American media giant ESPN conducted a study and came to the conclusion that the striker of real Madrid and Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo is the most popular athlete of our time.
Cristiano Ronaldo has long become more than a footballer. For the life of the Portuguese in “Facebook” the following 118 million people in the “Twitter” on a four-time winner of the “Golden ball” signed by more than 50 million people, and “Instagram” his photographs are viewing 93 million fans.
Main rival Ronaldo ESPN calls the best basketball player of today LeBron James playing in Cleveland. The total audience of three-time champion of the NBA in social networks will soon reach 100 million people, and its advertising contract will be envied by any Hollywood star.
Top 20 most popular athletes in the world according to ESPN:
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (football)
2. LeBron James (basketball)
3. Lionel Messi (football)
4. Roger Federer (tennis)
5. Phil Mickelson (Golf)
6. Neymar (football)
7. Usain Bolt (athletics)
8. Kevin Durant (basketball)
9. Rafael Nadal (tennis)
10. Tiger woods (Golf)
11.Stephen Curry (basketball)
12. Novak Djokovic (tennis)
13. Virat Kohli (cricket)
14. Rory McIlroy (Golf)
15. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (cricket)
16. Ronda rousey (MMA)
17. Jordan spieth (Golf)
18. Kaká (football)
19. Sernea Williams (tennis)
20. Kei nishikori (tennis)
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