FORBES

Special Report
The Celebrity 100 of 2005
Edited By Peter Kafka taken from http://www.forbes.com/celebrity100/

 

       
 
     

Power Rank

Name

Pay Rank

Web Rank

Press Rank

TV Rank

1

Oprah Winfrey

2

2

8

4

2

Tiger Woods

4

12

2

11

3

Mel Gibson

3

13

33

15

4

George Lucas

1

3

41

34

5

Shaquille O'Neal

26

26

5

12

6

Steven Spielberg

5

11

34

22

7

Johnny Depp

21

16

36

31

8

Madonna

11

5

30

19

9

Elton John

15

10

19

24

10

Tom Cruise

30

7

24

16

11

Brad Pitt

51

8

22

17

12

Dan Brown

6

27

39

61

13

Will Smith

24

15

27

20

14

David Letterman

16

61

26

7

15

Lance Armstrong

41

39

9

8

16

Michael Jordan

27

34

16

25

17

Michael Schumacher

8

37

29

81

18

Will Ferrell

16

71

55

36

19

Kobe Bryant

39

47

4

2

20

P Diddy

23

51

38

14

21

Jay Leno

34

33

28

5

22

J.K. Rowling

9

24

69

65

23

Metallica

20

9

50

69

24

Jennifer Lopez

63

6

25

18

25

Desperate Housewives

92

20

10

6

 
     
   
Oprah!
   

 

Rank

Pay

$225 mil

2

Web Hits

5,710,000

2

Press Clips

21,671

8

TV/Radio

1,088

4

 

Cover Stories

2.5