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Sports

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Sports teams

1 North Carolina Tar Heels softball 22%
2 Texas Longhorns softball 22%
3 Florida State Seminoles softball 21%

Contemporary sports personalities

1 Serena Williams 62%
2 Simone Biles 57%
3 Venus Williams 52%

All-time sports personalities

1 Muhammad Ali 70%
2 Michael Jordan 69%
3 Shaquille O'Neal 68%

Contemporary hockey players

1 Sidney Crosby 22%
2 Patrick Kane 20%
3 Alex Ovechkin 20%

Contemporary soccer players

1 Cristiano Ronaldo 33%
2 Megan Rapinoe 30%
3 Lionel Messi 29%

Contemporary tennis players

1 Serena Williams 62%
2 Venus Williams 52%
3 Maria Sharapova 38%

Contemporary MMA personalities

1 Anderson Silva 22%
2 Canelo Alvarez 22%
3 Cris Cyborg 20%

Contemporary golfers

1 Tiger Woods 42%
2 Phil Mickelson 36%
3 Rory McIlroy 27%

Contemporary football players

1 Tom Brady 43%
2 Patrick Mahomes 42%
3 Aaron Rodgers 39%

Contemporary boxing personalities

1 Manny Pacquiáo 32%
2 Tyson Fury 23%
3 Luis Ortiz 20%

Contemporary basketball players

1 LeBron James 44%
2 Stephen Curry 39%
3 Kevin Durant 37%

Contemporary baseball players

1 Carlos Santana 37%
2 Albert Pujols 28%
3 Mike Trout 28%

Contemporary WWE personalities

1 John Cena 43%
2 Ronda Rousey 36%
3 The Undertaker - Mark William Calaway 35%

Contemporary formula 1 personalities

1 Lewis Hamilton 20%
2 Kimi Räikkönen 17%
3 Kevin Magnussen 17%

Football teams

1 Green Bay Packers 43%
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 42%
3 New Orleans Saints 42%

Baseball teams

1 New York Yankees 40%
2 Chicago Cubs 39%
3 New York Mets 38%

Basketball teams

1 Chicago Bulls 41%
2 Boston Celtics 40%
3 Los Angeles Lakers 38%

College sports teams

1 Notre Dame Fighting Irish 37%
2 Texas Longhorns 34%
3 North Carolina Tar Heels 31%

Ice hockey teams

1 Montreal Canadiens 27%
2 New York Rangers 27%
3 Chicago Blackhawks 27%

Soccer teams

1 United States Men's National Soccer Team 33%
2 Team USA Men's Soccer 31%
3 Brazil national soccer team 28%