Who are the most name-dropped NBA players in music history? 

TopRatedCasinos.co.uk figured out the answer by seeing whose name appears the most across all of the songs on Lyrics.com.

Kobe Bryant has been name-dropped more than any other athlete, with 1,147 mentions in songs. In fact, Bryant has been name-dropped twice as much as anyone else; after Bryant's 1,147 mentions, the second-most-mentioned athlete is Lionel Messi with 553 lyrics. 

Michael Jordan has the third-most mentions, with 439 shout-outs in songs.

Aside from Kobe and MJ, the NBA players with the most mentions are LeBron James (188), Stephen Curry (119), Magic Johnson (114), Larry Bird (84) and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (32).

Basketball stars were the second-most name-dropped athletes with 2,123 mentions in songs, trailing only soccer stars (who had 2,738 mentions).

Here’s a look at the top-30 most name-dropped professional athletes:

1. Kobe Bryant 1,147 
2. Lionel Messi, 553 
3. Michael Jordan, 439 
4. Mike Tyson, 407 
5. Cristiano Ronaldo, 280 
6. Diego Maradona, 270 
7. George Best, 269 
8. Muhammad Ali, 236 
9. Neymar, 230 
10. Tiger Woods, 221 
11. Zinedine Zidane, 216 
12. Usain Bolt, 216 
13. Jim Brown, 203 
14. LeBron James, 188 
15. David Beckham, 182 
16. N'Golo Kanté, 160 
17. Stephen Curry, 119 
18. Magic Johnson, 114 
19. Michael Phelps, 112 
20. Babe Ruth, 107
21. Ronaldinho, 104 
22. Bo Jackson, 94 
23. Tom Brady, 94 
24. Larry Bird, 84 
25. Reggie White, 84 
26. Luis Suárez, 73 
27. Chris Hoy, 56 
28. Jerry Rice, 55 
29. Mesut Ozil, 51 
30. Eric Cantona, 47