the top 10 trending athletes of 2018

Google released its annual Year in Search report this week, and there was a surprising name atop the trending athlete chart.

Google specifies that the athletes listed aren’t necessarily the most-searched of the year, but instead are “based on search terms that had the highest spike this year as compared to the previous year.”

Here are the top 10 trending athletes of 2018:

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