Now that 2020 is coming to an end, Google has been taking a moment to look back at this past year of searches and has compiled a detailed list of what people have been most interested in looking up. Below is a list of the most searched athletes in the year 2020. Check out now!

Ryan Newman

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Ryan Newman. Photo: USA Today

Ryan Newman is in his 19th full season in the NASCAR Cup Series and second with Roush Fenway Racing after five years with Richard Childress Racing. Newman has 18 Cup wins, including the 2008 Daytona 500 and 2013 Brickyard 400. He won the Sunoco Rookie of the Year award in 2002, beating Jimmie Johnson. Newman has also raced for Team Penske and Stewart-Haas Racing. He has seven career wins in the Xfinity Series and one win in the Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series, as reported by Nascar.

Michael Jordan

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Michael Jeffrey Jordan. Photo: The Guardian

Michael Jeffrey Jordan is a former professional American basketball player, Olympic athlete, businessperson and actor. Considered one of the best basketball players ever, he dominated the sport from the mid-1980s to the late 1990s.

Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to six National Basketball Association championships and earned the NBA's Most Valuable Player Award five times. With five regular-season MVPs and three All-Star MVPs, Jordan became the most decorated player in the NBA, as Biography reports.

Tyson Fury

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Tyson Luke Fury. Photo: The Sun

Tyson Luke Fury is a British professional boxer who was born and raised in Wythenshawe, Manchester. HE has trained since he was just eight years old and fights under the name “Gypsy King” as he comes from the Irish Traveller community. Boxing is also in his family and Tyson’s dad fought in the 1980s as "Gypsy" John Fury. With an impressive career under his belt, in 2015 Tyson won the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO heavyweight titles by defeating Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko. But following such a successful year, Tyson was forced to take some time away from the spotlight after suffering from alcohol and drug addictions, according to heart.co.uk.

Tom Brady

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Tom Brady. Photo: CNBC

Tom Brady is a renowned American football quarterback currently with the New England Patriots in the National Football League (NFL). Amongst the late picks in the 2000 NFL draft, Brady is regarded as the greatest late selection in NFL history. The four-time Super Bowl MVP award winner is an efficient quarterback and considered by many elite sports analysts as the greatest in that role. In this Trom Brady biography facts, childhood, net worth and personal life, we will analyze some of the imperative happenings in his career, profile and other remarkable proceedings in his upswing to the top of American football, according to Sportytell.

Mike Tyson

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Mike Tyson. Photo: Youtube

Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of the world in 1986, at age 20. He lost the title in 1990 and later served three years in prison for rape charges. He subsequently earned further notoriety by biting Evander Holyfield's ear during a rematch in 1997. Tyson has gone on to appear in several films and a Broadway show on his life, become a best-selling author and launch a successful cannabis business.

Luis Suárez

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Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz. Photo: Daily Mail

Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (born January 24, 1987) is a professional football player from Uruguay who currently plays for the Spanish side, FC Barcelona. He is one man whose inclusion in the striking squad of any football team spells doom for the opponent. Luis Suárez had created a reputation for himself as an aggressive striker with impeccable striking ability and agility. From his exploits at various level of club and national team tournaments, the Uruguayan forward has shown that he has just the right blend of energy, wits and skills to integrate well within his team to produce the ultimate result.

Alex Zanardi

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Alex Zanardi. Photo: F1i.com

Alex Zanardi, F1 racer, two–time championship winner of CART Series, World Tour Car Racer, Olympic Gold medalist, author, founder of the Alex Zanardi Foundation, motivational speaker and hero to millions, is the Italian stallion of comebacks. In 2001, Alex was involved in a horrific motor racing incident—a crash at the Euro Speedway in Lausitz, Germany—that resulted in the amputation of both his legs. Prior to this, he had a successful racing career in Open Wheel Racing (CART) winning back–to–back championships in 1997 and 1998, as The Extraordinary reports.

Top 10 Most Searched Sports

Rank Sport 2016-2020 relative search value
1 Football 39.3
2 Cricket 7.9
3 Basketball 7.8
4 American Football 7.0
5 Golf 5.5
6 Baseball 5.4
7 Tennis 4.6
8 Swimming 3.7
9 Boxing 3.3
10 Volleyball 2.6
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