The Ladder

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1. 4Barack ObamaPresidents21–21709
2. 7Michael JacksonMusicians15–11685
3. 11Leonardo DiCaprioEntertainers15–11662
4. 12André 3000Musicians19–31662
5. 13Tom PettyMusicians12–01659
6. 15Matt DamonEntertainers13–01656
7. 17Serena WilliamsAthletes14–21655
8. 22Snoop DoggMusicians46–161644
9. 23Tom HanksEntertainers15–31643
10. 28Eddie MurphyEntertainers51–181634
11. 30Adam SandlerEntertainers13–41633
12. 36Robin WilliamsEntertainers14–31625
13. 40Whitney HoustonMusicians15–41623
14. 42Shaun WhiteAthletes11–21620
15. 46Bryan CranstonEntertainers11–21617
16. 47Robert Downey Jr.Entertainers12–31616
17. 50Jim CarreyEntertainers15–31616
18. 51Ben StillerEntertainers15–51616
19. 55Sally RideAstronauts10–11613
20. 58James GandolfiniEntertainers11–31608
21. 59Jerry RiceAthletes13–31608
22. 60Shaquille O'NealAthletes11–31607
23. 62Randy MossAthletes12–41606
24. 63Justin TimberlakeMusicians10–21606
25. 64Denzel WashingtonEntertainers9–11606
26. 66Randy JohnsonAthletes15–51605
27. 67Landon DonovanAthletes10–31605
28. 69Alex MorganAthletes13–41605
29. 70Steve JobsMoguls14–41604
30. 71Kevin DurantAthletes13–51604
31. 74PrinceMusicians10–21603
32. 77Cal Ripken Jr.Athletes12–51603
33. 78Peyton ManningAthletes11–31602
34. 82Carl LewisAthletes8–11600
35. 85George ClooneyEntertainers11–31599
36. 91Bill MurrayEntertainers13–61596
37. 92Halle BerryEntertainers8–21596
38. 93Kobe BryantAthletes13–51596
39. 95Stephen CurryAthletes14–51595
40. 97Pharrell WilliamsMusicians10–21595
41. 102NasMusicians48–231593
42. 104Bill BelichickAthletes10–21593
43. 106Matthew McConaugheyEntertainers16–71592
44. 113Ken Griffey Jr.Athletes9–21588
45. 115John LegendMusicians12–41587
46. 117Weird Al YankovicMusicians13–51587
47. 119Nicolas CageEntertainers12–41587
48. 124Tony HawkAthletes8–21585
49. 125Barry BondsAthletes11–51585
50. 126Michelle KwanAthletes8–21584
51. 130Anderson CooperIcons10–31582
52. 134MadonnaMusicians13–61581
53. 135Britney SpearsMusicians14–81581
54. 138Michael JordanAthletes11–31580
55. 139Bruce WillisEntertainers12–51580
56. 147Zohran MamdaniStatesmen9–31578
57. 149Chadwick BosemanEntertainers8–21578
58. 153Queen LatifahMusicians13–61577
59. 154Tiger WoodsAthletes17–91577
60. 155LaDainian TomlinsonAthletes10–41576
61. 156Tony GwynnAthletes10–31576
62. 157Simone BilesAthletes9–41576
63. 161Conan O'BrienEntertainers12–61575
64. 162Florence Griffith JoynerAthletes11–51574
65. 163Paul AllenMoguls12–61574
66. 166Bill GatesMoguls9–31574
67. 174Tom BradyAthletes11–51572
68. 175Vanna WhiteIcons7–21572
69. 176Jay-ZMusicians11–41572
70. 177Bill NyeScientists15–101572
71. 179Lil WayneMusicians11–51571
72. 185Philip Seymour HoffmanEntertainers22–81570
73. 186BeyoncéMusicians10–41570
74. 189Dr. DreMusicians11–61569
75. 190Dan MarinoAthletes10–51569
76. 191Kurt CobainMusicians8–31568
