Who Is the World’s MOST FAMOUS ATHLETE? 

aengor True, I am from UK and many middle aged or older people have no clue who LeBron is. However they most likely would know Neymar and Federer because football and tennis are the most popular sports. The Americans will probably find that hard to believe because they live in their own little world and are very ignorant to what's going on outside the USA

Who is Neymar?

this is not about popularity in social media, I am a fan of Lebron James and James Harden but I never follow them in social media

Who the fuck is federer? i known Neymar

Good point! Federer or even Nadal. I would say David Beckham (not current but still), Roger Federer, Cristiano Ronaldo, Leoni Messi, Michael Jordan (not current but still)....all easily more famous. In fact to be totally honest, I would argue there are some cricket players would world wide could be more well known than Lebron James...not gonna lie.

The most bandwagon without a doubt

Young Sinatra what?

Not in Asian countries...

Rogab Lelouch Asia has Jackie Chan

Joey Hernandez racist, in Asia they don’t have any prominent athletes but they do follow a lot of basketball and a lot of nba and a lot of Asians would kno who Lebron is, kd and Steph sooooooooo \_(0-0)_/

Nah you wrong foo pacific side of the world only play USA games like all the places that USA took part in them during world war 1-2 only Plays USA games and mostly basketball

You gotta learn how do read a map because they are a lot of places in the Pacific Ocean

China itself has more than 100 million man united fans most of the countries don't gives shit to NBA outside america

I am Asian and I am a fan of Lebron James and James Harden

@@piyushsingha8701 yes, man united fan in asia is biggers than basketball fan 😂

usain bolt is also one of the most popular athlete

Where's lebron, steph?

who are they?

RectuV who the fook is that guy?

In my country nobody cares about them 3

Not to the other side of the world means Hawaii japan China Guam Taiwan all the the islands in the Pacific Ocean they only play USA games but more basketball

Neymar who?

Vilash Raj Singh Neymar the guy who has more followers on insta then James

Rayn Rehman this is not about popularity in social media, I am a fan of Lebron James and James Harden but I never follow them in social media

Santino the video is about most famous athlete and social media is a big deal to determine biggest and famous athlete

No doubt ...from nepal...nobody cares basketball shit ....

Rajat Baniya but I'm Nepali and I like bball

From India 1. Cr7 2. Messi 3.neymar 4. Virat kohli 5. Ms dhoni

@@Mango1234-k1uvirat and dhoni?😂😂😂😂

@@hemantks4353 Indian 😆

uh

@@justinsaehoon he is right

@@berk3318 ik

Nothing like jordan in the 90s

@@frress3857 pffft, hes a nobody compared to footballers. hes just a sneaker brand.

No 🧢

@@naelanjosephrbiden2796 He is not only the most famous athlete he is the most famous person in the world too

@@berk3318 Messi is way more famous than Ronaldo, Ronaldo's fame is similar to Justin Bieber, most people actually don't really like him, no way he's the most famous person on the planet

@@naelanjosephrbiden2796 Well, he is tho lol. I guess it's hard for americans to picture that

@@naelanjosephrbiden2796 Well soccer is the most popular sport in the world and it's not even close lol. I did my research and it's very obvious that ronaldo and messi are not only the most famous athletes they are the most famous people on earth. Just a fact.

not just that he doesn't speak english

Lmao jay jay didn't get the joke 😂 Messi's dad committed fraud with messi's money

Hugo Alfonso lol

Messi is a libertarian.

+Hugo Costa relevance?

they didn't narrow all these people down based just on that

That's faster people than Usain bolt. Hector Bellerin beat his record

Key words not official. Probably wasn't even timed correctly.

+Jermaine Sanders it was just the first 40 yards

Jermaine Sanders yeah cause a multi million dollar football club isn't going to time the funs correctly

Because of the 2014 WC

Colombian so is famous in all of South & North America

If James would had been of the same caliber as Ronaldo and Messi he would had been Nr.1 no competition. Pretty face sells. He does not even have to be the best player. Beckam became Nr 1 after he married . If James would marry someone like Rihanna right now would become Nr 1 in less than a year.

It is basically Americans who have just discovered football think Real Madrid and Barcelona are the most popular teams so make assumptions that all Real Madrid and Barcelona players are really popular. The truth is English teams get the biggest global audience but people new to football don't realise this.

Delboy0 It's the other way around mate. Americans think English teams are the most popular because they only get PL.

Exactly

Football USA makes 10 billion a year in the USA. Germany had 750,000 just trying to go to a game. None of our best athletes even think about soccer. It’s Basketball which are the best athletes on earth and football.

