In Pics: 10 most followed sportspersons on Instagram

Take a look at the sportspersons with the most number of Instagram followers.

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