77. 192Sunita WilliamsAstronauts20–161568
78. 195Missy ElliottMusicians44–231567
79. 198LL Cool JMusicians11–61566
80. 199Jennifer DoudnaScientists8–31566
81. 202LeBron JamesAthletes9–31565
82. 204Stevie WonderMusicians12–71564
83. 205Sandra BullockEntertainers9–51564
84. 207Paul RuddEntertainers9–31564
85. 208Quentin TarantinoEntertainers9–31563
86. 209Al SharptonActivists8–41563
87. 211Kendrick LamarMusicians8–31562
88. 216Venus WilliamsAthletes11–51561
89. 218ZendayaEntertainers13–61560
90. 219John CenaAthletes9–51560
91. 221Brad PittEntertainers12–61559
92. 224Lindsey VonnAthletes11–71558
93. 226Jon StewartEntertainers11–61558
94. 227Steve CarellEntertainers9–41558
95. 228EminemMusicians13–71558
96. 229Katie LedeckyAthletes8–41558
97. 236Taylor SwiftMusicians11–51556
98. 237John GoodmanEntertainers12–71556
99. 239Tom CruiseEntertainers8–31555
100. 240Jodie FosterEntertainers10–71554
101. 243Lady GagaMusicians9–61554
102. 245Jackie Joyner-KerseeAthletes12–71554
103. 248Alex RodriguezAthletes9–41553
104. 249Sarah Jessica ParkerEntertainers8–51553
105. 250Mahershala AliEntertainers9–51552
106. 253Kristen WiigEntertainers10–51552
107. 256Paul GiamattiEntertainers9–41551
108. 257Lance ArmstrongAthletes10–51551
109. 258J.J. WattAthletes10–61550
110. 260Marshawn LynchAthletes8–41550
111. 265Don CheadleEntertainers8–41549
112. 266Anthony BourdainIcons12–71549
113. 267Mia HammAthletes7–31548
114. 269Carrie FisherEntertainers8–41548
115. 270Larry BirdAthletes26–111548
116. 271Melissa McCarthyEntertainers38–231547
117. 274Greg LouganisAthletes7–31547
118. 275Erin BrockovichIcons10–71547
119. 276Oprah WinfreyMoguls9–41547
120. 277Ron HowardEntertainers12–71547
121. 278Michael JohnsonAthletes11–71547
122. 282Alexandria Ocasio-CortezStatesmen8–51546
123. 287Neil deGrasse TysonScientists8–51545
124. 290Scarlett JohanssonEntertainers10–61545
125. 294Bruno MarsMusicians11–71544
126. 296Frances McDormandEntertainers7–41543
127. 297Barry SandersAthletes12–81543
128. 300Jon HammEntertainers7–41542
129. 301UsherMusicians7–41542
130. 304Eddie Van HalenMusicians10–51542
131. 306Rickey HendersonAthletes6–41542
132. 308Alicia KeysMusicians10–61541
133. 312Howard SternIcons7–41540
134. 314Dave GrohlMusicians10–61540
135. 315Kevin BaconEntertainers8–51540
136. 317Amy PoehlerEntertainers8–51539
137. 319Katie CouricIcons7–41539
138. 326Magic JohnsonAthletes13–111537
139. 347Brett FavreAthletes8–41532
140. 349Steve YoungAthletes9–61532
141. 351Greta GerwigEntertainers8–61532
142. 359Katy PerryMusicians7–61530
143. 360Kevin GarnettAthletes9–71530
144. 361Chris EvertAthletes7–51529
145. 367SelenaMusicians8–61529
146. 368Jennifer AnistonEntertainers6–51529
147. 372Angelina JolieEntertainers8–51528
148. 375Dennis RodmanAthletes11–91528
149. 376Woody HarrelsonEntertainers8–61527
150. 377Ken JenningsIcons9–81527