@@fitch3420 athleticwise yes. football is still the biggest sport and americans just suck at it.

Messi is well known in the third world countries

If Messi embraced the exposure like CR7 he could be just as big, but he shuns the spotlight. A couple years ago this was kind of a tossup question, now it's definitely CR7 hands down.

I don't think I had to finish reading your comments to know you think messis better

Agree with you on marketablity wise ronaldo is better but english us not the factor but instead he is just more egoistic and plus he played in the premier league so he has more fans here but most english fans of any team would say messi is better most backing ronaldo wpuld be man u fans.Everyone knew him here for being a showoff,don't get me wrong I respect the guy and he has alot of haters so Im not gonna bandwaggon.

+el80ne I think it would be cliser but Ronaldo's looks would give him the edge over Messi with women. So CR7 would still win. Women will start watching sports and buying these jerseys just because they find a man attractive

Lol

It's not a competition

this is not about popularity in social media, I am a fan of Lebron James and James Harden but I never follow them in social media

What matters is how many people know your name as being notable and recognised. Messi would get FAR more people knowing his name than lebron

@@santino570 james harden should've been the mvp this year

Correct

No, that't guy called lebon jemes should behind the soccer players likes ronaldinho, sergio ramos, zidane etc

Mbappe

Jiang Cheung you literally forgot Maradona who's one of the most famous athletes ever

LeBron still not famous than Mbappe

@Abdi Farax I don't know what you are trying to say but just know that Neymar Jr is very famous in Africa.

It’s because people from the pacific side of the world knows Labron and if you look it up in the world map you gonna see all the places that USA took part during world war 1-2 and they been playing basketball since then

Bec this list made by american dumb

@@youngbees7713 but africa and asia and europe and south America knows messi. Pretty sure they have 4 billion more ppl are there in those continents than the pacific islands

@@youngbees7713 You think you live in a country where everybody in the world somehow looks towards you, but that is just brainwashing. So now you know that you have been tricked.

Who the fuck are they

@@hr1623 dimishki zogragev domadeva

@@TheSubstituted madarchod famous players ha wo.....loda sala😊

MRAF Virat Kohli has 80 million Instagram followers 😂. You can't say that

@@McFlashh world population is 7.8 billion

the haters is retarded

Reason why Real Madrid fans are the worst fans in football

Reason why barca fans are the most jealous fans in the world not just football ^

Even Ronaldo didn’t pay taxes so stop it pls

Messi is god of football Barcelona is greatest team in the world

The fact Mayweather was so low on the list is indicative of the current state of boxing. He's a huge name in a dying sport.

he would probably be lower on the list if it wasnt for the fight tbh. never stepped foot in the US but ive always known who he was then again i follow boxing haha

same

Mayweather is globally famous because his match was the most lucrative match in history due to the global audience and he has the social media followers to back up his popularity. But the best way to prove this list is bullshit is the fact Daniel Sturridge isn't on the list but he has more social media followers than all but one of the Basketball players mentioned. It is just some dumb yank thinking American fame, makes you a big star globally and it doesn't any more. Maybe only LeBron James as a bit of global fame, American celebrities aren't really globally famous any more.

+Delboy0 I don't think it has anything to do with it , many of us "yanks" hate on all of these athletes, I certainly know lebron but I do not follow him on any social media, and neither do a lot of people , if lebron was someone everyone liked he would have easily over 50 million on Instagram , it's simple , lebron has tons of fame but he has tons of haters , therefore his follower count isn't as big as his fame , make sense ? And lebron is too big a name that no one really cares about the other nba players to follow. U think about it , lebron has no competition at all (curry can only shoot), messi and Ronaldo are both insanely popular thanks to the rivalry they have and also they play for top clubs where as lebron plays for Cleveland and not a globally popular team like lakers , no way in hell sturridge has more fame than big name nba players

I prefer Math

Agreed there excellent together

Hes also pretty introverted, but regardless he is the best player in the world

Yoni Abebe what? Nobody thinks Mbappe is the best right now. But in a couple of years yes.

@@twisted4534 correction, 2nd*

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lionel messi and Ronaldo have the same amount of goals in euro 2016

Saruulbuyan Munkhtur But Ronaldo had more La Liga goals... And it was called an off season for him.

lionel messi has more assists. He's not as selfish as Ronaldo is, watch tonight's game you'll be disappointed

Saruulbuyan Munkhtur Just because someone has more points/goals than assists doesn't mean they're selfish idiot. That's like saying Stephen Curry is selfish because he he scored the most points this year

Ronaldo Usain bolt Messi Mike Tyson

I hope that this I'snt in order because Jordan is nowhere near the most famous athlete in the world. Maybe in America but even then, the most famous athlete in America would be Tiger Woods.

