DenreleDave:
Ronaldo should be ashamed of himself...... The whole walatalai league is a trash...

How can a side get 3 penalties in a game? Just one side... The Arab league is just doing everything to dash Ronaldo goals, that was part of the contract he signed with them....... He went to Islam league because they agreed to give him penalties...

The ewúré even gave out the last penalty to a teammate because he knows that if he scores 3 penalties in a game, the media backlash will be too much... Baba knew that a hattrick of penalties in a game might bring problems

Penaldo wan become Pattrick




Ronaldo give away a penalty to avoid media backlash

Messi gives away a penalty because he doesn't care about penalty....

you dey see through your ears

Tiger Woods missing in the list

The only person ahead of Ronaldo and Messi in that list is Pele

DenreleDave:
1. Diego Maradona

This one is up for debate, but making a case for Maradona being the most popular athlete of all time is not that hard. His goal scoring tally doesn’t come close to the likes of Messi, Ronaldo, and Pelé, with just 338 goals in little more than 600 games, but if we incorporate the traditional ‘eye test’, Maradona reigns supreme. His skills, dribbling prowess, and ability to alter a game in an instant is what makes him so great. His solo goal against England in the 1986 World Cup is a prime example. The four-time Argentinian Footballer of the Year, two-time Scudetto winner with Napoli, and a World Cup winner with Argentina is more added substance to the argument. Just look how adored he is in Naples and in Argentina. He is one VERY popular athlete!

Disagree with this. Pele is the GOAT in all sports, followed by Muhammad Ali, that is if poll is to be taken across the world, and not in America alone.

Nonybb:
And Muhammadu Buhari is the worse thing to have come out from a woman's womb[b][/b]

And he ruled you for 8 years? You hate so much but there was nothing you could do. so now tell me, who is worse?

OP drink coartem for quick relief or are you on colos shisha? Where is Mike Tyson, Jay Jay, Bruce Lee....

This must have been done by an America based company. They actually thinks the world starts and ends with them.
How a Tom Brady is more popular than Ronaldo or Larry bird being higher than Messi, beats me. How many people outside America know who he is? Same apply to most of the names on that list. Imagine Serena Williams high up...

Tinubu urrchins are pathetic beings. I do not know more than half of the people he put up there. Cr7 is the most followed human on earth,yet he puts him in 15th position. How else does one rate who is popular?

DenreleDave:
Ronaldo should be ashamed of himself...... The whole walatalai league is a trash...

How can a side get 3 penalties in a game? Just one side... The Arab league is just doing everything to dash Ronaldo goals, that was part of the contract he signed with them....... He went to Islam league because they agreed to give him penalties...

The ewúré even gave out the last penalty to a teammate because he knows that if he scores 3 penalties in a game, the media backlash will be too much... Baba knew that a hattrick of penalties in a game might bring problems

Penaldo wan become Pattrick




Ronaldo give away a penalty to avoid media backlash

Messi gives away a penalty because he doesn't care about penalty....

tbvh I feel so sorry for you bro 😢 to hate someone this much you must hate yourself even more. Sad fellow

Satanistx:
who is this guys supplier? does he know the meaning of popular?
who be Babe Ruth. getat abeg

As in ehn?
How can serena williams popular than Ronaldo?

Ronaldo and Messi should be No 1 and 2 on that list respectively

Bash Ali

How could you put the most popular athlete at number 15

Yeye dey smell... just imagine Sha
Putting the two most famous behind and mentioning names my whole street no know. Who be bird for where Messi and Ronaldo dey Awon wo lo n wo golf abi ball alapere whatever

Babe Kini? Never heard of the name And what's Cr7 doing on number 15?
Smh u for no kuku add am to the list na

This list is a joke

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Hahaha

This should be most popular in America and not the world... Ronaldo that is the most followed human on social media and all his media platforms jointly have exceeded 1 billion ... that's ¹/⁸ of the world's population...and one Messi fan dropped him at 15.... where is David Beckham or Michael Schumacher? ... presently, Ronaldo is the most popular human being on Earth

David Beckham was and is more popular than Larry bird or Donald Bradman globally. Even Kareem Abdul Jabbar who is from Nigeria was more popular than larry bird.

