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Top 100 Most Popular Athletes Of The World - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 206 times
- The average score is 36 of 100
Answer Stats
| Sport | Nationality | Hint | Endorsements + Total Followers | Answer | % Correct |
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| Soccer | Portugal | Only player in history to have scored 60+ goals in a calendar year four times (2011 to 2014) | $32M / 261 Million | Cristiano Ronaldo | 99%
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| Soccer | Argentina | Most FIFA Ballon d'Or awards: 5 | $28M / 151.7 Million | Lionel Messi | 95%
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| Sprinting | Jamaica | Fastest human in history | $30M / 30 Million | Usain Bolt | 93%
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| Basketball | United States | He is called "The King" | $55M / 85.5 Million | Lebron James | 92%
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| Soccer | Brazil | Most expensive player of the world ($263M) | $23M / 169.5 Million | Neymar Jr. | 89%
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| Tennis | Switzerland | Most successful male tennis player in history | $60M / 23.7 Million | Roger Federer | 88%
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| Golf | United States | Recently arrested on a DUI charge, was once the best paid sportsman alive | $45M / 9.8 Million | Tiger Woods | 87%
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| Tennis | Spain | Won the Roland-Garros tournament 10 times | $32M / 26.8 Million | Rafael Nadal | 83%
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| Tennis | United States | The greatest women's tennis player in history | $20M / 18.3 Million | Serena Williams | 80%
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| Tennis | Serbia | Ranked No.1 for more than 200 weeks | $34M / 17.1 Million | Novak Djokovic | 75%
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| Basketball | United States | Only player in NBA history to make at least 300 three-pointers in a season. Twice. | $35M / 30.8 Million | Stephen Curry | 73%
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| Football | United States | Won 5 Super Bowl championships | $8M / 6.3 Million | Tom Brady | 67%
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| Basketball | United States | Recently won the NBA with his new team | $36M / 25.8 Million | Kevin Durant | 66%
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| Soccer | Wales | Most expensive player ever purchased by a Spanish club ($118.5M) | $11M / 66.6 Million | Gareth Bale | 65%
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| Soccer | England | Manchester United all-time leading goal scorer, with 250 goals | $6M / 49.1 Million | Wayne Rooney | 60%
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| Soccer | Uruguay | He was involved in a biting incident during the 2014 FIFA World Cup, being then suspended for 4 months | $5M / 47.3 Million | Luis Suárez | 59%
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| MMA | Ireland | UFC's biggest pay-per-view draw | $4M / 19.9 Million | Conor McGregor | 57%
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| Soccer | Sweden | Made history playing in Amsterdam, Turin, Milan, Barcelona, Paris and Manchester | $7M / 54.6 Million | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 57%
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| Tennis | Scotland | In 2013 he won Wimbledon and became the first British man to win the London event in 77 years | $15M / 8.5 Million | Andy Murray | 53%
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| Soccer | Spain | Scored the winning-goal in the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final in Johannesburg | $2.4M / 55.9 Million | Andrés Iniesta | 51%
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| Soccer | Colombia | Won the Puskás Award for best goal of the year in 2014 | $7M / 73 Million | James Rodríguez | 51%
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| Soccer | Brazil | Winner of the FIFA Ballon d'Or in 2007 | $5.5M / 68.1 Million | Kaká | 51%
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| Tennis | Russia | She won the Wimbledon at only 17 years old | $15M / 22.4 Million | Maria Sharapova | 51%
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| Basketball | United States | Known, aside from his basketball skills, for his beard | $20M / 9.6 Million | James Harden | 49%
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| Soccer | Germany | He's only the third player to score five goals in a World Cup twice | $3.2M / 16.3 Million | Thomas Müller | 49%
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| Soccer | Germany | Known to play very well with his feet, this German goalkeeper is considered by many the best in the world | $2.2M / 18.8 Million | Manuel Neuer | 46%
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| Soccer | France | UEFA Euro 2016 top scorer (6) and best player | $5.7M / 18.8 Million | Antoine Griezmann | 44%
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| Basketball | United States | 2008 No.1 pick in the NBA draft, going to Chicago Bulls | $14M / 12.9 Million | Derrick Rose | 44%
