What is PeekScore?: PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news. For first time visitors a more in-depth explanation of what the PeekScore is, and how to increase your own, can be found by clicking through here.

It’s been a while since we’ve done a list like this, but the good folks over at Forbes suggested this, and it seemed like a great idea. Forbes recently featured their list of who they determined to be 2013′s Most Influential Athletes (which you can read all about here). They asked that we compile our own list of the athletes with the highest PeekScores, for the purposes of comparing their list to ours. This sounded like a fun and perhaps even illuminating undertaking.

What PeekScores measure are digital impacts and presences; or “digital footprints,” as we call them (a concept you will find explained in brief in the header above, and more in depth here). The names on this fairly surprising list speak loudly and clearly to nothing so much as the truly international nature of the Web. Fewer than half the names on the list are Americans, and a sizable portion play a sport which — while the most popular sport in the world by a healthy margin — is quite famously all but ignored in the states.

The breakdown, for those keeping score, is:

7 soccer players
5 basketball players
4 tennis players
2 race car drivers
1 boxer
1 cricketer
1 snowboarder
1 golfer
1 sprinter
1 swimmer
1 NFL football player

While we’re certain this list is bound to irk some and tickle others (although we remind you that this list reflects no opinions whatsoever), we suggest that you share your feelings in the comment section here and let us know all about it, either way.

Rank	Picture	Name	Bio	PeekScore
1		Cristiano Ronaldo	Portuguese soccer player for Spanish team Real Madrid	10.00 / 10.00
2		Sebastian Vettel	German Formula One racing driver	10.00 / 10.00
3		David Beckham	English footballer who currently plays for French team Paris Saint-Germain	10.00 / 10.00
4		Lebron James	American basketball player for the NBA’s Miami Heat	10.00 / 10.00
5		Kobe Bryant	American basketball player for the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers	10.00 / 10.00
6		Lionel Messi	Argentine soccer player who plays for the Spanish team FC Barcelona	9.96 / 10.00
7		Tiger Woods	American golfer	9.95 / 10.00
8		Maria Sharapova	Russian tennis player	9.67 / 10.00
9		Serena Williams	American tennis player	9.61 / 10.00
10		Didier Drogba	Ivorian footballer who plays for Turkish team Galatasaray	9.36 / 10.00
11		Manny Pacquiao	Filipino boxer and politican	9.28 / 10.00
12		Kevin Durant	American basketball player for the NBA’s Oklahoma City Thunder	9.27 / 10.00
13		Roger Federer	Swiss tennis player	9.26 / 10.00
14		Wayne Rooney	English soccer player for the Premier League team Manchester United	9.20 / 10.00
15		Sachin Tendulkar	Indian cricketer	9.18 / 10.00
16		Fernando Torres	Spanish soccer player who plays for the Premier League team Chelsea	9.17 / 10.00
17		Rafael Nadal	Spanish tennis player	9.16 / 10.00
18		Kaká	Brazilian soccer player who plays for the Spanish team Real Madrid	9.15 / 10.00
19		Usain Bolt	Jamaican sprinter	9.13 / 10.00
20		Peyton Manning	American football player for the NFL’s Denver Broncos	9.10 / 10.00
21		Shaun White	American snowboarder	9.09 / 10.00
22		Danica Patrick	American racing driver	9.05 / 10.00
23		Carmelo Anthony	American basketball player for the NBA’s New York Knicks	9.02 / 10.00
24		Chris Paul	American basketball player for the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers	8.99 / 10.00
25		Michael Phelps	American swimmer	8.90 / 10.00