Sport

Sports are a way for the toughest, most talented, fastest members of our society to claim superiority in various athletic competitions. Over the years though, sports have come to gain large popularity and have ultimately started affecting countries’ policy decisions. Looking back through history, sports have been a method  for countries to try to express their dominance in the international community, as well as expand their influence. Here below the list of the world’s most influential athletes today.

Football (Soccer)

Cristiano Ronaldo

FOOTBALL

Other

Lionel Messi

FOOTBALL

Other

Zlatan Ibrahimović

FOOTBALL

Other

Neymar

FOOTBALL

Other

Kylian Mbappé

FOOTBALL

Other

Basket (NBA)

LeBron James

NBA

Other

Kevin Durant

NBA

Other

Kawhi Leonard

NBA

Other

Giannis Antetokounmpo

NBA

Other

Joel Embiid

NBA

Other

American Football

Tom Brady

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Other

Colin Kaepernick

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Other

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Other

Justin Fields

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Other

Trevor Lawrence

AMERICAN FOOTBALL

Other

Baseball / Golf

Mookie Betts

BASEBALL

Other

Mike Trout

BASEBALL

Other

Juan Soto

BASEBALL

Other

Tiger Woods

GOLF

Other

Rory McIlroy

GOLF

Other

Tennis

Rafael Nadal

TENNIS

Other

Roger Federer

TENNIS

Other

Novak Djokovic

TENNIS

Other

Naomi Osaka

TENNIS

Other

Serena Wiliams

TENNIS

Other

Formula 1

Lewis Hamilton

FORMULA 1

Other

Max Verstappen

FORMULA 1

Other

Charles Leclerc

FORMULA 1

Other

Daniel Ricciardo

FORMULA 1

Other

Winter sports

Alexis Pinturault

ALPINE SKIING

Other

Petra Vlhova

ALPINE SKIING

Other

Wadeck Gorak

FREERIDE

Other

Anna Ščerbakova

ICE SKATING

Other

Aleksandra Trusova

ICE SKATING

Other