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| Golf | England | 2013 US Open champion, gold medalist at Rio 2016 Olympics and mainstay in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking | $10M / 1.8 Million | Justin Rose | 42%
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| Formula One | England | The three-time season champion owns F1 victories in a record 24 different courses around the world | $4M / 11.9 Million | Lewis Hamilton | 42%
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| Golf | Northern Ireland | Named twice PGA Tour Player of the Year | $35M / 5.4 Million | Rory McIlroy | 42%
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| Basketball | United States | 2011 No.1 pick in the NBA draft, going to Cleveland Cavaliers | $13M / 14.7 Million | Kyrie Irving | 41%
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| Gymnastics | United States | At only 19 years old, she won 4 gold medals at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, in 2016 | $1.7M / 5.4 Million | Simone Biles | 41%
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| Soccer | France | Recently was involved in a scandal, allegedly blackmailing a France teammate over a sex tape | $5M / 45.2 Million | Karim Benzema | 40%
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| Soccer | Poland | Even though he was already a world class player, he achieved higher status when scored 5 goals in 9 minutes after comming off the bench | $2.5M / 18.3 Million | Robert Lewandowski | 40%
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| Basketball | United States | He holds the record for most triple-doubles in a single season, with 42 | $15M / 15.6 Million | Russell Westbrook | 40%
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| Soccer | Chile | There is a real-life statue of him in Santiago | $20M / 12.2 Million | Alexis Sánchez | 39%
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| Soccer | France | World's second most expensive player of all time ($124.5M) | $3.6M / 22.7 Million | Paul Pogba | 39%
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| Soccer | Argentina | Score the goal that earned Manchester City the title in the 93rd minute of the last match of the 2011-12 Premier League | $3M / 28.6 Million | Sergio "Kun" Agüero | 39%
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| Soccer | Egypt | In 2017, after joining Liverpool, he became the most expensive African player of history | $5M / 12.8 Million | Mohamed Salah | 38%
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| Soccer | Brazil | While playing in Italy, the central defender received the nickname of "ET", because according to AC Milan's director, "he is not from this planet" | $3.2M / 11.5 Million | Thiago Silva | 38%
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| Soccer | Ivory Coast | He score Ivory Coast's first World Cup goal ever in 2006, and he is a legend at Chelsea. Currently plays in the small Phoenix Rising, from Arizona, but remains very influent worldwide | $5M / 15.2 Million | Didier Drogba | 37%
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| MMA | Brazil | UFC records for longest championship reign (7 years, 2006-2013), longest win streak (16 fights) and most consecutive title defenses (10 as a middleweight) | $8M / 16.4 Million | Anderson Silva | 36%
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| Soccer | Belgium | When he stille played for Lille, in France, Zinédine Zidane said he would be a great player. Zizou was right. | $4M / 21.5 Million | Eden Hazard | 36%
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| Soccer | Brazil | He is the non-Spanish player with most games for Real Madrid (292) | $0 / 98.1 Million | Marcelo | 35%
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| Soccer | Germany | In 2013 he became the most expensive German player | $6.5M / 56.5 Million | Mesut Özil | 35%
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| Soccer | Germany | He's a talented midfielder that won the 2014 FIFA World Cup | $3.2M / 27.5 Million | Toni Kroos | 35%
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| Golf | United States | Won his first major championship at the 2016 US Open, and grabbed the No.1 world ranking in 2017 | $15M / 1.1 Million | Dustin Johnson | 34%
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| NASCAR | United States | Seven-time NASCAR Cup champion and first driver to win five in a row | $7M / 3.7 Million | Jimmie Johnson | 33%
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| Soccer | Germany | Scored the extra-time goal that gave Germany their 4th FIFA World Cup title in 2014, against Argentina | $2.7M / 22.3 Million | Mario Götze | 33%
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| Soccer | Brazil | Known for his giant frizzy-hair, the Brazilian was once the most expensive defender ever | $460K / 50.4 Million | David Luiz | 32%
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| Golf | United States | More than 700 weeks in the top 10 of the world rankings | $50M / 0 | Phil Mickelson | 32%
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| Basketball | United States | Has three NBA rings and over 20.000 career points | $13M / 26.4 Million | Dwayne Wade | 31%
