Top 100 Most Famous Athletes In The World

[RagaZ]

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/15685581/espn-world-fame-100

[~primetime~]

This is truly awful list... Whatever method they used, it sucks

Andy Dalton in there somehow, Watt isn't.

There are so many wtf parts of this list

[FKAri]

There are some hilarious ones in there. Derrick Rose at 30? :lol nvm I could go on forever.

[ROCSteady]

Ovechkin over Romo :banana:

[UK2K]

This is truly awful list... Whatever method they used, it sucks

Andy Dalton in there somehow, Watt isn't.

There are so many wtf parts of this list
Straight ass.... highest paid has zero to do with most famous.


We started off with Forbes' list of the 100 highest-paid athletes, then sought input from ESPN journalists to add other notable athletes. ESPN director of sports analytics Ben Alamar created a formula that combined athletes' salary/winnings and endorsements with their social media following -- Facebook, Twitter and Instagram -- along with Google search popularity to create a comparative ranking system.

[BigBoss]

I have a very hard time believing Durant is more popular than Kobe in the world especially in Europe and China.