151. 378Michael B. JordanEntertainers7–61527
152. 379Jeff GoldblumEntertainers8–61527
153. 380SZAMusicians6–41527
154. 383Kevin CostnerEntertainers9–71526
155. 389Mike TysonAthletes8–51525
156. 391Drew BarrymoreEntertainers7–51525
157. 394DMXMusicians21–231524
158. 396Mark CubanMoguls9–61524
159. 398Chloe KimAthletes8–61523
160. 401Kurt RussellEntertainers9–61523
161. 402Jerry SeinfeldEntertainers8–81523
162. 404Mariano RiveraAthletes12–111523
163. 405Stephen ColbertEntertainers9–91523
164. 406Dale EarnhardtAthletes8–71523
165. 407Tina FeyEntertainers6–41522
166. 408Dwyane WadeAthletes6–41522
167. 411Miley CyrusMusicians13–111522
168. 412Kelly ClarksonMusicians9–81522
169. 413Antonio BrownAthletes13–101522
170. 414Sugar Ray LeonardAthletes7–61522
171. 417Danica PatrickAthletes6–41521
172. 420Guy FieriIcons9–71521
173. 423Condoleezza RiceStatesmen8–71520
174. 424Kam ChancellorAthletes6–41520
175. 426Greg MadduxAthletes8–81520
176. 435Pete SamprasAthletes6–41518
177. 437Will SmithEntertainers30–331518
178. 441Steve HarveyEntertainers7–51517
179. 442Isiah ThomasAthletes6–51516
180. 446Steve PrefontaineAthletes9–71516
181. 450Tony DorsettAthletes8–61515
182. 452Mariah CareyMusicians9–71515
183. 454Scott KellyAstronauts8–71515
184. 456Patrick SwayzeEntertainers9–71514
185. 457Peggy WhitsonAstronauts9–61514
186. 458Evander HolyfieldAthletes7–61514
187. 459George StraitMusicians7–61514
188. 460Scottie PippenAthletes8–71514
189. 465Will FerrellEntertainers9–91513
190. 466Greg LeMondAthletes6–51513
191. 467Mary Lou RettonAthletes8–81513
192. 468Rob GronkowskiAthletes6–51513
193. 469Jamie FoxxEntertainers6–51512
194. 471Jimmy FallonEntertainers8–61512
195. 472Phil MickelsonAthletes8–81512
196. 473Terrell OwensAthletes9–81511
197. 474Pat TillmanMilitary11–91511
198. 477Ariana GrandeMusicians8–71511
199. 478Coco GauffAthletes8–61510
200. 479Olivia RodrigoMusicians9–61510
201. 482Tupac ShakurMusicians7–61509
202. 485Paris HiltonIcons11–111509
203. 486Jennifer LawrenceEntertainers10–121508
204. 487Laurence FishburneEntertainers10–81508
205. 493Frank OceanMusicians7–61507
206. 496Luther VandrossMusicians5–51506
207. 498Hulk HoganAthletes8–61506
208. 501Kanye WestMusicians14–141506
209. 505Emmitt SmithAthletes6–61505
210. 512Apolo OhnoAthletes7–71503
211. 516Charles BarkleyAthletes7–71503
212. 519Chaka KhanMusicians5–61502
213. 520Travis KelceAthletes8–81502
214. 521Michael KeatonEntertainers6–71502
215. 522Jeff GordonAthletes10–91501
216. 525Charles WoodsonAthletes6–51501
217. 526Bo JacksonAthletes8–71501
218. 530Mark HamillEntertainers5–51501
219. 532Jamie Lee CurtisEntertainers8–71500
220. 536Mike TroutAthletes8–71499
221. 541Bill HaderEntertainers5–51497
222. 545Bill BurrEntertainers7–81496
223. 551Aaron JudgeAthletes8–81495
224. 559Sergey BrinMoguls5–61494
225. 562Kurt WarnerAthletes7–71494
