Who are the world’s best sportspeople each week?
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Global Podium: The world's best athletes of the week
List of the World's best athletes per week.
Nations’ Table (starting June 2020)
| Position | Nation | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points |
| 1 | United States of America | 3.8 | 7.781 | 7 | 33.962 |
| 2 | England | 6.25 | 6 | 3 | 33.75 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 4.03 | 2 | 1 | 17.09 |
| 4 | Italy | 4 | 0.25 | 1 | 13.5 |
| 5 | Germany | 2.5 | 1 | 3 | 12.5 |
| 6 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | France | 1.17 | 3 | 1 | 10.51 |
| 8 | Spain | 1.1 | 2 | 1 | 8.3 |
| 9 | Norway* | 1.25 | 1 | 2 | 7.75 |
| 10 | Brazil | 1.03 | 0 | 1 | 4.09 |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 11 | Portugal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | New Zealand | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Australia | 0.25 | 1 | 1 | 3.75 |
| 15 | Poland | 0.03 | 1.593 | 0 | 3.276 |
| 16 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Northern Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Nepal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Kenya | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Venezuela | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Honduras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Latvia | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 |
| 25 | Switzerland | 0 | 0.25 | 1 | 1.5 |
| 26 | Croatia | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 1.09 |
| 27 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | People’s Republic of China | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Wales | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Turkey | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 |
| 32 | Canada | 0.03 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.29 |
| 33 | Austria | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.09 |
| 34 | Jordan | 0 | 0.03125 | 0 | 0.0625 |
| 34 | Ecuador | 0 | 0.03125 | 0 | 0.0625 |
| 34 | Scotland | 0 | 0.03125 | 0 | 0.0625 |
| 34 | Republic of China | 0 | 0.03125 | 0 | 0.0625 |
| *One third place is of an athlete Norwegian born and raised that identifies as Norwegian. Does not possess the nationality. |
| **When the winners are teams, all of the competitor’s nationalities are displayed, although in decimal numbers in proportion to their representation on the team, for a total of 1 place per event. |
Sportsperson/Athlete table (Starting June 2020)
| Position | Athlete | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Points |
| 1 | Lewis Hamilton (ENG) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | Lanfranco Dettori (ITA) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Francesco Friedrich (DEU) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Anna van der Breggen (NET) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | Andrea Locatelli (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Scott Dixon (NZL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Dustin Johnson (USA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Antoni Bou (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Yuichi Fukunaga (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Amanda Nunes (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Nick Tandy (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ayhancan Güven (TUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Joshua Rogers (AUS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Tommy Østgaard (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | James Baldwin (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Bryson DeChambeau (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Antonio Félix da Costa (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ronnie O’Sullivan (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Manuel Neuer (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sven Ulreich (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Christian Früchtl (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ron-Torben Hoffmann (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Niklas Süle (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Jérôme Boateng (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Bright Arrey-Mbi (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Leon Goretzka (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Joshua Kimmich (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Oliver Batista Meier (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Malik Tillman (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Jamal Musiala (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Serge Gnabry (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Thomas Müller (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Álvaro Odriozola (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Thiago Alcántara (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Javi Martínez (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Benjamin Pavard (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Lucas Hernández (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Mickaël Cuisance (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Corentin Tolisso (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Kingsley Coman (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | David Alaba (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Philippe Coutinho (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Alphonso Davies (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Joshua Zirkzee (NET) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Robert Lewandowski (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ivan Perišić (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | James Eubanks (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Anthony Cuevas-Castro (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Cuyler Garland (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Ian Porter (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Indervir Dhaliwal (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Shingo Kunieda (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Armand Duplantis (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Jonathan Rea (NIR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Matt Fraser (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | John Velázquez (PUR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Larry Roeseler (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Luke McMillin (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sébastien Ogier (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Julien Ingrassia (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Felix Loch (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Takuma Miyazono (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Lucinda Brand (NED) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Thorsten Margis (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Nimsdai Purja (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Mingma David Sherpa (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Mingma Tenzi Sherpa (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Geljen Sherpa (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Pem Chiri Sherpa (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Dawa Temba Sherpa (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Mingma G (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Dawa Tenjin Sherpa (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Kilu Pemba Sherpa (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Sona Sherpa (NPL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 74 | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 74 | Alexander Schüller (DEU) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 76 | Chase Elliott (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Louis Deletraz (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Raffaele Marciello (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Nikodem Wisniewski (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Kuba Brzezinski (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Adam Kirby (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Kevin Harvick (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Javier Castellano (VEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Jon Rahm (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Fabio Quartararo (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Jessica McCaskill (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Shane Hendrixson “Rapha” (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Elizabeth Mary Deignan (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Sifan Hassan (NET) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Alfie Hewett (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Emma Bristow (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Thomas Chareyre (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Bartosz Zmarzlik (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Teófimo López (HON) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Tia-Clair Toomey (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Gervonta Davis (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Tim Gajser (SLO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Tomás Peribonio (ECU) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Khader Baqlah (JOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Marcin Cieślak (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Radosław Kawęcki (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Kacper Majchrzak (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Eddie Wang (ROC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Mark Szaranek (SCO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Haley Anderson (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Bowe Becker (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Gunnar Bentz (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Erika Brown (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Veronica Burchill (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Kevin Cordes (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Kelsi Dahlia (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Caeleb Dressel (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Sherridon Dressel (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Kelly Fertel (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Nic Fink (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Hali Flickinger (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Townley Haas (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Molly Hannis (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Natalie Hinds (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Tate Jackson (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Lilly King (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Melanie Margalis (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Lia Neal (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Beata Nelson (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Justin Ress (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Allison Schmitt (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Meghan Small (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Olivia Smoliga (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Coleman Stewart (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Therese Johaug (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Evans Chebet (KEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Alexander Tretiakov (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Javier Urriza (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Jagoba Labaka Azpiazu (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Alexander Bolshunov (RUS) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Stéphane Peterhansel (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 76 | Edouard Boulanger (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 135 | Mark Samuels (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 135 | Justin Morgan (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 135 | Justin Jones (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 138 | Petar Brljak (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Kenichi Ikeoze (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Daniel Berger (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Manuel Franco (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Denny Hamlin (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Emmet McNamara (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Cole Custer (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Simon Pagenaud (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | William Buick (NOR)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Justin Thomas (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Nico Müller (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Takuma Satō (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Diede de Groot (NET) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Henrique Avancini (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Rafael Nadal (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Erica Lee Enders (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | René Rast (DEU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Fan Zhendong (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Neil Robertson (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Wout van Aert (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Gerwyn Price (WAL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 138 | Kamil Stoch (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
*Norwegian born and raised that identifies as Norwegian. Does not possess the nationality.
Horses
| Position | Horse | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1 | Stradivarius (IRL) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Contral (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Enable (ENG) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Tiz the Law (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Gran Alegria (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Serpentine (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Teams
| Position | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd |
| 1 | Porsche Esports Team (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Fußball-Club Bayern München e.V. (DEU) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | Dallas Empire (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Rebellion Williams Esport (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | Cali Condors (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