Tiger Woods should definitely be in there.

Schumacher/Hamilton are also contenders for most popular.

Cristiano and Messi should definitely be ranked higher.

Obviously this list was compiled from an American perspective.

Rahkman:
Messi is currently greater than maradona he should be number 1,tho this generation no get respect na the next generation go catch cold when they watch the clips of lionel messi on youtube

Do not mind those clowns

rumenase:
tbvh I feel so sorry for you bro 😢 to hate someone this much you must hate yourself even more. Sad fellow

Only sumone with no sense like you will think I hate Ronaldo

Sensible people know it's nt hate, and it is just a banter against Ronaldo supporters on nairaland.

But lack of sense made you think I care abt Ronaldo. Keep fuuuling ursef

Tom Brady? Who knows that one outside US?

Can you go out on the syreet and ask people who Tom Brady is? Even in some part of Europe, not all knows him.

The popularity should be measured not by how your country people knows you, but the whole world.

Even LeBron is only popular in America and may e Europe. He isn't popular in Africa.

But some one like Ronaldo and Messi are popular everywhere. US is the only place their popularity is not felt because US people are living in a bubble. They literally don't know what's going on outside their country.

U put Larry bird and left out bill Russel d most decorated NBA players,d number one main man to organize and speak out for Africa America basketballers,d glory that blacks are enjoying now in basketball,is because of him,kareem abdul jabbar and magic Johnson suppose to be ahead of Larry bird.

Apparently you don't know the meaning of "popular". Also, you should've titled your little list as "most popular in USA" because why would you have a global icon like Muhammad Ali in down in 14th and then have people like Larry bird, LeBron James (just smh) and Gretzky or whatever, above him? Who knows these ones outside of the USA? Gretzky my foot

BlackDuke:
No Michael Phelps?
No Hailey Gabrselassie

Michael phelp d most popular and decorated Swimmer in history and d king of Olympic.
Thank u,u need 5 bottles of trophy beer

Satanistx:
who is this guys supplier? does he know the meaning of popular?
who be Babe Ruth. getat abeg

Leave am make he dey cap anyhow lol

Not complete without Carl Lewis.

DenreleDave:
Ronaldo should be ashamed of himself...... The whole walatalai league is a trash...

How can a side get 3 penalties in a game? Just one side... The Arab league is just doing everything to dash Ronaldo goals, that was part of the contract he signed with them....... He went to Islam league because they agreed to give him penalties...

The ewúré even gave out the last penalty to a teammate because he knows that if he scores 3 penalties in a game, the media backlash will be too much... Baba knew that a hattrick of penalties in a game might bring problems

Penaldo wan become Pattrick




Ronaldo give away a penalty to avoid media backlash

Messi gives away a penalty because he doesn't care about penalty....

lolz..people wey dey wait to lambaste am,omo the problem big pass the hattrick..brace is ok...if na u,u go gree take pk for hattrick..shame no go gree

Lionel Messi is the oga kpatakpata of them all, any other athlete come a distant second.





Obembet good afternoon, how is the family?

ThierryJay:
David Beckham was and is more popular than Larry bird or Donald Bradman globally. Even Kareem Abdul Jabbar who is from Nigeria was more popular than larry bird.

Tiger Woods should definitely be in there.

Schumacher/Hamilton are also contenders for most popular.

Cristiano and Messi should definitely be ranked higher.

Obviously this list was compiled from an American perspective.

even,lance armstrong,valentino rossi,50,etc

DenreleDave:
13. Serena Williams

The greatest female tennis player to do it bar none. Now retired, Williams can look back on her time in the sport of tennis with huge admiration given the sheer dominance she imposed on the women’s game. The Women’s Tennis Association had her ranked World No.1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2008 and 2017, first reaching the top spot in 2002 when she was just 21. Williams has won more Grand Slam singles titles than any other player, male or female, with 23 to her name and on top of that has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Venus. Oh, and she won three doubles gold medals at the Olympics.

djoko, nadal nd Magret are all tied at 23 with serena

How can a side get 3 penalties in a game?


It's like me asking you why only one team keeps getting the penalties in a world cup KO rounds