2017 World's Most Famous Women in Sports
Here are the top women athletes from ESPN list of the world's most popular ('famous') athletes.
The Most Famous Female Athletes
Here is the most famous female sports people for 2017, taken from the top-100 list. Only eight women made the top 100 of the most famous sports people of the world, lead by MMA fighter Ronda Rousey.
| rank | Name | Sport | Nationality | Endorse- ments |
Followers | overall rank | last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronda Rousey | MMA | USA | 8 | Instagram 9.5 Facebook 11.3 Twitter 3.4 |
16 | >100 |
| 2 | Serena Williams | Tennis | USA | 20 | Instagram 5.3 Facebook 5.1 Twitter 7.9 |
19 | 25 |
| 3 | Maria Sharopova | Tennis | Russia | 15 | Instagram 2.3 Facebook 14.9 Twitter 5.2 |
23 | 18 |
| 4 | Simone Biles | Gymnastics | USA | 1.7 | Instagram 3.5 Facebook 0.95 Twitter 0.94 |
48 | >100 |
| 5 | Hope Solo | Soccer | USA | - | Instagram 0.86 Facebook 2 Twitter 1.1 |
78 | >100 |
| 6 | Caroline Wozniacki | Tennis | Denmark | 7 | Instagram 1 Facebook 1.5 Twitter 1.9 |
87 | >100 |
| 7 | Eugnie Bouchard | Tennis | Canada | 5.5 | Instagram 1.4 Facebook 1.5 Twitter 1.2 |
93 | >100 |
| 8 | Aly Raisman | Gymnastics | USA | 0.45 | Instagram 2.2 Facebook 0.51 Twitter 0.91 |
99 | >100 |
Source: the female athlete data is extracted from the 2017 ESPN World Fame 100
Related Pages
- List of top female most famous athletes for each year
- about ESPN World Fame 100 and list of overall winners
- Discussion about the world's most popular athletes
- The world's Highest paid female athletes
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