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Five Asians Make the List of World’s Top 100 Most Famous Athletes. Can you guess which ones?

It started off with a simple question: Who’s the most famous athlete in the world? Ben Alamar, ESPN’s director of sports analytics, devised a formula that combines salary and endorsements with social media following and Google search popularity to create the ESPN World Fame 100 rankings. The names might be familiar, but where the planet’s biggest stars land on the list could surprise you.

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1. Cristiano Ronaldo

2. LeBron James

3. Lionel Messi

4. Neymar

5. Roger Federer

6. Kevin Durant

7. Tiger Woods

8. Virat Kohli

9. James Rodriguez

10. Rafael Nadal

11. Kobe Bryant

12. Gareth Bale

13. Phil Mickelson

14. Mahendra Singh Dhoni

15. Usain Bolt

16. Novak Djokovic

17. Wayne Rooney

18. Maria Sharapova

19. Mesut Ozil

20. Rory McIlroy

21. Zlatan Ibrahimovic

22. Luis Suarez

23. Ronda Rousey

24. Sergio Aguero

25. Serena Williams

26. Floyd Mayweather Jr.

27. Radamel Falcao

28. Cesc Fabregas

29. Carmelo Anthony

30. Derrick Rose

31. Andy Murray

32. Cam Newton

33. Dwyane Wade

34. Stephen Curry

35. Manny Pacquiao

36. Dwight Howard

37. Conor McGregor

38. Peyton Manning

39. Chris Paul

40. Odell Beckham Jr.

41. Sania Mirza

42. Eden Hazard

43. Blake Griffin

44. Drew Brees

45. Damian Lillard

46. Michael Phelps

47. Kei Nishikori

48. Russell Westbrook

49. Russell Wilson

50. Jordan Spieth

51. Justin Rose

52. Tom Brady

53. Aaron Rodgers

54. James Harden

55. Alex Morgan

56. J.J. Watt

57. Dale Earnhardt Jr.

58. Jimmie Johnson

59. Lewis Hamilton

60. Jeremy Lin

61. Marshawn Lynch

62. Frank Lampard

63. Danica Patrick

64. Ryan Sheckler

65. Alex Ovechkin

66. Eli Manning

67. Kevin Love

68. Chris Bosh

69. Andrew Luck

70. Tony Romo

71. Bryce Harper

72. Rob Gronkowski

73. Mike Trout

74. Venus Williams

75. Fernando Alonso

76. Shaun White

77. Tony Stewart

78. David Ortiz

79. Amar’e Stoudemire

80. Wladimir Klitschko

81. Lydia Ko

82. Sidney Crosby

83. Billy Horschel

84. Canelo Alvarez

85. Robinson Cano

86. Yaya Toure

87. Deron Williams

88. Miguel Cabrera

89. Masahiro Tanaka

90. Tim Duncan

91. Rudy Gay

92. Evgeni Malkin

93. Albert Pujols

94. Kyle Busch

95. Andy Dalton

96. Tim Howard

97. Kimi Raikkonen

98. Ben Roethlisberger

99. Carson Palmer

100. Matt Kemp

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Source: ESPN’s World Fame 100

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