Sport analysts at BetOhio.com have analyzed Google Search data to reveal the most searched sports star born in Ohio. It’s no surprise that LeBron James ranked number one with 4.2 million searches throughout 2022.
According to Google search data, ‘LeBron James stats’ was searched for 165,000 times in the last month whilst 135,000 searched for ‘LeBron James net worth”.
The search data also revealed that people are interested in Steph Curry’s height as figures are up by 83% in the last month.
Following Russell Wilson’s move to the Denver Broncos, search data showed a staggering 10,213% uplift in searches for ‘Denver Broncos Russell Wilson’ which is why the quarterback ranks 3rd in our list.
The Top Searched Athletes of 2022 from Ohio:
| Name | Average Google Search Volumes (2022) |
| LeBron James | 4,253,920 |
| Stephen Curry | 3,774,860 |
| Russell Wilson | 1,865,870 |
| Denzel Ward | 765,960 |
| CJ McCollum | 754,000 |
| Travis Kelce | 727,050 |
| Mitchell Trubisky | 534,990 |
| Kareem Hunt | 397,390 |
| David Montgomery | 322,130 |
| Kyle Schwarber | 303,490 |
| Terry Rozier | 240,400 |
| Gary Trent Jr. | 232,920 |
| Caris LeVert | 224,940 |
| Jason Kelce | 219,190 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 199,830 |
| Ryan Kelly | 154,280 |
| Spencer Strider | 127,190 |
| Larry Nance Jr. | 108,190 |
| Marshon Lattimore | 107,960 |
| Kyle Rudolph | 107,360 |
| Chris Bassitt | 96,310 |
| Kyle Juszczyk | 82,780 |
| Luke Kennard | 72,630 |
| Jae’Sean Tate | 62,140 |
| Sam Hubbard | 60,840 |
| Micah Hyde | 54,330 |
| Connor Murphy | 25,730 |
The full ranking around the most popular athletes can be found online here >> https://www.betohio.com/news/who-were-ohio-s-most-popular-athletes-of-2022
