Conor McGregor
        #39 Anderson Silva

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        • El Gitano
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          #5
          Originally posted by Shrap
          #25 Conor McGregor
          #39 Anderson Silva
          Crap, I missed those, first post updated.

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          • BWC
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            #6
            What's interesting about this list is aside from some footballers, these are folks that have been in the public eye for years and years. It takes a long time to build this kind of fame..

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            • *TonyMontana*
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              #7
              They left out Jeff Horn?

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              • Golden Boi 360
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                #8
                I assume since Floyd doesn't have endorsements he didn't make the list.

                Let's be honest, in America Floyd and McGregor are neck and neck in terms of most well known combat athlete .

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                • t.n
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                  I think it's weird that Valentino Rossi is not on the list or i at least didn't notice. I mean i feel that he's a pretty big name. And Felipe Massa made the list but not Vettel, Räikkönen,Rosberg or Alonso wow that's weird.

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                  • Death_Adder
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                    Are American Football players, really that famous outside the US? This list is ******, then again it's ESPN. And no Baseball players? WTF, I'd imagine a couple of them would be more famous than Hope Solo.

                    I'm surprised ESPN didn't have a horse from the Kentucky Derby on the list.

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