Everyone has their favorite sport. The sport they believe is the best. Better than any of the other ones.

Everyone has a favorite player in whatever sport they love the most. There’s always a scenario when a name is said that another person may not even recognize as important.

That’s the love of sports. It doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks isn’t fun or good. It’s all about the fans for that sport.

After doing research, my plan was to find the top 10 sports in the world – not just America. Sporteology.com compiled the statistics for this list and has served as my inspiration.

According to Sporteology.com, the most popular of this list doesn’t just mean most watched. It varies from most watched, most played and most revenue-generating. I’ll be starting from least to greatest.

These results may surprise many Americans – but it’s worth expanding our horizons to see what the buzz around the world is all about.

At No.10 is golf, which has more than 390 million fans in the United States, Europe and Canada. Golf is more of a patient type of game.

Fans are on the outside of the rope watching. The players use different type of clubs to swing at white tiny golf balls to drop in a hole.

When you think golf the top two most popular names are Tiger Woods and Jack Nicolson. The less hits it takes you the higher your score is.

Coming in at No.9 is rugby, which has 390 to 410 million fans mainly outside of the U.S. Rugby is mainly played in France. This game is very close to American football.

It is a contact sport without equipment. The risk of injury is very high because of the fact that the players have no protection. You can push, tackle and sometimes get away with cheap shots if the referee doesn’t see it.

Also tied at No.9 is American football. Those 390-410 million fans are mainly throughout the U.S.

Each touchdown is worth six points. The extra field goal kick is one point.

No.8 is baseball. These fans are estimated at about 500 million strong in the U.S., Cuba, Dominican Republic and Japan. It is played with a bat and a hard ball. One person on the opposite team pitches the ball to the batter.

Each point is worth one and depending if you have teammates on base, a homerun can be worth as much as four points. Big names like Derrick Jeter and Albert Pujols come to mind.

No.7 is table tennis. It has about 900 million fans in Asia, Europe, Africa and America.

You can either play one-on-one or two-on-two. It’s exactly like ping pong but the table is smaller and it’s more intense.

At No.6 is volleyball, which also has about 900 million fans as well throughout the U.S., Australia, Asia and Europe.

A tall net separates six players on each side. The goal is to knock the ball on the opposite side of the net and make it hit the ground inside the designated boundary lines.

Now, we are down to the top five. No.5 is tennis. There are around one billion fans within Europe, Asia and America.

You can either play singles or doubles. It is played with a bouncy tennis ball and a shorter net separates the players from each other.

A tennis rack is used to swipe the ball inside the boundaries on the other side. Names like Roger Federer and Serena Williams come to mind.

No.4 is field hockey. There are considered to be 2 to 2.2 billion fans in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe. The other form of hockey is ice hockey when you play on ice skates.

Field hockey requires you to run with a hockey stick and guide it with one ball. It is a team sport and the goal is to shoot the round ball into the sitting net.

No.3 is basketball. There are 2-3 billion fans in the U.S, Canada, China and Philippines. This requires five players to be on the court at a time and there is one ball. The goal is to get the ball in the hoop as many times as possible.

They additionally made a three-point line so any shot behind it is worth three points. Anything inside is worth two. Familiar names are Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain.

No.2 on the list is cricket. Cricket fans range from 2 to 3 billion fans across India, United Kingdom, Pakistan, Asia and Australia.

It is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on a field at the center of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. Each team takes it in turn to bat, attempting to score runs, while the other team fields.

No.1 on the list of most popular sports in the world is – as you may have expected – soccer.

These fans are estimated at about 3.3 to 3.5 billion strong throughout Europe, Africa, Asia and America.

It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries, making it the world’s most popular sport.

That is an unimaginable number. These players control the ball with their feet trying to score by kicking the ball in the net. The only player that can use their hands is the Goalie.

This is interesting because there are a couple sports I wasn’t fully aware of and it’s cool to know now.

I figured that soccer would be the most popular but I had no idea how so many popular American sports aren’t even near the top of the list.

I guess we should find out more about what the rest of the world already seems to know.