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Footballers on the way up — steady, sustained gains in attention rather than a single viral spike. Today's underrated, tomorrow's headline.

FootballersGaining attentionUpdated dailyHow fame is measured

#	Δ	Person	Country	Category	Fame	Momentum
#1	—	Lionel Messi Argentine footballer, eight-time Ballon d'Or	Argentina	Footballers	99.0	28.5
#2	—	Cristiano Ronaldo Portuguese footballer, most-followed person on Instagram	Portugal	Footballers	99.0	12.6
#4	—	Kylian Mbappé French footballer	France	Footballers	92.1	35.4
#5	—	Pelé	Brazil	Footballers	89.8	36.8
#6	—	James Rodríguez	—	Footballers	89.2	25.0
#7	—	Diego Maradona	Argentina	Footballers	88.8	31.0
#8	—	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	Footballers	86.7	25.6
#9	—	Thomas Müller	Germany	Footballers	86.0	18.9
#10	—	Iker Casillas	Spain	Footballers	85.5	27.2
#12	—	Sergio Ramos	Spain	Footballers	85.3	15.2
#13	—	Yūto Nagatomo	Japan	Footballers	84.7	25.0
#14	—	Marcelo Vieira	Brazil	Footballers	83.8	10.9
#15	—	Romário	Brazil	Footballers	83.8	10.1
#16	—	Gerard Piqué	Spain	Footballers	83.3	32.1
#17	—	Rio Ferdinand	United Kingdom	Footballers	83.2	7.9
#18	—	João Félix	Portugal	Footballers	83.1	17.2
#19	—	Francesco Totti	Italy	Footballers	82.8	8.8
#20	—	Zinedine Zidane	France	Footballers	82.8	30.3
#21	—	Roberto Carlos	Brazil	Footballers	82.8	27.6
#22	—	Andrés Iniesta	Spain	Footballers	81.8	19.4
#23	—	Anthony Gordon	United Kingdom	Footballers	81.2	10.5
#24	—	Erling Haaland Norwegian footballer	Norway	Footballers	81.0	25.0
#25	—	David Villa	Spain	Footballers	81.0	8.0
#26	—	Luka Modrić	—	Footballers	80.8	36.1
#27	—	David Beckham	United Kingdom	Footballers	80.7	22.6
#29	—	Petr Čech	—	Footballers	80.7	9.6
#30	—	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	Footballers	80.7	25.0
#31	—	Ronaldinho	Brazil	Footballers	80.6	22.0
#32	—	Juan Mata	Spain	Footballers	80.6	16.8
#33	—	Ronaldo	Brazil	Footballers	80.6	29.0
#35	—	Hidetoshi Nakata	Japan	Footballers	80.5	12.7
#36	—	Thierry Henry	France	Footballers	80.5	25.0
#37	—	Deniz Undav	Germany	Footballers	80.5	25.0
#41	—	Gianluigi Buffon	Italy	Footballers	80.3	19.2
#42	—	Christian Vieri	Italy	Footballers	80.3	13.0
#43	—	Christian Pulisic	United States	Footballers	80.2	25.0
#44	—	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	Footballers	80.1	20.7
#45	—	Ahn Jung-hwan	South Korea	Footballers	80.1	25.0
#46	—	Romelu Lukaku	—	Footballers	80.0	25.0
#47	—	Thomas Tuchel	Germany	Footballers	79.9	10.0
#48	—	Ben Foster	United Kingdom	Footballers	79.8	14.2
#49	—	Thibaut Courtois	—	Footballers	79.8	33.8
#51	—	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	Footballers	79.7	38.3
#54	—	Hakan Şükür	Turkey	Footballers	79.5	24.9
#55	—	Ousmane Dembélé	France	Footballers	79.4	25.0
#56	—	Mauricio Pochettino	Argentina	Footballers	79.4	10.0
