2017 ESPN World Fame 100: Rankings, stories, video

Who are the most famous athletes on the planet? 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.

• 2017 World Fame 100: Ranking the most famous athletes in the world

• Methodology: How we found fame

• By the numbers: 2017 fame trends

• 2016 World Fame 100

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Fame in focus

• No. 1 Cristiano Ronaldo

• No. 2 LeBron James

• No. 3 Lionel Messi

• No. 4 Roger Federer

• No. 5 Phil Mickelson

• No. 6 Neymar

• No. 7 Usain Bolt

• No. 8 Kevin Durant

• No. 9 Rafael Nadal

• No. 10 Tiger Woods

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• Cricketer Yuvraj Singh is playing game of his life

• Next chapter in Didier Drogba's adventure

• Why nobody outshines the sublime Neymar in Brazil

• Why Chicharito Hernandez is global face of Mexican football

• Why Paul Pogba is heir apparent to Ronaldo, Messi

• How Colombia's Radamel Falcao regained star form in Monaco

• Around the world, Lionel Messi is a beacon for Argentina

• Why buzz around Chile's Alexis Sanchez is growing

• China's female athletes winning in sports, losing fame game

• Why China's Lin Dan is bad boy of badminton

• Miguel Cabrera at ease as Venezuela's leading man

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En español

• World Fame 100: Conoce a los atletas más famosos del planeta

• Metodología | Ve el video | Los famosos y sus tendencias

• Cristiano y LeBron: Entre dioses y reyes

• Chicharito, el deportista mexicano más influyente

• Lionel Messi, el argentino más famoso

• Radamel Falcao, el colombiano más famoso

• Alexis Sánchez, el chileno más famoso

• Miguel Cabrera, el venezolano más famoso

Em português

• World Fame 100: Conheça os atletas mais famosos do planeta

• Metodologia: como encontramos a fama

• Vídeo: você reconhece os atletas mais famosos?

• Em números: o raio-x da edição 2017 do ranking

• Por que ninguém supera Neymar no Brasil