Most Followed Athletes on Threads
The biggest names in sport on Threads — footballers, basketball stars, and cricketers — ranked by live follower count.
As of July 2026, Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) tops this board with 26,094,508 followers — 4× ahead of Wardell Curry (@stephencurry30) at 6,471,199.
Together, the 11 accounts ranked here reach a combined 57.5M followers. Follower count isn't the whole story: the strongest engagement on the board belongs to @naomiosaka, whose recent posts draw 1.4% of followers per thread.
Unlike a static listicle, this ranking is pulled live from public Threads data and refreshed roughly every 30 minutes — the counts are exact, not the rounded figures the app shows. Tap any account for its full profile, recent posts, and engagement rate.
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NE Neymar Jr@neymarjr26.1M0.14% eng - 2
WA Wardell Curry@stephencurry306.5M0.04% eng - 3
LE Lewis Hamilton@lewishamilton5M0.49% eng - 4
M M S Dhoni@mahi77815M1.1% eng - 5
GI Giannis Antetokounmpo@giannis_an342.9M0.19% eng - 6
SE Serena Williams@serenawilliams2.8M0.13% eng - 7
SI SIMONE BILES@simonebiles2.5M0.44% eng - 8
TO Tom Brady@tombrady2.3M0.04% eng - 9
RO Roger Federer@rogerfederer2M0.40% eng - 10
US Usain St.Leo Bolt 🇯🇲@usainbolt1.7Mfollowers - 11
大坂 大坂なおみ🇭🇹🇯🇵@naomiosaka647.2K1.4% eng
Frequently asked
- Which account has the most followers on the Most Followed Athletes on Threads leaderboard?
- As of July 2026, Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) leads this board with 26,094,508 followers.
- How many followers does the top account on this board have?
- @neymarjr tops the board with 26,094,508 followers.
- Which account here has the highest engagement rate?
- @naomiosaka has the strongest engagement on the board — recent posts draw 1.4% of followers per thread.
Related: Most followed Threads accounts .
ThreadLook — "Most Followed Athletes on Threads," as of July 28, 2026. https://threadlook.com/top/athletes
Follower counts are pulled live from public Threads profiles at the time shown above. Free to reuse with attribution and a link to ThreadLook.