Most followed sports stars on Instagram:

 

Global soccer stars are the biggest athletes on Instagram with only one of the top 12 most-followed athletes (LeBron James) not playing the Beautiful Game. Floyd Mayweather showed his fans that “Money” isn’t just a nickname this week when he posted a photo on Instagram of the $100 million purse check he received for his May 2015 fight with Manny Pacquiao (his total earnings for the fight topped $240 million).

Here is the list of  the nost followed sports stars on Instagram...

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (@cristiano) – 82.9 million followers
2. Neymar (@neymarjr) – 62.6 million
3. Lionel Messi (@leomessi) – 60.1 million
4. James Rodriguez (@jamesrodriguez10) – 27.2 million
5. LeBron James (@kingjames) – 26.4 million
6. Gareth Bale (@garethbale11) – 24.6 million
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (@iamzlatanibrahimovic) – 21.3 million
8. Ronaldinho Gaúcho (@ronaldinhooficial) – 18.3 million
9. Luis Suarez (@luissuarez9) – 18.1 million
10. Karim Benzema (@karimbenzema) – 16.1 million
11. David Luiz (@davidluiz_4) – 15.1 million
12. Andres Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) – 14.9 million
13. Marcelo Vieira (@marcelotwelve) – 14.3 million
14. Stephen Curry (@stephencurry30) – 13.9 million
15. Floyd Mayweather (@floydmayweather) – 13.8 million

Athletes Who Added The Most Followers In 2016
Ronaldo and Curry both had historic years in their respective sports with Ronaldo leading Real Madrid to the Champions League crown and Curry captaining the Golden State Warriors to the best regular season record in NBA history while winning the MVP trophy. Fans flocked to their Instagram accounts, as both more than doubled their previous follower counts during the year.

1. Ronaldo +42 million followers
2. Messi +29 million
3. Neymar +26 million
4. Bale + 13 million
5. Rodriguez +11 million
6. James + 11 million
7. Paul Pogba (@paulpogba) +10 million
8. Ibrahimovic +10 million
9. Suarez +8 million
10. Curry +8 million.