We asked Ben Alamar, ESPN's director of sports analytics, to figure out the most famous athletes in the world. Using a formula that combines endorsements with social media fan base and Google search popularity, he ranked the globe's most famous athletes in our second annual World Fame 100.
The U.S. women's national team landed one player on our list:
Why she's got fame: Hope Solo might be the most dominant goalkeeper women's soccer has ever seen, but that's not what she's most famous for. That's a tossup between domestic assault charges, many controversial comments and multiple suspensions from U.