#57	—	Luis García Postigo	Mexico	Footballers	79.4	13.5
#60	—	Carlos Valderrama	—	Footballers	79.3	21.0
#61	—	Andoni Iraola	Spain	Footballers	79.2	10.0
#62	—	Mido	Egypt	Footballers	79.2	22.6
#67	—	Diogo Jota	Portugal	Footballers	78.7	29.1
#68	—	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	Footballers	78.3	24.6
#71	—	Désiré Doué	—	Footballers	77.6	14.4
#72	—	Dick Advocaat	Netherlands	Footballers	77.6	25.0
#73	—	Bernardo Silva	Portugal	Footballers	77.3	12.8
#74	—	Gilberto Mora	Mexico	Footballers	77.3	25.0
#76	—	Miroslav Klose	Germany	Footballers	77.2	25.0
#77	—	Zé Roberto	Brazil	Footballers	77.2	8.5
#78	—	Didier Deschamps	France	Footballers	77.1	13.8
#79	—	Mariusz Pudzianowski	—	Footballers	76.5	14.2
#80	—	Park Joo-ho	South Korea	Footballers	76.3	21.8
#81	—	Nestor Irankunda	Australia	Footballers	76.3	25.0
#82	—	Lee Chun-soo	South Korea	Footballers	76.1	16.0
#84	—	Jonathan David	Canada	Footballers	75.9	25.0
#85	—	Rayan Cherki	—	Footballers	75.8	18.0
#86	—	Yoshito Okubo	Japan	Footballers	75.7	25.0
#87	—	William Troost-Ekong	Nigeria	Footballers	75.7	35.0
#88	—	Fabio Cannavaro	Italy	Footballers	75.7	25.0
#89	—	Giorgio Chiellini	Italy	Footballers	75.6	17.9
#90	—	Franz Beckenbauer	Germany	Footballers	75.3	30.8
#92	1	Megan Rapinoe	United States	Footballers	75.0	18.8
#94	1	Brahim Díaz	—	Footballers	74.9	10.0
#97	—	Manuel Neuer	Germany	Footballers	74.3	18.1
#100	—	Kaká	Brazil	Footballers	74.1	10.0
#103	—	Djibril Cissé	France	Footballers	73.8	18.6
#105	—	AH Alfie Haaland	Norway	Footballers	73.7	23.3
#106	—	Hajime Moriyasu	Japan	Footballers	73.5	14.9
#107	—	Lee Dong-gook	South Korea	Footballers	73.5	11.4
#109	—	Aymeric Laporte	France	Footballers	73.2	18.5
#110	—	Ibrahima Konaté	France	Footballers	73.1	13.5
#111	—	NB Nathaniel Brown	Germany	Footballers	73.1	25.0
#112	—	Axel Witsel	—	Footballers	72.8	21.7
#113	—	Edin Džeko	—	Footballers	72.8	25.0
#116	—	Kim Young-kwang	South Korea	Footballers	72.5	15.0
#118	—	Mesut Özil	Germany	Footballers	72.3	19.2
#120	—	Michel Platini	France	Footballers	72.2	13.5
#121	—	Alexander Isak	Sweden	Footballers	72.2	10.0
#123	—	Kevin De Bruyne	—	Footballers	72.2	25.0
#124	—	Antonio Rüdiger	Germany	Footballers	72.1	17.2
#127	—	Ao Tanaka	Japan	Footballers	72.0	25.0
#128	—	Kim Byung-ji	South Korea	Footballers	71.9	21.3
#129	—	Wayne Rooney	United Kingdom	Footballers	71.7	20.5
#130	—	Antoine Griezmann	France	Footballers	71.7	15.0
#131	—	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	Footballers	71.7	10.0
#132	—	RA Reda Abdel Aal	Egypt	Footballers	71.5	18.5
#135	—	Carli Lloyd	United States	Footballers	71.3	25.0
#136	—	Miguel Almirón	—	Footballers	71.2	13.6
#138	—	Elijah Just	New Zealand	Footballers	71.0	25.0
#139	—	Marcus Rashford	United Kingdom	Footballers	70.9	4.2
#140	—	Emiliano Martínez	Argentina	Footballers	70.8	24.3