The curious ranking of athletes in which Lionel Messi surpasses Mike Tyson but could not surpass Kobe Bryant in the Top 3

Athletes are part of several rankings and in the last hours a very peculiar one came out about who is the athlete who appears the most in the world of music. Lionel Messi entered the Top 3 of this ranking but there were many surprises that we could never have imagined. The number one in the ranking went to basketball Kobe Bryant.

This ranking included the 20 athletes in history who most appeared or appear in a music song. It is known that many artists use athletes to pay tribute to athletes but it was very difficult to figure out which athlete was the one who appeared the most. Thanks to an application it was possible to know who are the 20 most mentioned.

To obtain this ranking, the name, surname or nickname of each athlete was taken into account. The top 3 consisted of Kobe Bryant, Lionel Messi and Michael Jordan. Kobe Bryant far surpassed the rest and appears in more than 1500 songs, while Lionel Messi appears in 553. The other athlete who was on the podium was Michael Jordan with 439.

Some of the athletes that appear in this ranking are Diego Maradona (270), Muhamed Ali (236), Cristiano Ronaldo (280) or Tiger Woods (221). The rest of the list is made up of names like Usain Bolt, Zinedine Zidane, Lebron James or David Beckham. It is very valuable what athletes generate in music and it is surprising to see that Messi is above many other athletes.