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| Soccer | Colombia | Once the best striker in the world, he spent the last seasons playing very poorly. But in 2016-17 was able to recover his game and won the French National Championship (Ligue 1) | $2M / 33.3 Million | Radamel Falcao García | 31%
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| Football | United States | Two-times Super Bowl winner, and two-times Super Bowl MVP. Both of them over the New England Patriots | $8M / 0 | Eli Manning | 30%
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| Soccer | Germany | Unlike some of him former teammates, who left the club to play for their rivals, this player has remained loyal and even starred the cover of a soccer videogame | $1.8M / 21.5 Million | Marco Reus | 30%
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| MMA | United States | First American woman to earn an Olympic medal in judo (bronze) | $8M / 24.2 Million | Ronda Rousey | 30%
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| Basketball | United States | NBA Rookie of the Year in 2013, wears the famous No.0 in Portland Trail Blazers | $10M / 7.2 Million | Damian Lillard | 29%
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| Soccer | Germany | One of the symbols of the winning Bayern München team in the 2010's and of the German 2014 World Cup title | $4.3 / 21.5 Million | Bastian Schweinsteiger | 27%
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| Soccer | England | Most expensive English player of all time, having moved from Liverpool to Manchester City for more than $64M | $6.4M / 5.8 Million | Raheem Sterling | 27%
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| Soccer | Mexico | One of Mexico's idols within the sport, with 46 goals scored in the national team. Altough he is loved by the Mexicans, he never achieved the same buzz in European clubs | $3M / 16.1 Million | Javier "Chicharito" Hernández | 26%
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| Boxe | Phillipines | He won world titles in a record eight weight classes ranging, from flyweight (112 pounds/50kg) to super welterweight (154 pounds/70kg) | $2.5M / 15.3 Million | Manny Pacquiao | 26%
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| Football | United States | 15-1 record and Super Bowl berth with the Panthers in his MVP season of 2015 | $12M / 6.7 Million | Cam Newton | 25%
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| Basketball | United States | Won the Slam Dunk Contest at All-Star weekend in 2008 while wearing a blue Superman T-shirt and a red cape. Led Orlando Magic to the NBA Finals in 2009 | $4.5M / 13.6 Million | Dwight Howard | 25%
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| Soccer | Croatia | Croatian Sportsman of the Year (2015) | $10M / 11.7 Million | Ivan Rakitić | 25%
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| Football | United States | Responsible for delivering the New Orleans Saints an emotional Super Bowl title 4 years after the devastation of Hurricane Katrina | $12M / 5.1 Million | Drew Brees | 24%
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| Soccer | Brazil | Helped Brazil snap their first gold medal at Olympic Football in Rio 2016. In 2017 moved to Man City after a phone call by Pep Guardiola, all this before he turned 20 | $6.2M / 3.3 Million | Gabriel Jesus | 24%
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| Tennis | Japan | First native asian to reach the men's singles final (the 2014 US Open) and the highest-ranked Japanese player of all time, peaking No. 4 so far | $30M / 1.6 Million | Kei Nishikori | 24%
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| Tennis | Switzerland | Won 3 Grand Slam titles: 2014 Australian Open, 2015 Roland-Garros and 2016 US Open | $15M / 2.5 Million | Stan Wawrinka | 24%
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| Formula One | Brazil | Announced his retirement at the end of 2016, but than agreed to continue driving for Williams after Valtteri Bottas bolted for Mercedes | $7M / 4.5 Million | Felipe Massa | 23%
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| Football | United States | In 2014, he helped his team, Seattle Seahawks, win their first Super Bowl title | $10M / 8.3 Million | Russell Wilson | 23%
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| Basketball | United States | Averaged more than 20 points per game in each of his 14 pro seasons | $8M / 19.1 Million | Carmelo Anthony | 22%
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| Basketball | United States | Made it 9 times to the NBA All Star, and was traded by his team in 2017 | $8M / 17.1 Million | Chris Paul | 22%
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| Golf | United States | Only 23 years old and has a Masters victory, a US Open title, a Ryder Cup trophy and a FedEx Cup championship | $32M / 3.1 Million | Jordan Spieth | 22%
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| Football | United States | Achieved fame with his 43-yard one-handed catch, still as a rookie in 2014, against the Cowboys | $6M / 11.3 Million | Odell Beckham Jr. | 22%
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| Basketball | United States | No.1 pick at the 2009 draft. In his first season as a rookie, he was selected as an All-Star, won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest, and was named the NBA Rookie of the Year | $8M / 12.1 Million | Blake Griffin | 21%
