ESPN World Fame 100

ESPN World Fame 100 is an annual list compiled and published by ESPN magazine since 2016. The rankings were made based on salary and endorsements with their social media following Facebook, Twitter and Instagram along with Google search popularity to create a comparative ranking system.^[1]

The Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo topped the list each year since its inception. The last update was published in 2019.

2016

Source: ^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Sport
1	[3][4]Cristiano Ronaldo	Association football
2	LeBron James[5]	Basketball
3	Lionel Messi	Association football
4	Neymar	Association football
5	Roger Federer[6][7][8]	Tennis
6	Kevin Durant	Basketball
7	Tiger Woods	Golf
8	Virat Kohli[9]	Cricket
9	James Rodriguez	Association football
10	Rafael Nadal[10]	Tennis

2017

Source: ^[11]

Rank	Athlete	Sport
1	Cristiano Ronaldo[12][13][14][15]	Association football
2	LeBron James	Basketball
3	Lionel Messi	Association football
4	Roger Federer[16]	Tennis
5	Phil Mickelson[17]	Golf
6	Neymar	Association football
7	Usain Bolt[18]	Track and Field
8	Kevin Durant	Basketball
9	Rafael Nadal	Tennis
10	Tiger Woods	Golf

2018

Source: ^[19][20]

Rank	Athlete	Sport
1	Cristiano Ronaldo[21]	Association football
2	LeBron James	Basketball
3	Lionel Messi	Association football
4	Neymar	Association football
5	Roger Federer	Tennis
6	Tiger Woods[22]	Golf
7	Kevin Durant	Basketball
8	Rafael Nadal	Tennis
9	Stephen Curry	Basketball
10	Phil Mickelson	Golf

2019

Source: ^[23]

Rank	Athlete	Sport
1	Cristiano Ronaldo[24][25]	Association football
2	LeBron James[26]	Basketball
3	Lionel Messi[27][28]	Association football
4	Neymar	Association football
5	Conor McGregor[29][30][31]	MMA
6	Roger Federer[32]	Tennis
7	Virat Kohli[33][34]	Cricket
8	Rafael Nadal	Tennis
9	Stephen Curry	Basketball
10	Tiger Woods	Golf