Ada Hegerberg breaks records. For fun. While making a name for herself as an invigorating force to be reckoned with in Norway and Germany, it was at her current club Lyon she became the superstar we know today. Since arriving in France in 2014, she has won the 5 straight league titles, the cup on 4 occasions, and the Champions League for 4 straight seasons (oh yea, she scored a 16-minute hat-trick in the last one), cementing Lyon as arguably one of the most dominant teams in football history. And then there’s the individual accolades: Ada was awarded UEFA Best Women’s Player in Europe Award in 2016, was named BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year in 2017 and 2019, and in 2018 became the first-ever recipient of the Ballon d’or Feminin. She also holds the record for most goals in a Champions League season, with 15 goals, and is the all-time topscorer in the Champions League. She's also on this year’s Forbes 30 under 30 Europe list. 

Due to her position as one of the best footballers in the world, she's inevitably become a big and and respected voice in the fight for equality of opportunity within the game. The respect and seriousness by which she treats that role is hard to look past, and the utilization of her platform through her record-breaking performances has in large part made the growth of the women's game inevitable. As she says herself, "it's impossible to be a women’s footballer and not be a feminist."