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Top Footballers
The most famous footballers alive, ranked head-to-head: Ballon d'Or royalty, league talismans, and the wonderkids the transfer rumours won't leave alone. 23,975 tracked, ranked by a single fame score that blends search demand, knowledge-graph footprint, media mentions, and follower reach, refreshed daily.
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The most famous footballers in the world right now — measured across search, news, Wikipedia, and social, and refreshed every day.
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#1
92.8
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese footballer, most-followed person on Instagram
Falling
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#2
91.1
Lionel Messi
Argentine footballer, eight-time Ballon d'Or
Falling
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#3
87.3
Vinícius Júnior
Falling
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#4
85.9
Kylian Mbappé
French footballer
Rising
#5
85.4
Neymar
Falling
#6
85.2
James Rodríguez
Breakout
#7
83.3
Sergio Agüero
Rising
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#8
82.9
Thomas Müller
Breakout
#9
82.6
Iker Casillas
Rising
#10
82.6
Karim Benzema
Falling
#11
82.2
Yūto Nagatomo
Breakout
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#12
81.6
Roberto Carlos
Falling
#13
81.5
Marcelo Vieira
Rising
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#14
81.5
Romário
Rising
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#15
81.1
Rio Ferdinand
Rising
#16
80.8
Zinedine Zidane
Breakout
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#17
80.8
Nicolás Tagliafico
Breakout
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#18
80.3
Sergio Ramos
Falling
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#19
80.1
Andrés Iniesta
Rising
#20
79.8
João Félix
Falling
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#21
78.4
Ferran Torres
Falling
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#22
79.0
Michael Olise
Stable
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#23
79.4
Luka Modrić
Breakout
#24
79.3
Gianni Infantino
Rising
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#25
79.3
David Villa
Rising
#26
79.3
Petr Čech
Rising
#27
79.3
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Breakout
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#28
79.3
Juan Mata
Breakout
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#29
79.3
José Mourinho
Falling
#30
79.2
Julián Andrés Quiñones
Falling
#31
79.2
Hidetoshi Nakata
Rising
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#32
79.2
Folarin Balogun
Falling
#33
79.1
Kō Itakura
Rising
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#34
79.0
Christian Pulisic
Breakout
#35
78.9
Ahn Jung-hwan
Breakout
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#36
78.7
Ousmane Dembélé
Breakout
#37
78.7
Ben Foster
Rising
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#38
78.7
Daichi Kamada
Stable
#39
78.6
Achraf Hakimi
Legacy
#40
78.6
Pau Cubarsí
Breakout
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#41
78.5
Mikel Merino
Falling
#42
78.5
Hakan Şükür
Breakout
#43
78.4
Mauricio Pochettino
Rising
#44
78.4
Luis García Postigo
Rising
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#45
78.4
Enzo Fernández
Falling
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#46
78.3
Son Heung-min
Falling
#47
78.3
Carlos Valderrama
Breakout
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#48
78.3
Francesco Totti
Stable
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#49
78.3
Mido
Breakout
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#50
78.2
Guillermo Ochoa
Falling
#51
78.1
Mohamed Salah
Legacy
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#52
78.0
Alphonso Davies
Stable
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#53
78.0
Christian Eriksen
Falling
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#54
77.9
Thibaut Courtois
Stable
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#55
77.6
Ritsu Dōan
Breakout
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#56
77.5
Pep Guardiola
Falling
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#57
77.4
Christian Vieri
Stable
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#58
77.3
Malik Tillman
Stable
#59
77.2
Erling Haaland
Norwegian footballer
Falling
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#60
77.1
Désiré Doué
Breakout
#61
77.1
Dick Advocaat
Breakout
#62
76.8
Mohamed Aboutrika
Rising
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#63
76.8
Zé Roberto
Rising
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#64
76.8
Lamine Yamal
Falling
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#65
75.2
Yan Diomande
Legacy
#66
76.3
Gerard Piqué
Falling
#67
76.2
Park Joo-ho
Breakout
#68
76.2
Ronaldo
Falling
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#69
76.2
Nestor Irankunda
Breakout
#70
76.1
Lee Chun-soo
Breakout
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#71
76.0
David Icke
Falling
#72
75.7
Yoshito Okubo
Breakout
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#73
75.7
William Troost-Ekong
Breakout
#74
75.7
Fabio Cannavaro
Breakout
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#75
75.6
Giorgio Chiellini
Breakout
AH
#76
75.5
Alfie Haaland
Breakout
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#77
75.5
David Beckham
Falling
#78
75.3
Brahim Díaz
Rising
#79
75.0
Megan Rapinoe
Breakout
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#80
75.0
Gianluigi Buffon
Falling
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#81
74.8
Rodri
Falling
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#82
74.8
Robin van Persie
Falling
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#83
74.7
Ronaldinho
Falling
#84
74.5
Alex Ferguson
Stable
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#85
74.3
Frenkie de Jong
Falling
#86
74.1
N'Golo Kanté
Stable
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#87
74.1
Kaká
Rising
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#88
74.5
Julián Alvarez
Breakout
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#89
73.9
Daigo Nishi
Breakout
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#90
73.9
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Stable
#91
73.9
Héctor Bellerín
Stable
#92
73.8
Djibril Cissé
Rising
#93
73.8
Vinnie Jones
Falling
#94
73.8
Joel Santana
Falling
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