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Top 6: Popular Athletes According to Google
- October
- 7
This is a list of the most popular athletes according to Google.com web search results. The popularity of the athletes below was calculated by simply entering “athlete name” into Google.com and ranking the search results.
Tiger Woods
10 400 000 web results according to Google.com
754 000 image results according to Google.com
Salary: $100 million (2006)
Golf
Age: 31
Country Of Birth: United States
Country Of Residence: United States
Tiger Woods is the most popular athlete according Google.com web results because of his illustrious professional golfing career, Nike clothing and apparel, endorsement deals and many other factors.
Tiger Woods whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements
Tiger Woods’ unbelievable chip shot on the 16th hole at the Masters in 2005:
David Beckham
3 020 000 web results according to Google.com
595 000 image results according to Google.com
Salary: $32.5 mil (2007)
Soccer - Midfield, LA Galaxy
Age: 31
Country Of Birth: Great Britain
Country Of Residence: United States
Galaxy is paying Beckham $32.5 million over five years. He is expected to make about $200 million more in endorsements and merchandise fees.
Here is a collection of David Beckham highlights:
Maria Sharapova
2 440 000web results according to Google.com
125 000 image results according to Google.com
Salary: $25 million (2006)
Tennis
Age: 20
Country Of Birth: Russia
Country Of Residence: United States
As of 10 September 2007, she is the fourth-ranked female player in the world. At the end of 2006, she was the world’s highest-paid female athlete.
In 2006 Sharapova signed a lifetime endorsment deal with Prince Sports, Inc., a longtime sponsor of Sharapova. She currently plays with the O3 White racquet.
Here is a hot video of Maria Sharapova both on and off the tennis court:
OJ Simpson
2 410 000 web results according to Google.com
81 400 image results according to Google.com
Football - Running back, retired
Age: 60
Country Of Birth: United States
Country Of Residence: United States
Well OJ Simpson’s high amount of web results is due to a combination of his NFL career, his murder acquittal and his latest legal troubles.
Here is a compilation of video clips that sums up OJ Simpson in the past 40 years:
Anna Kournikova
2 260 000 web results according to Google.com
46 800 image results according to Google.com
Salary: $12 million (2006)
Tennis - Tennis Player, retired
Age: 26
Country Of Birth: Russia
Country Of Residence: United States
Anna Kournikova is a retired Russian professional tennis player and model. Although she never won a singles tournament, she became one of the best known tennis players worldwide. At the peak of her fame, fans looking for images of Kournikova made her name (or misspellings of it) one of the most common search strings on Google.
Here is a slide show of Anna Kournikova both on and off the court:
Michael Jordan
2,210,000 web results according to Google.com
286 000 image results according to Google.com
Salary: $32 million (2006)
Basketball - Shooting Guard, retired
Age: 44
Country Of Birth: United States
Country Of Residence: United States
MJ’s endorsements have been pared down to a handful, including Gatorade, Sara Lee and Upper Deck. The bulk of his income, though, still comes from the Swoosh. Nike’s Jordan brand is a $500 million business (sales) and finished the year with record profits and sales.
Jordan’s individual accolades and accomplishments include five NBA MVP (Most Valuable Player) awards, ten All-NBA First Team designations, nine All-Defensive First Team honors, fourteen NBA All-Star Game appearances and three All-Star MVPs, ten scoring titles, three steals titles, six NBA Finals MVP awards, and the 1988 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award.
Here is a collection of highlights from Michael Jordan
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Video compilation of some of the most talked about and painful incidents in sports over the past decade. With the exception of the UFC, when these sports teams squared off, neither of them thought that they would be fighting more than actually playing.
UFC: Rasheed Evans KO’s Sean Salmon with a vicious kick.
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NBA: Insane fight between Pistons, Pacers and Fans!
NHL: Huge brawl between Philly and Ottawa.
Soccer: All out riot on a Portuguese soccer field.
NHL: Dion Phaneuf sends Hamel flying on open ice.
NFL: Footballs All Time Worst Injury.
UFC: Collection of the best UFC knockouts.
4 commentsSport VideosTop 10 Swedish Hockey Players
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#10 Thomas Steen
Played with the Winnipeg Jets for more than 10 years. Scored 264 goals and 553 assists for 817 points in 950 NHL games.
#9 Markus Naslund
Even if the last season was more than ordinary for the Ornskoldsvik’s native, he still have 346 NHL goals scored since the beginning of his hockey career
#8 Pelle Lindbergh
Only played 4 seasons in the NHL, won the Vezina trophy one. Killed after driving his Porsche, drunk, at high speed, into a wall.
#7 Hakan Loob
First swedish player to score 50 goals in the same season, he is still the only swedish player who have accomplish this.
#6 Mats Naslund
He is the last Habs player who’ve made more than 100 points in a single season. He have accomplish 2 seasons of more than 40 goals.
#5 Borje Salming
First swedish NHL hockey player. Intronised in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
#4 Daniel Alfredsson
The Ottawa Senators captain, he’ve made this far 788 points in 783 games in his hockey career.
#3 Peter Forsberg
He have made more than 100 points two times in his career. He have started his career with the Quebec Nordiques, in the mega transaction that bringed Eric Lindros to Philadelphia.
#2 Mats Sundin
The captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mats Sundin have made more than 1200 points in his NHL career.
And finally the number 1 :
#1 Nicklas Lidstrom
Why Lindstrom ? Five Norris trophy, one Conn Smythe and three Stanley Cup, 868 points. Needless to say more.
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