226. 563Tucker CarlsonIcons6–61493
227. 567Mark KellyAstronauts7–71492
228. 569Spike LeeEntertainers5–61492
229. 570Calvin JohnsonAthletes18–141492
230. 572Adrian PetersonAthletes11–101491
231. 576Sue BirdAthletes5–51490
232. 578Hakeem OlajuwonAthletes6–71490
233. 580Michael PhelpsAthletes8–101489
234. 587Jon Bon JoviMusicians5–61488
235. 589Ruby BridgesActivists6–81488
236. 593Maya LinIcons7–91487
237. 594Caitlin ClarkAthletes7–81486
238. 599Cam NewtonAthletes5–71485
239. 600Grandmaster FlashMusicians25–191485
240. 602Derek JeterAthletes29–291484
241. 604Steve WozniakScientists5–71483
242. 605Gwen StefaniMusicians7–91483
243. 607Val KilmerEntertainers6–71483
244. 609Julia RobertsEntertainers10–111483
245. 610Bernie MacEntertainers6–71482
246. 611Ed ReedAthletes6–71482
247. 613Vince VaughnEntertainers7–101482
248. 619Jack BlackEntertainers26–221481
249. 625Tim DuncanAthletes16–171480
250. 626Kevin HartEntertainers8–91480
251. 634Cardi BMusicians6–71479
252. 636John TravoltaEntertainers5–71478
253. 642Alan JacksonMusicians4–61477
254. 643Dale Earnhardt Jr.Athletes4–61476
255. 645Ice CubeMusicians4–61476
256. 646Chris StapletonMusicians6–71476
257. 647Lawrence TaylorAthletes8–101476
258. 648Patrick EwingAthletes5–61476
259. 653Mr. TEntertainers5–71475
260. 654Chance the RapperMusicians6–91475
261. 657Reggie WhiteAthletes7–81475
262. 658Jennifer LopezMusicians4–61475
263. 659Viola DavisEntertainers7–101474
264. 663Selena GomezMusicians7–101474
265. 671John StocktonAthletes5–61471
266. 674Jimmy KimmelEntertainers4–71471
267. 675Earl CampbellAthletes5–71471
268. 677Billie EilishMusicians8–91471
269. 678Allen IversonAthletes10–131470
270. 683Patrick KaneAthletes6–71470
271. 686Ray LewisAthletes5–81469
272. 687Eric HeidenAthletes5–91468
273. 690Janet JacksonMusicians11–131468
274. 691Nick SabanAthletes6–81468
275. 693Ellen DeGeneresEntertainers5–81468
276. 694Lin-Manuel MirandaWriters5–81468
277. 701Owen WilsonEntertainers9–101467
278. 703Mel GibsonEntertainers7–91466
279. 704Chris RockEntertainers6–91466
280. 705P!nkMusicians7–81466
281. 708Joe MontanaAthletes4–61465
282. 712Kim KardashianIcons4–61465
283. 715Regina KingEntertainers7–121464
284. 724Troy PolamaluAthletes5–81461
285. 730Diana TaurasiAthletes16–391460
286. 736MrBeastIcons5–101458
287. 739Dwayne JohnsonEntertainers5–81458
288. 740Reggie MillerAthletes4–81457
289. 744Aaron RodgersAthletes7–91457
290. 747Walter PaytonAthletes6–81456
291. 748John ElwayAthletes9–121456
292. 749Aaron DonaldAthletes5–81456
293. 755Michelle PfeifferEntertainers4–71455
294. 756Karl MaloneAthletes5–91455
295. 758Julius ErvingAthletes4–71455
296. 759Mae JemisonAstronauts3–71454
297. 760Martin LawrenceEntertainers5–91454
298. 764Christopher ReeveEntertainers3–71453
299. 770Jesse VenturaStatesmen4–81452
300. 771Jeff BezosMoguls8–121452
301. 772Vin DieselEntertainers6–101452
