Trending athletes

How the ranking works: the number is the average daily views of the person's English Wikipedia article over the last 7 days (Wikimedia Pageviews), recalculated every night. It measures how much the world is looking at someone right now — popularity, not looks. For the hot lists see hottest women and hottest men.

Footballers, tennis and basketball players, drivers, fighters and other athletes, ranked by how many people are looking them up this week. Live figures as of 2026-10-21. The ranking is rebuilt once a month from what reputable media outlets published in the last 6 months, with every source linked; where a figure is shown as views, it is the average daily views of the English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia, public data).

1
Jude Bellingham
Named by 1 outlet
Shares place 1: named equally often by the media
English footballer (born 2003)
3 sources: Variety (listed) · Wikipedia (English footballer (born 2003)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (5 K views / day)
1
Simone Biles
Named by 1 outlet
Shares place 1: named equally often by the media
American artistic gymnast (born 1997)
3 sources: People.com (listed) · Wikipedia (American artistic gymnast (born 1997)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (2 K views / day)
1
Christian Pulisic
Named by 1 outlet
Shares place 1: named equally often by the media
American soccer player (born 1998)
3 sources: Variety (listed) · Wikipedia (American soccer player (born 1998)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)
1
Lindsey Vonn
Named by 1 outlet
Shares place 1: named equally often by the media
American alpine skier (born 1984)
3 sources: TMZ (listed) · Wikipedia (American alpine skier (born 1984)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)
1
Rodrigo De Paul
Named by 1 outlet
Shares place 1: named equally often by the media
Argentine footballer (born 1994)
3 sources: Variety (listed) · Wikipedia (Argentine footballer (born 1994)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)
6
Daniel Dubois
21 K views / day
British boxer (born 1997)
2 sources: Wikipedia (British boxer (born 1997)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (21 K views / day)
7
Cristiano Ronaldo
18 K views / day
Portuguese footballer (born 1985)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Portuguese footballer (born 1985)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (18 K views / day)
8
Jake Bauers
17 K views / day
American baseball player (born 1995)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American baseball player (born 1995)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (17 K views / day)
9
Lionel Messi
17 K views / day
Argentine footballer (born 1987)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Argentine footballer (born 1987)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (17 K views / day)
10
Sonay Kartal
15 K views / day
British tennis player (born 2001)
2 sources: Wikipedia (British tennis player (born 2001)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (15 K views / day)
11
Shaun Wright-Phillips
15 K views / day
English footballer (born 1981)
2 sources: Wikipedia (English footballer (born 1981)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (15 K views / day)
12
Christian Yelich
13 K views / day
American baseball player (born 1991)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American baseball player (born 1991)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (13 K views / day)
13
Lamine Yamal
12 K views / day
Spanish footballer (born 2007)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Spanish footballer (born 2007)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (12 K views / day)
14
Mike Malott
12 K views / day
Canadian mixed martial artist (born 1991)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Canadian mixed martial artist (born 1991)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (12 K views / day)
15
LeBron James
12 K views / day
American basketball player (born 1984)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American basketball player (born 1984)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (12 K views / day)
16
Erling Haaland
11 K views / day
Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Norwegian footballer (born 2000)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (11 K views / day)
17
John Cena
11 K views / day
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1977)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American actor and professional wrestler (born 1977)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (11 K views / day)
18
Roman Reigns
11 K views / day
American professional wrestler and actor (born 1985)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American professional wrestler and actor (born 1985)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (11 K views / day)
19
Lewis Koumas
9 K views / day
Wales international footballer (born 2005)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Wales international footballer (born 2005)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (9 K views / day)
20
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
9 K views / day
Spanish tennis player (born 1999)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Spanish tennis player (born 1999)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (9 K views / day)
21
Cody Rhodes
9 K views / day
American professional wrestler (born 1985)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American professional wrestler (born 1985)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (9 K views / day)
22
Shohei Ohtani
8 K views / day
Japanese baseball player (born 1994)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Japanese baseball player (born 1994)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (8 K views / day)
23
Gabby Williams
8 K views / day
American-French basketball player (born 1996)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American-French basketball player (born 1996)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (8 K views / day)
24
Maja Chwalińska
7 K views / day
Polish tennis player (born 2001)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Polish tennis player (born 2001)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (7 K views / day)
25
Harry Kane
7 K views / day
English footballer (born 1993)
2 sources: Wikipedia (English footballer (born 1993)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (7 K views / day)
26
Lewis Hamilton
7 K views / day
British racing driver (born 1985)
2 sources: Wikipedia (British racing driver (born 1985)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (7 K views / day)
27
Ezra Frech
7 K views / day
American Paralympic athlete (born 2005)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American Paralympic athlete (born 2005)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (7 K views / day)
28
Shane Hmiel
7 K views / day
American racing driver (born 1980)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American racing driver (born 1980)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (7 K views / day)
29
Olivier Giroud
7 K views / day
French footballer (born 1986)
2 sources: Wikipedia (French footballer (born 1986)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (7 K views / day)
30
James Maddison
7 K views / day
English footballer (born 1996)
2 sources: Wikipedia (English footballer (born 1996)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (7 K views / day)
31
Anthony Joshua
6 K views / day
British boxer (born 1989)
2 sources: Wikipedia (British boxer (born 1989)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (6 K views / day)
32
Kylian Mbappé
6 K views / day
French footballer (born 1998)
2 sources: Wikipedia (French footballer (born 1998)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (6 K views / day)
33
José Ramírez
6 K views / day
Dominican baseball player (born 1992)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Dominican baseball player (born 1992)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (6 K views / day)
34
William Contreras
6 K views / day
Venezuelan baseball player (born 1997)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Venezuelan baseball player (born 1997)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (6 K views / day)
35
Jamie Vardy
6 K views / day
English footballer (born 1987)
2 sources: Wikipedia (English footballer (born 1987)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (6 K views / day)
36
Sarah Storey
6 K views / day
British cyclist (born 1977)
2 sources: Wikipedia (British cyclist (born 1977)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (6 K views / day)
37
Maria Sharapova
2 K views / day
Russian tennis player (born 1987)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Russian tennis player (born 1987)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (2 K views / day)
38
Anna Kournikova
2 K views / day
Russian tennis player and model (born 1981)
2 sources: Wikipedia (Russian tennis player and model (born 1981)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (2 K views / day)
39
Stacy Keibler
1 K views / day
American professional wrestler, dancer, and model (born 1979)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American professional wrestler, dancer, and model (born 1979)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)
40
Danica Patrick
1 K views / day
American racing driver (born 1982)
2 sources: Wikipedia (American racing driver (born 1982)) · Wikimedia Pageviews (1 K views / day)

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