There is no real way to judge what the best sport in the world is, you morons. This thread claims to be "proof" as to why AFL is the best sport in the world, but all it has succeeded in doing is getting together a bunch of very obviously bias Australian's blowing smoke up AFL's behind.
As the non-Australian's have been saying the only possible way to judge what the best sport in the world is would be to base it on popularity (which soccer, obviously wins). However, even then, it wouldn't be accurate. For example, Thriller by Michael Jackson is the most sold Album of all time, but does that mean every human on Earth should think it is the best album ever made? No. Hell, even the Backstreet Boys sold 40 million.
People have a favourite sport because of their personal tastes and mainly their upbringing. That's it.
Stupid thread.
And by the way, a thing lots of you AFL fans aren't realising is that most of the world is aware of the game. Yes, they don't really know the rules and the ins and outs but they are aware.
I grew up in Africa and I can tell you most people were all quite aware of AFL and in Zimbabwe in school we would play AFL every now and then at lunch times, like you Aussie's might play NFL once every few months for a bit of fun.
You seem to be under the impression that AFL is some kind of hidden gem, I can assure you it's not.