Here are the top women athletes from ESPN list of the world's most popular ('famous') athletes.

The Most Famous Female Athletes

Here is the most famous female sports people for 2017, taken from the top-100 list. Only eight women made the top 100 of the most famous sports people of the world, lead by MMA fighter Ronda Rousey.

rank Name Sport Nationality Endorse-
ments		 Followers overall rank last year
1 Ronda Rousey MMA USA 8 Instagram 9.5
Facebook 11.3
Twitter 3.4		 16 >100
2 Serena Williams Tennis USA 20 Instagram 5.3
Facebook 5.1
Twitter 7.9		 19 25
3 Maria Sharopova Tennis Russia 15 Instagram 2.3
Facebook 14.9
Twitter 5.2		 23 18
4 Simone Biles Gymnastics USA 1.7 Instagram 3.5
Facebook 0.95
Twitter 0.94		 48 >100
5 Hope Solo Soccer USA - Instagram 0.86
Facebook 2
Twitter 1.1		 78 >100
6 Caroline Wozniacki Tennis Denmark 7 Instagram 1
Facebook 1.5
Twitter 1.9		 87 >100
7 Eugnie Bouchard Tennis Canada 5.5 Instagram 1.4
Facebook 1.5
Twitter 1.2		 93 >100
8 Aly Raisman Gymnastics USA 0.45 Instagram 2.2
Facebook 0.51
Twitter 0.91		 99 >100

Source: the female athlete data is extracted from the 2017 ESPN World Fame 100