List of most famous athletes in world

Throughout the years, sports have evolved immensely as a career all over the world. There are several sports personalities who have made a significant difference in their respective sport discipline across the world and helped the sport to grow in their country. In today’s times, there have been different players across different sports who have a massive fanbase all over the world. In the following listicle, we will have a look at five of the most famous athletes in the world. Most Famous Athletes in the World Cristiano Ronaldo Star Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo has been among the best footballers of all time. He enjoys a massive fanbase all over the world and has won the hearts of the fans throughout the years with his immense skills. He is the highest goal-scorer of all time in international football with 130 goals in 212 international appearances. Ronaldo recently unveiled a Youtube channel which got 10 million subscribers in just hours of being made public, this is enough to measure his craze among fans. Ronaldo is also the most followed athlete on Instagram with 637 million followers. #PAGE_BREAK# Lionel Messi In terms of popularity and career, Argentina’s Lionel Messi goes neck-to-neck with Ronaldo. The star Argentine footballer is already a legend in football and comes second in the list of highest goal-scorers of all-time with 109 goals in 187 matches. Messi also won his first-ever FIFA World Cup title with Argentina in 2022, and finally got the title of World Champion for the first time in 17 years of his international career. He is the second most followed athlete on Instagram with 504 million followers. #PAGE_BREAK# Virat Kohli Star Indian cricketer Virat Kohli has been a face of cricket in the last few years across the world. The right-handed batter is among the best cricketers of the current generation and has a huge fanbase in India and other countries as well. Kohli has been a part of the Indian cricket team that won the ODI World Cup in 2011, Champions Trophy in 2013 and T20 World Cup in 2024. He is also the most followed Indian personality on Instagram with 270 million followers. #PAGE_BREAK# LeBron James America’s LeBron James is regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He currently plays for Los Angeles Lakers and is a four-time NBA champion. LeBron James is also among one of the most famous athletes in the world and has 160 million followers on his Instagram account. #PAGE_BREAK# John Cena John Cena is an American wrestler who was signed by WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) in 2005. He is a 16-time world champion and is regarded as one of the greatest pro-wrestlers of all time. Apart from wrestling, John Cena also tried his hand in acting and has done several Hollywood films such as Peacemaker, The Suicide Squad, Ricky Stanicky, Freelance and more. John Cena has an immense fan base across the world and has over 20 million followers on his Instagram account.

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List of most famous athletes in world