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Who gets named first

Name 100 Men Stats

A read on the men almost everyone reaches for first — and the fields that carry a run. Use it to skip the obvious picks and go deeper when you play the challenge.

The usual first picks

  1. 1AEAlbert EinsteinScience
  2. 2BOBarack ObamaPolitics
  3. 3CRCristiano RonaldoFootball
  4. 4LMLionel MessiFootball
  5. 5MJMichael JacksonMusic
  6. 6DTDonald TrumpPolitics
  7. 7EMElon MuskBusiness
  8. 8WSWilliam ShakespeareWriting
  9. 9ALAbraham LincolnPolitics
  10. 10LJLeBron JamesBasketball
  11. 11LDLeonardo DiCaprioFilm
  12. 12INIsaac NewtonScience
  13. 13MJMichael JordanBasketball
  14. 14AHAdolf HitlerHistory
  15. 15NMNelson MandelaPolitics
  16. 16SJSteve JobsBusiness
  17. 17FMFreddie MercuryMusic
  18. 18MAMuhammad AliBoxing
  19. 19LDVLeonardo da VinciArt
  20. 20DDrakeMusic

Fields that carry a run

  • Politics4
  • Music3
  • Science2
  • Football2
  • Business2
  • Basketball2
  • Writing1
  • Film1
  • History1
  • Boxing1
  • Art1

Why these come first

Recall favours the recent and the repeated: current sport, chart music, sitting and recent leaders, and a handful of scientists everyone met at school. Knowing the defaults is half the game — the other half is the deeper reserve list.

A note on these numbers

This is an editorial read of the usual first picks, not live measured data. A global, measured leaderboard and per-name stats arrive with accounts — set a fast time now on the main challenge and your best run carries over. Curious how names are validated? See about the challenge.

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