World Fame 100: Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal & PV Sinhu Among 10 Most Famous Women Athletes

The much-awaited list of the most famous women athletes 2019 has been declared by ESPN. Its ESPN’s fourth annual ranking of the famous female athletes in the world. The list has been topped by none other than Serena Willians followed by Maria Sharapova and Sania Mirza. It is to be noted that the latest list has the name of a few newcomers belonging to India.

In order to identify the list of most popular women athletes across the world, ESPN has compiled a list of 800 of the biggest names who belongs to sports category. The women included in the list are belongs to 78 different countries. The names of women have been listed in the list on the basis of a formula that took into account three fame factors which includes Google Search scores, endorsement dollar and social media following. The following is a list of 25 women on the list. To see the complete list of 100 Most famous women athletes. Click here.

25 Most Famous Women Athletes in 2019

1. Serena Williams

Sport: Tennis
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Twitter, 10.8 million
Endorsements: $18.1 million
Google trends peak: 37
Google trends average: 3

2. Maria Sharapova

Sport: Tennis
Country: Russia
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 14.6 million
Endorsements: $17 million
Google trends peak: 5
Google trends average: 1

3. Sania Mirza

Sport: Tennis
Country: India
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 12.4 million
Endorsements: $2.13 million
Google trends peak: 2
Google trends average: 1

4. Caroline Wozniacki

Sport: Tennis
Country: Denmark
Biggest social media following: Twitter, 3.1 million
Endorsements: $6.3 million
Google trends peak: 8
Google trends average: 1

5. Saina Nehwal

Sport: Badminton
Country: India
Biggest social media following: Twitter, 8.0 million
Endorsements: $2 million
Google trends peak: 1

6. Venus Williams

Sport: Tennis
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 2.2 million
Endorsements: $10 million
Google trends peak: 3
Google trends average: 0

7. Lindsey Vonn

Sport: Skiing
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 1.6 million
Endorsements: $4.8 million
Google trends peak: 16
Google trends average: 1

8. Simona Halep

Sport: Tennis
Country: Romania
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 1.5 million
Endorsements: $4.7 million
Google trends peak: 12
Google trends average: 2

9. PV Sindhu

Sport: Badminton
Country: India
Biggest social media following: Twitter, 2.6 million
Endorsements: $8 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

10. Chloe Kim

Sport: Snowboarding
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 693,500
Endorsements: $7.5 million
Google trends peak: 10
Google trends average: 0

11. Naomi Osaka

Sport: Tennis
Country: Japan
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 696,000
Endorsements: $3 million
Google trends peak: 21
Google trends average: 1

12. Michelle Wie

Sport: Golf
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 495,800
Endorsements: $8.8 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

13. Simone Biles

Sport: Gymnastics
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 3.4 million
Endorsements: $6 million
Google trends peak: 2
Google trends average: 0

14. Angelique Kerber

Sport: Tennis
Country: Germany
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 875,500
Endorsements: $5 million
Google trends peak: 7
Google trends average: 1

15. Victoria Azarenka

Sport: Tennis
Country: Belarus
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 1.4 million
Endorsements: $6.8 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

16. Fu Yuanhui

Sport: Swimming
Country: China
Biggest social media following: Weibo, 7.5 million
Endorsements: $4.9 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

17. Mary Kom

Sport: Boxing
Country: India
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 3.4 million
Endorsements: $4.9 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

18. Katie Ledecky

Sport: Swimming
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 390,000
Endorsements: $7 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

19. Jwala Gutta

Sport: Badminton
Country: India
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 3 million
Endorsements: $4.9 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

20. Mariana Pajon

Sport: Cycling/BMX
Country: Colombia
Biggest social media following: Facebook, 2.7 million
Endorsements: $4.9 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

21. Sloane Stephens

Sport: Tennis
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 342,800
Endorsements: $5.5 million
Google trends peak: 3
Google trends average: 0

22. Alex Morgan

Sport: Soccer
Country: United States
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 5.4 million
Endorsements: $1.5 million
Google trends peak: 1
Google trends average: 0

23. Tessa Virtue

Sport: Figure Skating
Country: Canada
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 366,900
Endorsements: $2.5 million
Google trends peak: 9
Google trends average: 0

24. Garbine Muguruza

Sport: Tennis
Country: Spain
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 694,300
Endorsements: $3.3 million
Google trends peak: 3
Google trends average: 0

25. Alina Zagitova

Sport: Figure Skating
Country: Russia
Biggest social media following: Instagram, 489,900
Endorsements: $2.5 million
Google trends peak: 6
Google trends average: 0

Source: ESPN