Soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo is the most-followed sportsperson on Instagram, with over 280 million followers. Credit: Instagram/cristiano
With over 200 million followers, football legend Lionel Messis is the second most-followed player on Instagram. Credit: Instagram/leomessi
Brazilian professional footballer Neymar ranks third with 150 million followers on Instagram. Credit: Instagram/neymarjr
Cricketer Virat Kohli is the first Indian to reach the 100M followers mark and is the fourth sportsperson to have maximum followers on Instagram. Credit: Instagram/virat.kohli
American professional basketball player LeBron James has over 80 million followers on Instagram. Credit: Instagram/kingjames
Unsurprisingly this list has a lot of footballers, and David Beckham is the next one with over 65 million followers. Credit: Instagram/davidbeckham
Next up is stylish footballer Ronaldinho with over 54 million followers. Credit: Instagram/ronaldinho
Next we have Kylian Mbappe with over 50 million followers. Credit: Instagram/k.mbappe
At the 9th spot, we have soccer player Zlatan Ibrahimovic with over 47 million followers. Credit: Instagram/iamzlatanibrahimovic
Gareth Bale rounds off the top 10 spot with over 43 million followers on Instagram. Credit: Instagram/garethbale11
Published 04 May 2021, 10:15 IST