You don't know bolt?

@Yoni Abebe Drake more than Ronaldo? 😂😂😂😂😂

@Yoni Abebe Again, Drake more than Ronaldo? 😂😂😂

@Yoni Abebe You are not you when you're hungry have a snickers

@@thenightstreamer4702 are you living under rock it is the biggest lol in history

@@thenightstreamer4702 Cristiano Ronaldo is more famous than basketball it's fact 🤭

Nadal more popular than sachin

Jiang Cheung At least respect his name.

And the fun fact is david beckham isnt that well known in football's world. Lmao

@Turtlesnip 1255 Truth.

@Turtlesnip 1255 Dude is overrated as hell. Most of his fame didnt even come from his football skill. Cant score, cant run, only great at passing and freekick.

completely true...

manny pacquiao?hahahahahah

Pacqukekoe?? hahaha

Very true lmao

Hahahaha agree

I can’t name one I swu😂😂

No one watch nfl

Nobody watches that garbage.

Nobody watch ADS mate

Wtf is nfl??

50% for Lebron too high.

Do they know Federer, Nadal

Instead he has a family..something Ronaldo does not have

+joel Toranzo "he doesn't have a family" are u high?

+Danyal Khattak does he not have two kids and a wife.. Or gf.. Soon to be wife.

+joel Toranzo what the flying fuck does that have to do with any of this

+joel Toranzo he has a son, there fore he has a family.

No. Ronaldo, Messi, David Beckham, Jordan, Neymar, Maradona and LeBron in that order.

@@McFlashh More like Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Mbappe, Maradona, R9, Cruyff, Pele, then a whole bunch of footballers, Nadal, Federer. Only known american is Michael Jordan, but now hes known for shoes, nothing more.

@@AntonioAio but bro, LeBron, Jordan, curry and Kobe are really famous

@@AntonioAio and did you just day that Mbappe is more famous than Maradona and Pele 😂😂🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@@McFlashh nope. I didnt put them in order.

Very true dude, i'm laugh for this list, btw david beckham 1000 more popular than labron lol

Absolutely true ....even 80 yr old people who don't know anything about football knows Messi and Ronaldo....

Herlander Tavares I don’t know who Ronaldo is?

@@thedrifter3938 Then you are from a stupid country

Sports TV he's joking lol. Don't you know people do this to troll others 😂

+Grim Bones saw that. What was it - his CL Bonus?

+TYT Sports yes

he's not in the top 10 now, and probably never has been.

+Micro Aggressor ummm have you seen the list??

Rico The Beast oh right.

+Caleb Moore read it. That's for the idea. Maybe we will do next week.

True

True

That's an understatement.

Basketball not a global sport. You should see the map of europe where it's Number 2 behind football

football soccer for American, they will think you are saying american football.

LOL basketball is just a LITTLE sport around the world just like volleyball,handball,field hockey etc football is the most important popular and most competitive sport in the world

have u heard of FIBA

futbol sucks

+Andrew Todd The world disagrees

+Devilbullets1055BBH Yeah that's true but i dont base my opinion on what the world thinks

+Devilbullets1055BBH trust me tennis golf is quite famous in every and lebron James is famous as fuck

@Devilbullets1055BBH, yes i agree, football player should domination in this list

Hahaha yeah, american dumb

gawtham gogoi Basketball is most popular sport in China ... Smh

Basketball is pretty popular in europe too just not as much as soccer and hockey

Basketball and Football are popular here in Asia and also in Europe

yeah but football is religion this come from a muslim, you win a baketball game good job, win a football game the team is a hero.

On Because of India they should go get a life and watch football

Lol not just third world countries. Go to developed countries, first world countries like Germany, Italy, France, Spain, England etc.. They will know who Messi is.

But if you go to the pacific side of the world like where the USA took part dying the world war 1-2 they will only know about basketball like Hawaii, Thailand , China, Japan , Taiwan, and all the Pacific Islanders knows and only play basketball

Young bees even in those countries people will easily know who ronaldo or messi is

he's no longer an active athlete... he's retired

why do people like to live in the past. move on bud. the man's ancient. #hailkingjames

+officiallykpopped lmao queenjames doesnt belong in the same sentence as the the greatest athlete of all time son.

+Lawnmowerman Boxcutter still living in the past I see...and Jordan isn't the greatest athlete of all time, Ali owns that title...son.

