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Contemporary sports personalities

1 Serena Williams 60%
2 Venus Williams 60%
3 Simone Biles 54%

All-time sports personalities

1 Jackie Robinson 74%
2 Muhammad Ali 71%
3 Babe Ruth 70%

Contemporary hockey players

1 Sidney Crosby 28%
2 Alex Ovechkin 27%
3 Patrick Kane 27%

Contemporary soccer players

1 Cristiano Ronaldo 34%
2 Lionel Messi 33%
3 Megan Rapinoe 32%

Contemporary tennis players

1 Serena Williams 60%
2 Venus Williams 60%
3 Maria Sharapova 45%

Contemporary MMA personalities

1 Canelo Alvarez 28%
2 Jon Jones 27%
3 Anderson Silva 26%

Contemporary golfers

1 Tiger Woods 45%
2 Phil Mickelson 37%
3 Michelle Wie 34%

Contemporary football players

1 Patrick Mahomes 48%
2 Tom Brady 46%
3 Rob Gronkowski 43%

Contemporary boxing personalities

1 Manny Pacquiáo 37%
2 Tyson Fury 26%
3 Claressa Shields 24%

Contemporary basketball players

1 LeBron James 47%
2 Stephen Curry 46%
3 Kevin Durant 39%

Contemporary baseball players

1 Carlos Santana 37%
2 Aaron Judge 36%
3 Albert Pujols 34%

Contemporary WWE personalities

1 John Cena 50%
2 Ronda Rousey 41%
3 The Undertaker - Mark William Calaway 40%

Contemporary formula 1 personalities

1 Lewis Hamilton 26%
2 Sergio Perez 25%
3 Sebastian Vettel 24%

Football teams

1 Kansas City Chiefs 46%
2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football 44%
3 Pittsburgh Steelers 44%

Baseball teams

1 Chicago Cubs 46%
2 St. Louis Cardinals 46%
3 New York Yankees 44%

Basketball teams

1 Chicago Bulls 49%
2 Boston Celtics 42%
3 Los Angeles Lakers 40%

College sports teams

1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 43%
2 Texas Longhorns 39%
3 Georgia Bulldogs 37%

Ice hockey teams

1 Pittsburgh Penguins 37%
2 Toronto Maple Leafs 35%
3 New York Rangers 34%

Soccer teams

1 United States Women's National Soccer Team 44%
2 United States Men's National Soccer Team 36%
3 Manchester United FC 31%

Sports teams

1 Texas Longhorns softball 29%
2 North Carolina Tar Heels softball 28%
3 Washington Huskies softball 28%