302. 773Mark ZuckerbergMoguls6–101451
303. 777Axl RoseMusicians5–101451
304. 778Keith HaringIcons6–111450
305. 779Larry FitzgeraldAthletes10–141450
306. 781Bill MaherIcons5–81450
307. 783Michael VickAthletes5–81449
308. 786Drew BreesAthletes5–91448
309. 794Lauryn HillMusicians4–91446
310. 797Eli ManningAthletes4–81444
311. 799Gloria EstefanMusicians4–91444
312. 800Jimmie JohnsonAthletes3–71444
313. 803Carrie UnderwoodMusicians8–111443
314. 806Howard SchultzMoguls3–71443
315. 816Kelsey GrammerEntertainers3–81441
316. 81750 CentMusicians5–111440
317. 823Patrick MahomesAthletes6–121439
318. 824Andre AgassiAthletes3–81439
319. 825Joan JettMusicians5–101439
320. 826Stone Cold Steve AustinAthletes5–91439
321. 827Michael IrvinAthletes5–81439
322. 830Dave ChappelleEntertainers8–131438
323. 834RuPaulEntertainers3–91437
324. 836John McEnroeAthletes3–81436
325. 837Mark SpitzAthletes5–91436
326. 839Whoopi GoldbergEntertainers4–101436
327. 842George LopezEntertainers3–71436
328. 846Michael DellMoguls3–91435
329. 847Demi MooreEntertainers5–101435
330. 849Emeril LagasseIcons4–91434
331. 850Jensen HuangMoguls6–111434
332. 853Herschel WalkerAthletes4–101433
333. 863John LeguizamoEntertainers6–121431
334. 864Sara BlakelyMoguls6–141431
335. 870Rachel MaddowIcons5–111430
336. 874Al RokerIcons7–131428
337. 875Wesley SnipesEntertainers5–101428
338. 877Megan RapinoeAthletes5–111428
339. 879Larry PageMoguls3–91427
340. 883Floyd Mayweather Jr.Athletes4–91427
341. 885Chris KyleMilitary5–121426
342. 888Timothée ChalametEntertainers5–131425
343. 900Ronda RouseyAthletes3–81423
344. 905Jon JonesAthletes4–101421
345. 917Chuck DMusicians10–151418
346. 919Toby KeithMusicians6–131417
347. 924Jean-Michel BasquiatIcons2–81415
348. 927Noah LylesAthletes3–101415
349. 934Nick MullenEntertainers3–91414
350. 937Deion SandersAthletes5–111413
351. 939Forest WhitakerEntertainers5–111413
352. 941MC HammerMusicians4–121412
353. 946Morgan WallenMusicians2–81411
354. 950Garth BrooksMusicians5–121410
355. 965Shepard FaireyIcons6–161404
356. 969Tim CookMoguls6–141402
357. 971Cael SandersonAthletes3–121402
358. 977John GrishamWriters2–101401
359. 979David Foster WallaceWriters6–141399
360. 981James HetfieldMusicians6–141399
361. 987Chris TuckerEntertainers17–391397
362. 988Nicki MinajMusicians4–121397
363. 990Troy AikmanAthletes6–131394
364. 996Moses MaloneAthletes3–111390
365. 1000Amanda GormanWriters2–121388
366. 1001Adam FriedlandEntertainers2–111388
367. 1005Lisa LeslieAthletes8–171382
368. 1007Bill HicksEntertainers3–131381
369. 1015Rush LimbaughIcons1–101377
370. 1020Joe RoganEntertainers1–101373
371. 1023Christina AguileraMusicians1–111371
372. 1025Kid RockMusicians1–111370
373. 1027Steven SeagalEntertainers2–121367
374. 1029Franco HarrisAthletes2–191365
375. 1048Elon MuskMoguls6–221339
376. 1051Sam AltmanMoguls3–171332
377. 1053LizzoMusicians4–261282