+Lawnmowerman Boxcutter greatest athlete of all time? dream on bud. i guess the past was the highlight of your life huh. go watch past vids of jordan instead hahahaha

Most of instagram account are fake and have bots in it.also if know someone doesn't mean necessary I follow him/her .do you follow every one who you know?? Google search trends if best way to judge because Google is most used app

Federer ,Nadal more richer than kohli .on Google search trends Federer ,Nadal >>>kohli

he famous person on the planet earth right now

Already did

Messi is more busy stealing money from the spanish government.

+Albertucho2012 He was proven innocent today, and the case is cleared. So no.

Can afford to do that when u dodge the taxman! Shh keep it hush hush

NOÉL NADAM No he was not, he testified in court today but no one declared him innocent.

+Albertucho2012 when u make close to a million a month plus sponsorship money plus whatever money on top of that there shouldn't even be a issue and he's not the only one at Barca! Not hating on him he's been my fav player for over ten years n i think hes the greatest player to ever live but no excuse for it

basketball players aren't that famous outside the USA

+pancake lobster LeBron is. go to the UK mate

basketball might not be that famous but people like mj and kobe and lebron are. just like no one gives a damn about soccer in us and canada but everyone knows who cr7 and messi are. now they might not recognize them in a photo, but sure as hell heard of the name

yeah i was confused by that. i love kd, but how the hell does he rank above kobe? and also where is mj? i wonder if this list was made using only active athletes in mind, bc many retired athletes don't participate in social media and such.

I bet you most of the countries outside know MJ

Bro . Two cricket players are not in the list only kohli in the list at the number 8

More than double

@@abhinav1846 there are 7.8 billion people in world,only 800 million people use Instagram

@@rishbahpandey8697 1 billion +

@@abhinav1846 not 1 billion + ,most people have many IDs ,my many friends have 2,3 IDs

@@rishbahpandey8697 so?

Football and global recognition>>>>instagram and Facebook

Not to the pacific side of the world where they only play USA games since world war 1-2

@@youngbees7713 nahh not really. Give me which country in the pacific exactly?🤣

Been 2 years , is here there yet?? Ya fucking wanker

Everybody knows them. All the day to the Pacific Islanders and Japan and China and all the places that USA took place in like in a war time and they started playing USA games and that’s why basketball is famous not just in the USA but also in the pacific side of the world

All the way

Football is second most popular sports in Japan after baseball.

Yessssss

More popular than Suarez?

He has those eyes tho. THOSE EYES. (even my parents who are asian and don't care about soccer know him as the eye dude)

Not surprising, people have been slow to take to Djoković, a lot of people branded him a whiner earlier in his career and have taken sides in the Federer-Nadal debate to the point where Novak threatens to upset their rivalry. That all might be about to change though if he can complete the Slam by capturing his first French. That would eliminate one of the last remaining milestones that have kept him from being mentioned with the same degree of reverence as his two predecessors formerly at the top of the sport now command.

Let me correct your statement: Ok Ronaldo is famous but i think Messi is better!!! 😘

Daniel Zad Fact - Lionel Messi has won the Ballon d’Or on 5 occasions Fact - While Ronaldo relies on his physical ability and heading prowess, the little magician is by far the better player with the ball at his feet. Impossible to tackle when on the ball, Messi has consistently scored goals by dribbling past more than 4-5 players in a single attempt. While Ronaldo is often fouled and receives free kicks in his favor. Fact - Messi is more disciplined and has more integrity: Ronaldo has long since garnered the reputation of being a diver and someone who looks to go down at the slightest contact. He also often tries to get his opponents in trouble by play acting. Most England fans will remember his antics in the 2006 World Cup which resulted in Wayne Rooney being sent off. Ronaldo is also known to dive and has often be accused of playacting. Messi, on the other hand, tries to stay on his feet at every opportunity and defenders often find it extremely hard to take the Argentine down. Ronaldo’s reputation is often the reason referees do not often award him genuine fouls. When it comes to discipline, Messi is a much cleaner player than the Portuguese winger. Ronaldo has gotten alot more red cards than messi. Fact - Messi is more prolific overall (better goals to game ratio) Fact - Messi is a team player: Lionel Messi not only has a superior goal to game ratio than Ronaldo, he is also a complete team player and often sets up teammates for goals and chances. His link up play is second to none and he often drops in deep to receive the ball and try to build attacks, saying that, Messi could easily fit into any style of play while Ronaldo who is much more selfish on the ball would struggle to play for clubs like Barcelona and Bayern Munich.

Oh I didn't see that! Good to see Dhoni getting some love

Not every football player are famous I only heard about Messi and Neymar

@@abhinav1846 outside of the US. Nfl players dont exist

@@arturoespino7950 Yup.. I agree

Ngl I dont think lebrick can even make it to top 10.

@@arturoespino7950 Federer/Nadal more famous than LeBron