Category

Sports

This index adds up the scores of 8 questions. 177 brands are ranked.

Edition
Nov 12, 2026
Methodology
v5.0

AI Visibility Ranking

Brands across every question in this category, ordered by GenRank score.

#BrandScore

The GenRank score sums each brand’s question-level visibility inside this category. Higher means AI names the brand more often and earlier. It is not bounded, so compare brands within one category, not across categories. Methodology

The questions behind this index

8

Each question with its top three brands by GenRank score and how many brands its answers named.

Rank trend

Rank trends are drawn once two weekly editions under the same methodology exist. Only the first edition is in so far.

Named by surface

Each cell: of the surface's 8 answers, how many named the brand. Darker means named more often.

Window
Oct 18, 2026 ~ Nov 8, 2026
Named by surface
BrandGoogle AI OverviewsChatGPTClaudeGeminiGoogle AI ModeMicrosoft Copilot
1Lionel Messi344545
2Cristiano Ronaldo123325
3LeBron James233434
4Serena Williams222322
5Kylian Mbappé121322
6Shohei Ohtani122332
7Simone Biles221422
8Victor Wembanyama123122
9Nikola Jokić111221
10Michael Jordan122112
11Luka Dončić121111
12Lamine Yamal121111
13Harry Kane121111
14Shai Gilgeous-Alexander121122
15Joe Burrow111111

Named alongside

Brands named in the same answers in the last four weeks. Circle size: answers naming the brand. Line width: answers naming both.

