Facebook Favorite player in each sport of all time!

I normally hate anything anything on Facebook that involves the line “copy, paste, fill this out and post.” But, I can MIGHT get behind this new Facebook favorite player trend. I certainly don’t hate it as much as usual. Let’s make sports great again. Maybe this stupid, viral Facebook chain-letter thing will remind people of some great athletes.

Cavi‘s favorite player in each sport of all time!

NHL – Jimmy Lodge
NFL – Kerry Collins / Joe Montana
MLB – Darryl Strawberry / Wade Boggs
College Football – Joe Montana
College Basketball – Gerry Mcnamara / Logan Gabriel
NBA – Allen Iverson
Soccer – Hope Solo
Wrestling – Brett “The Hitman” Hart
Boxing – Mark Wahlberg as Micky Ward
UFC – Conor McGregor
Golf – Rocco Mediate / Eric Dottle

Eddie‘s favorite player in each sport of all time!

NHL – Gordie Howe
NFL – Barry Sanders
MLB – Chipper Jones
College Football – Doug Flutie
College Basketball – Bob Sura
NBA – Michael Jordan
Soccer – Ronaldinho
Wrestling – Ultimate Warrior
Boxing – Mike Tyson
Golf – Tiger Woods

Tommy‘s favorite player in each sport of all time!

NHL – Jaromir Jagr
NFL – Payton Manning
MLB – John Rocker
College Football – Jerome Bettis
College Basketball – Len Bias
NBA – Michael Jordan
Soccer – “No Clue”
Wrestling – “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
Boxing – Mickey Ward
Golf – Phil Michelson

I wanted to give credit to my friend and business partner, Ken Norton. He’s the first person that I noticed posting this facebook favorite player nonsense on Facebook and it kind of took off from there. So, I figured I’d let him say his piece as well.

Ken Norton of the band The Sell Out Soundtrack:

NHL – Gordon Bombay
NFL – Priest Holmes or Dez because he caught it
MLB – Ken Griffey Jr. or Andrew McCutchen
College Football – Larry Johnson or Alan Zemaitis
College Basketball – Joe Crispin or Bobby Hurley
NBA – Michael Jordan hands down
Soccer – Pele
Wrestling – Stone Cold or Goldberg
Boxing – Rocky Balboa
UFC – The Irish guy who yells a lot
Golf – Tiger Woods or Shooter McGavin

Then, I wondered, what athletes have the most Facebook likes?

CRISTIANO RONALDO – 107.1 MILLION LIKES
LIONEL MESSI – 78.08 MILLION FACEBOOK LIKES
DAVID BECKHAM – 52 MILLION LIKES
NEYMAR – 51.9 MILLION FACEBOOK LIKES
DWAYNE “THE ROCK” JOHNSON – 46.2 MILLION LIKES
JOHN CENA – 36.8 MILLION LIKES
RICARDO KAKÁ – 32.8 MILLION LIKES
RONALDINHO – 30.4 MILLION LIKES
MESUT ÖZIL – 27.9 MILLION LIKES
MICHAEL JORDAN – 27.8 MILLION LIKES
SACHIN TENDULKAR – 24.7 MILLION LIKES
ANDRÉS INIESTA – 24 MILLION FACEBOOK LIKES
LEBRON JAMES – 22.6 MILLION FACEBOOK LIKES
KOBE BRYANT – 21.2 MILLION FACEBOOK LIKES
GERARD PIQUÉ – 17.1 MILLION LIKES
USAIN BOLT – 16.6 MILLION LIKES
DAVID VILLA SÁNCHEZ – 16 MILLION LIKES
MARIA SHARAPOVA – 15.3 MILLION LIKES
RAFAEL NADAL – 15 MILLION LIKES
ROGER FEDERER – 14.9 MILLION LIKES

Then, I wondered, what athletes have the most Twitter followers?

Christiano Ronaldo – 51.2 million
LeBron James – 35.6 million
Neymar Jr. – 29 million
Kaka – 26 million
Andres Iniesta – 16.1 million
Sachin Tendulker – 16 million
Kevin Durant – 15.7 million
Mesut Ozil – 15 million
Ronaldinho – 14.75 million
Gerard Pique – 14.7 million
Wayne Rooney – 14.5 million
Shaq – 14 million
Radamel Falcao – 13.1 million
Rafa Nadal – 12.4 million
James Rodriguez – 12.4 million
Gareth Bale – 12 million
Kobe Bryant – 11.5 million
Sergio Aguero – 11.4 million
Xabi Alonso – 11.2 million
Sergio Ramos – 10.4 million

John Cena has 9.5 million, Steph Curry has 9.1 million, Floyd Mayweather has 7.1 million, and Tiger Woods has 6.1 million.

The first football player to come up on that list is Russell Westbrook with 4.3 million at #79, he’s right above Tony Hawk’s 4.1 million. Tim Tebow is the only other football player inside the top 100, at #98 with 3.7 million.