Brehs in 2018 who is the most famous living athlete in the world, current or former? (Poll added)

[Zyne]

Second only to football/soccer, and football/soccer is only second to cricket in India - that's basically 2.5 billion people (30% of the world's population) who in a general state, would know Ronaldo/Messi over any basketball player. To take it even further, if we take the combined population of Asia, Africa, and Europe who make up 80% of the world's population, in a general state, they'd all know Ronaldo/Messi over any other athlete.

You could add South America to that list as well. Only acceptable answers are Ronaldo or Messi.
Jordan leading the polls.

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Second only to football/soccer, and football/soccer is only second to cricket in India - that's basically 2.5 billion people (30% of the world's population) who in a general state, would know Ronaldo/Messi over any basketball player. To take it even further, if we take the combined population of Asia, Africa, and Europe who make up 80% of the world's population, in a general state, they'd all know Ronaldo/Messi over any other athlete.

actually i think basketball is more popular than soccer in china (i was just talking about china in that post).

 

[Baka's Weird Case]

Want to say Ronaldo,. But voted Messi. Would probably change to Ronaldo

why didnt you just vote for ronaldo? there wasnt anything stopping you

 

[Black Bolt]

I think Christiano is the right answer.

Don't sleep on Steph Curry either. He had billboards in Germany last summer - shyt was eye-opening. Duke is pretty damn popular

Steph isn't a factor. Even #1 Bron pales in popularity relative to the likes of Cron/Messi/(honestly any Top 20 footballer)/Fed/Nadal/Woods/Bolt etc). It's an entirely different level

 

[Buckeye Fever]

nikkaz sayin Tyson

 

[Mack de la Rocha]

Steph isn't a factor. Even #1 Bron pales in popularity relative to the likes of Cron/Messi/(honestly any Top 20 footballer)/Fed/Nadal/Woods/Bolt etc). It's an entirely different level

True that. I was simply shocked by Steph's fame.

Thread would curtains if we just name everyone playing footy

 

[Cyber]

It's going to be soccer since it's the biggest sport

So Ronaldo/Messi

Pele/Maradona were basically MJ (especially for their country) and many still see them as GOAT tier so they're probably more well known worldwide than MJ

MJ is definitely the most famous american athlete

I also want to add that Sachin Tendulkar, while largely unknown here, is literally the Michael Jordan of India. He's basically MJ (dominance) /LeBron (hype) / Maradona (size) all rolled up in one, in a sport followed intensively by like 2/5ths of the world population

 

[Urethra Franklin]

Jordan is leading the poll with 48% of the votes, only on......

If you're so much smarter than everyone here, why continue to post all day among such inferior individuals?