Named alongsideBrands named in the same answers in the last four weeks. Circle size: answers naming the brand. Line width: answers naming both.Lionel Messi: named in 34 answersLionel MessiCristiano Ronaldo: named in 21 answersCristiano RonaldoLeBron James: named in 25 answersLeBron JamesSerena Williams: named in 16 answersSerena WilliamsKylian Mbappé: named in 14 answersKylian MbappéShohei Ohtani: named in 18 answersShohei OhtaniSimone Biles: named in 19 answersSimone BilesVictor Wembanyama: named in 12 answersVictor WembanyamaNikola Jokić: named in 11 answersNikola JokićMichael Jordan: named in 13 answersMichael JordanLuka Dončić: named in 9 answersLuka DončićLamine Yamal: named in 8 answersLamine YamalHarry Kane: named in 7 answersHarry KaneShai Gilgeous-Alexander: named in 10 answersShai Gilgeous-AlexanderJoe Burrow: named in 6 answersJoe BurrowStephen Curry: named in 12 answersStephen CurryCanelo Alvarez: named in 6 answersCanelo AlvarezErling Haaland: named in 10 answersErling HaalandJosh Allen: named in 5 answersJosh AllenPatrick Mahomes: named in 10 answersPatrick MahomesGiannis Antetokounmpo: named in 10 answersGiannis AntetokounmpoBabe Didrikson Zaharias: named in 7 answersBabe Didrikson ZahariasMuhammad Ali: named in 10 answersMuhammad AliJim Thorpe: named in 6 answersJim ThorpeJackie Joyner-Kersee: named in 7 answersJackie Joyner-KerseeWayne Gretzky: named in 9 answersWayne GretzkyBrock Purdy: named in 6 answersLewis Hamilton: named in 10 answersLewis HamiltonMartina Navratilova: named in 6 answersMartina NavratilovaMichael Phelps: named in 9 answersMichael Phelps
  • Answers naming the brand
  • 5
  • 10
  • 34
  • Answers naming both
  • 1
  • 25
Named alongsideBrands named in the same answers in the last four weeks. Circle size: answers naming the brand. Line width: answers naming both.Lionel Messi: named in 34 answersLionel MessiCristiano Ronaldo: named in 21 answersLeBron James: named in 25 answersLeBron JamesSerena Williams: named in 16 answersSerena WilliamsKylian Mbappé: named in 14 answersKylian MbappéShohei Ohtani: named in 18 answersShohei OhtaniSimone Biles: named in 19 answersSimone BilesVictor Wembanyama: named in 12 answersVictor WembanyamaNikola Jokić: named in 11 answersMichael Jordan: named in 13 answersMichael JordanLuka Dončić: named in 9 answersLuka DončićLamine Yamal: named in 8 answersLamine YamalHarry Kane: named in 7 answersHarry KaneShai Gilgeous-Alexander: named in 10 answersJoe Burrow: named in 6 answersStephen Curry: named in 12 answersStephen CurryCanelo Alvarez: named in 6 answersErling Haaland: named in 10 answersErling HaalandJosh Allen: named in 5 answersJosh AllenPatrick Mahomes: named in 10 answersGiannis Antetokounmpo: named in 10 answersGiannis AntetokounmpoBabe Didrikson Zaharias: named in 7 answersMuhammad Ali: named in 10 answersMuhammad AliJim Thorpe: named in 6 answersJim ThorpeJackie Joyner-Kersee: named in 7 answersWayne Gretzky: named in 9 answersWayne GretzkyBrock Purdy: named in 6 answersBrock PurdyLewis Hamilton: named in 10 answersMartina Navratilova: named in 6 answersMichael Phelps: named in 9 answersMichael Phelps
  • Answers naming the brand
  • 5
  • 10
  • 34
  • Answers naming both
  • 1
  • 25
Named alongside
BrandAnswers naming the brandNamed alongside
Lionel Messi34LeBron James (25), Cristiano Ronaldo (21), Shohei Ohtani (18)
Cristiano Ronaldo21Lionel Messi (21), LeBron James (19), Shohei Ohtani (15)
LeBron James25Lionel Messi (25), Cristiano Ronaldo (19), Shohei Ohtani (16)
Serena Williams16Simone Biles (14), Lionel Messi (10), Michael Jordan (9)
Kylian Mbappé14Lionel Messi (11), Erling Haaland (8), Lamine Yamal (7)
Shohei Ohtani18Lionel Messi (18), LeBron James (16), Cristiano Ronaldo (15)
Simone Biles19Serena Williams (14), Lionel Messi (13), LeBron James (11)
Victor Wembanyama12Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9), Giannis Antetokounmpo (8), Luka Dončić (7)
Nikola Jokić11Giannis Antetokounmpo (9), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8), Luka Dončić (8)
Michael Jordan13Lionel Messi (13), LeBron James (11), Muhammad Ali (10)
Luka Dončić9Nikola Jokić (8), Giannis Antetokounmpo (8), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7)
Lamine Yamal8Kylian Mbappé (7), Harry Kane (7), Lionel Messi (5)
Harry Kane7Lamine Yamal (7), Kylian Mbappé (7), Erling Haaland (5)
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander10Victor Wembanyama (9), Nikola Jokić (8), Luka Dončić (7)
Joe Burrow6Brock Purdy (6), Josh Allen (5), Patrick Mahomes (5)
Stephen Curry12LeBron James (12), Lionel Messi (12), Cristiano Ronaldo (11)
Canelo Alvarez6LeBron James (6), Cristiano Ronaldo (6), Shohei Ohtani (6)
Erling Haaland10Lionel Messi (9), Kylian Mbappé (8), LeBron James (5)
Josh Allen5Joe Burrow (5), Brock Purdy (5), Patrick Mahomes (4)
Patrick Mahomes10Joe Burrow (5), Lionel Messi (5), Kylian Mbappé (5)
Giannis Antetokounmpo10Nikola Jokić (9), Luka Dončić (8), Victor Wembanyama (8)
Babe Didrikson Zaharias7Simone Biles (7), Serena Williams (7), Martina Navratilova (6)
Muhammad Ali10Michael Jordan (10), Lionel Messi (10), Wayne Gretzky (9)
Jim Thorpe6Michael Jordan (6), LeBron James (6), Lionel Messi (6)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee7Simone Biles (7), Serena Williams (7), Martina Navratilova (6)
Wayne Gretzky9Michael Jordan (9), Lionel Messi (9), Muhammad Ali (9)
Brock Purdy6Joe Burrow (6), Josh Allen (5), Patrick Mahomes (5)
Lewis Hamilton10LeBron James (10), Lionel Messi (10), Cristiano Ronaldo (9)
Martina Navratilova6Simone Biles (6), Serena Williams (6), Jackie Joyner-Kersee (6)
Michael Phelps9Michael Jordan (9), Lionel Messi (9), Wayne Gretzky (9)

