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