Peng Shuai and Rafael Nadal on Time's 2022 100 list

Nadal and Peng were joined by members of the USWNT, stars from the Beijing Olympics and a WNBA icon on the famous list.

Time magazine released its annual list of this year’s 100 Most Influential People on Monday and a number of athletes earned a spot in the coveted issue. Among those named to the latest edition of Time100 are tennis players Peng Shuai and Rafael Nadal, 2022 Olympic stars Nathan Chen and Eileen Gu, U.S. women’s national soccer players Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Alex Morgan and WNBA icon Candace Parker.

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai was included in the magazine’s “Icons” section after she accused former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of forcing her to have sex. She subsequently disappeared from the public eye, resulting in widespread calls for her safety and a U.S. diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. Peng re-emerged at the same Olympics but her name remains censored on the Chinese internet in the current day.

Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal made history in 2022 when he won his 21st Grand Slam singles title at the Australian Open. In an era filled with dominant men’s tennis players, the 35-year-old stands alone with the most Grand Slam victories in history by a male player.