Most cited sources

Sites cited by the answers to this category's questions and its subcategories'. Counts are citing answers. All of this week's questions. Earlier ranks appear once two weekly runs of the same methodology exist.

Most cited sources
RankSourceCiting answers
1espn.com10
2en.wikipedia.orgreference10
3youtube.comsocial9
4foxsports.com7
5givemesport.com6
6ranker.com5
7sports.yahoo.comportal5
8facebook.comsocial4
9cbssports.com4
10support.google.comportal4

Sources and brands

Which cited sources appear in the answers that name each brand, counted in answers.

Sources and brandsWhich cited sources appear in the answers that name each brand, counted in answers.en.wikipedia.org cited in 10 answers naming Lionel Messien.wikipedia.org cited in 9 answers naming LeBron Jamesen.wikipedia.org cited in 6 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldoforbes.com cited in 5 answers naming Shohei Ohtaniforbes.com cited in 5 answers naming Lionel Messien.wikipedia.org cited in 5 answers naming Serena Williamsen.wikipedia.org cited in 5 answers naming Simone Bilesforbes.com cited in 5 answers naming LeBron Jamesforbes.com cited in 5 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldotime.com cited in 5 answers naming Lionel Messitime.com cited in 5 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldotime.com cited in 5 answers naming LeBron Jamesranker.com cited in 4 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldogivemesport.com cited in 4 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldoen.wikipedia.org cited in 4 answers naming Shohei Ohtanigivemesport.com cited in 4 answers naming Lionel Messiranker.com cited in 4 answers naming Lionel Messiyoutube.com cited in 4 answers naming Lionel Messiespn.com cited in 4 answers naming Lionel Messiyoutube.com cited in 3 answers naming LeBron Jamesbleacherreport.com cited in 3 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldobleacherreport.com cited in 3 answers naming Shohei Ohtanibleacherreport.com cited in 3 answers naming Lionel Messiespn.com cited in 3 answers naming Simone Bilesespn.com cited in 3 answers naming Victor Wembanyamaespn.com cited in 3 answers naming Kylian Mbappégivemesport.com cited in 3 answers naming LeBron Jamesranker.com cited in 3 answers naming LeBron Jamesranker.com cited in 3 answers naming Simone Bilesranker.com cited in 3 answers naming Kylian Mbappétime.com cited in 3 answers naming Shohei Ohtanibleacherreport.com cited in 3 answers naming LeBron Jamestime.com cited in 2 answers naming Victor Wembanyamatime.com cited in 2 answers naming Kylian Mbappégivemesport.com cited in 2 answers naming Kylian Mbappéyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldoyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Shohei Ohtanibleacherreport.com cited in 2 answers naming Victor Wembanyamaespn.com cited in 2 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldoranker.com cited in 2 answers naming Serena Williamsyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Simone Bilesyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Serena Williamsespn.com cited in 2 answers naming LeBron Jamesen.wikipedia.org cited in 2 answers naming Kylian Mbappéyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Victor Wembanyamatime.com cited in 2 answers naming Simone Bilesespn.com cited in 2 answers naming Serena Williamsgivemesport.com cited in 1 answers naming Serena