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| Football | United States | The Houston Texans defensive end started 83 consecutive games in the beginning of his career | $7M / 7.4 Million | J. J. Watt | 21%
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| Swimming | United States | Won 12 Olympic medals - 6 of which are gold. In the 2016 Rio Olympics was involved in a scandal, when claimed to have been robbed but then fleeing the country as his story was a lie | $800K / 2.6 Million | Ryan Lochte | 21%
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| Football | United States | Super Bowl champion, six-time Pro Bowler and the NFL's career leader in passer rating | $8M / 2.9 Million | Aaron Rodgers | 19%
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| Cricket | India | Captain of India national team for 10 years, in 199 ODIs and 72 T20s | $16M / 30.8 Million | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 17%
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| Soccer | Brazil | He is the second-most decorated footballer of all time in European competitions, only behind Paolo Maldini on the all-time list | $4.2M / 29 Million | Dani Alves | 15%
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| Cricket | India | Recently took over India's captaincy and scored over 2.500 runs in ODIs | $17.4M / 61.2 Million | Virat Kohli | 15%
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| Golf | Spain | Five-time Ryder Cup champion, never won a major championship despite 22 top-10 finishes | $13M / 963 Thousand | Sergio García | 14%
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| Tennis | Denmark | Only player tennis from Denmark (man or woman) to be ranked No.1 in the world, a spot she held for 67 weeks | $7M / 4.4 Million | Caroline Wozniacki | 13%
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| NASCAR | United States | His father is one of the NASCAR's legends, and so is he. He was voted by fans NASCAR's most popular driver for 14 consecutive years | $9M / 5.3 Million | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | 13%
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| Badminton | China | Two-time Olympic gold medalist and still ranked in the top 10 in the world | $0 / 303 Thousand | Lin Dan | 12%
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| Soccer | England | Made his debut in the English national team, in 2006, he was only 17 years and 75 days old, becoming the youngest ever | $7.6M / 7.9 Million | Theo Walcott | 12%
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| Cricket | India | After beating a rare form of lung cancer, he launched the YouWeCan foundation to fight cancer | $1.3M / 20.4 Million | Yuvraj Singh | 12%
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| Tennis | Canada | First Canadian woman to play in a Grand Slam final | $5.5M / 4.1 Million | Eugenie Bouchard | 11%
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| Soccer | United States | After winning the 2015 Women's World Cup, she and her teammates met President Obama and received a key to NY City | $0 / 4 Million | Hope Solo | 10%
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| Golf | Australia | He finished the 2016 season as the world's top-ranked player. He also won the 2015 PGA | $8.5M / 848 Thousand | Jason Day | 10%
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| Golf | United States | At age 21, in 2010, he became the youngest American to compete in the Ryder Cup, and represented the USA in the 2016 Olympics | $11M / 2.5 Million | Rickie Fowler | 10%
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| Golf | United States | Two-time Masters and nine-time PGA Tour champion, climbed as high as No.2 in the world rankings | $7M / 2.9 Million | Bubba Watson | 9%
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| Golf | Australia | First Australian to win a Masters and second Aussie to reach No.1 in the world | $8.5M / 188 Thousand | Adam Scott | 8%
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| Soccer | Spain | In 2008, he was the first soccer player to be given his own one-hour TV show special, aired on Sky Sports | $5M / 23.7 Million | Cesc Fàbregas | 6%
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| Boxe | Mexico | His September 2016 fight against Liam Smith had an attendence of 51.240 fans at AT&T Stadium, a record | $1.5M / 4.1 Million | Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez | 6%
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| Gymnastics | United States | Six Olympic medals (including three golds), two World Gymnastics Championship golds and three US championship golds | $450K / 3.7 Million | Aly Raisman | 4%
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| Table Tennis | China | No.1-ranked men's table tennis player, one of the most decorated players in table tennis history (23 ITTF World Tour single titles) | $0 / 0 | Ma Long | 3%
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| Cricket | India | First Indian cricketer to score 6.000 T20 runs | $339K / 13.2 Million | Suresh Raina | 1%
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| Swimming | China | First Chinese male swimmer to win a FINA World Championship sprint event, taking home the gold in the 100m | $1.5M / 0 | Ning Zetao | 0%
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