Williamsranker.com cited in 1 answers naming Shohei Ohtaniranker.com cited in 1 answers naming Victor Wembanyamaen.wikipedia.org cited in 1 answers naming Victor Wembanyamayoutube.com cited in 1 answers naming Kylian Mbappéforbes.com cited in 1 answers naming Kylian Mbappégivemesport.com cited in 1 answers naming Shohei Ohtanigivemesport.com cited in 1 answers naming Simone Bilesforbes.com cited in 1 answers naming Simone Bilesgivemesport.com cited in 1 answers naming Victor Wembanyamaen.wikipedia.org, reference: 42en.wikipedia.orgtime.com, media: 24time.comforbes.com, media: 22forbes.comranker.com: 21ranker.comespn.com: 19espn.comyoutube.com, social: 18youtube.comgivemesport.com: 17givemesport.combleacherreport.com: 14bleacherreport.comLionel Messi #1: 39Lionel Messi #1Cristiano Ronaldo #2: 31Cristiano Ronaldo #2LeBron James #3: 33LeBron James #3Serena Williams #4: 12Serena Williams #4Kylian Mbappé #5: 14Kylian Mbappé #5Shohei Ohtani #6: 19Shohei Ohtani #6Simone Biles #7: 17Simone Biles #7Victor Wembanyama #8: 12Victor Wembanyama #8
Sources and brandsWhich cited sources appear in the answers that name each brand, counted in answers.en.wikipedia.org cited in 10 answers naming Lionel Messien.wikipedia.org cited in 9 answers naming LeBron Jamesen.wikipedia.org cited in 6 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldoforbes.com cited in 5 answers naming Shohei Ohtaniforbes.com cited in 5 answers naming Lionel Messien.wikipedia.org cited in 5 answers naming Serena Williamsen.wikipedia.org cited in 5 answers naming Simone Bilesforbes.com cited in 5 answers naming LeBron Jamesforbes.com cited in 5 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldotime.com cited in 5 answers naming Lionel Messitime.com cited in 5 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldotime.com cited in 5 answers naming LeBron Jamesranker.com cited in 4 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldogivemesport.com cited in 4 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldoen.wikipedia.org cited in 4 answers naming Shohei Ohtanigivemesport.com cited in 4 answers naming Lionel Messiranker.com cited in 4 answers naming Lionel Messiyoutube.com cited in 4 answers naming Lionel Messiespn.com cited in 4 answers naming Lionel Messiyoutube.com cited in 3 answers naming LeBron Jamesbleacherreport.com cited in 3 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldobleacherreport.com cited in 3 answers naming Shohei Ohtanibleacherreport.com cited in 3 answers naming Lionel Messiespn.com cited in 3 answers naming Simone Bilesespn.com cited in 3 answers naming Victor Wembanyamaespn.com cited in 3 answers naming Kylian Mbappégivemesport.com cited in 3 answers naming LeBron Jamesranker.com cited in 3 answers naming LeBron Jamesranker.com cited in 3 answers naming Simone Bilesranker.com cited in 3 answers naming Kylian Mbappétime.com cited in 3 answers naming Shohei Ohtanibleacherreport.com cited in 3 answers naming LeBron Jamestime.com cited in 2 answers naming Victor Wembanyamatime.com cited in 2 answers naming Kylian Mbappégivemesport.com cited in 2 answers naming Kylian Mbappéyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldoyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Shohei Ohtanibleacherreport.com cited in 2 answers naming Victor Wembanyamaespn.com cited in 2 answers naming Cristiano Ronaldoranker.com cited in 2 answers naming Serena Williamsyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Simone Bilesyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Serena Williamsespn.com cited in 2 answers naming LeBron Jamesen.wikipedia.org cited in 2 answers naming Kylian Mbappéyoutube.com cited in 2 answers naming Victor Wembanyamatime.com cited in 2 answers naming Simone Bilesespn.com cited in 2 answers naming Serena Williamsgivemesport.com cited in 1 answers naming Serena Williamsranker.com cited in 1 answers naming Shohei Ohtaniranker.com cited in 1 answers naming Victor Wembanyamaen.wikipedia.org cited in 1 answers naming Victor Wembanyamayoutube.com cited in 1 answers naming Kylian Mbappéforbes.com cited in 1 answers naming Kylian Mbappégivemesport.com cited in 1 answers naming Shohei Ohtanigivemesport.com cited in 1 answers naming Simone Bilesforbes.com cited in 1 answers naming Simone Bilesgivemesport.com cited in 1 answers naming Victor Wembanyamaen.wikipedia.org, reference: 42en.wikipedia.orgtime.com, media: 24time.comforbes.com, media: 22forbes.comranker.com: 21ranker.comespn.com: 19espn.comyoutube.com, social: 18youtube.comgivemesport.com: 17givemesport.combleacherreport.com: 14bleacherreport.c…Lionel Messi #1: 39Lionel Messi #1Cristiano Ronaldo #2: 31Cristiano Ron… #2LeBron James #3: 33LeBron James #3Serena Williams #4: 12Serena Willia… #4Kylian Mbappé #5: 14Kylian Mbappé #5Shohei Ohtani #6: 19Shohei Ohtani #6Simone Biles #7: 17Simone Biles #7Victor Wembanyama #8: 12Victor Wemban… #8
Sources and brands
Cited sourcesBrandAnswers naming the brand
en.wikipedia.orgLionel Messi10
en.wikipedia.orgLeBron James9
en.wikipedia.orgCristiano Ronaldo6
forbes.comShohei Ohtani5
forbes.comLionel Messi5
en.wikipedia.orgSerena Williams5
en.wikipedia.orgSimone Biles5
forbes.comLeBron James5
forbes.comCristiano Ronaldo5
time.comLionel Messi5
time.comCristiano Ronaldo5
time.comLeBron James5
ranker.comCristiano Ronaldo4
givemesport.comCristiano Ronaldo4
en.wikipedia.orgShohei Ohtani4
givemesport.comLionel Messi4
ranker.comLionel Messi4
youtube.comLionel Messi4
espn.comLionel Messi4
youtube.comLeBron James3
bleacherreport.comCristiano Ronaldo3
bleacherreport.comShohei Ohtani3
bleacherreport.comLionel Messi3
espn.comSimone Biles3
espn.comVictor Wembanyama3
espn.comKylian Mbappé3
givemesport.comLeBron James3
ranker.comLeBron James3
ranker.comSimone Biles3
ranker.comKylian Mbappé3
time.comShohei Ohtani3
bleacherreport.comLeBron James3
time.comVictor Wembanyama2
time.comKylian Mbappé2
givemesport.comKylian Mbappé2
youtube.comCristiano Ronaldo2
youtube.comShohei Ohtani2
bleacherreport.comVictor Wembanyama2
espn.comCristiano Ronaldo2
ranker.comSerena Williams2
youtube.comSimone Biles2
youtube.comSerena Williams2
espn.comLeBron James2
en.wikipedia.orgKylian Mbappé2
youtube.comVictor Wembanyama2
time.comSimone Biles2
espn.comSerena Williams2
givemesport.comSerena Williams1
ranker.comShohei Ohtani1
ranker.comVictor Wembanyama1
en.wikipedia.orgVictor Wembanyama1
youtube.comKylian Mbappé1
forbes.comKylian Mbappé1
givemesport.comShohei Ohtani1
givemesport.comSimone Biles1
forbes.comSimone Biles1
givemesport.comVictor Wembanyama1

Citations by source type

How many citations in this edition point at each kind of source.

  1. social14
  2. reference12
  3. media11
  4. portal11
  5. community5
  6. review and listing sites2
  7. Other168

Other indexes in People

The other indexes under the same parent, each with its top five brands.