Most Followed Footballers on Threads
Football's biggest names with active Threads profiles — ranked by live follower count.
As of September 2026, Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) tops this board with 26,450,401 followers — 2.2× ahead of Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (@ronaldinho) at 11,887,748.
Together, the 9 accounts ranked here reach a combined 68.7M followers. Follower count isn't the whole story: the strongest engagement on the board belongs to @marcusrashford, whose recent posts draw 0.27% 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@neymarjr26.5M0.08% eng - 2
RO Ronaldo de Assis Moreira@ronaldinho11.9M0.09% eng - 3
SE Sergio Ramos@sergioramos8.8M0.25% eng - 4
TO Toni Kroos@toni.kr8s5.6M0.23% eng - 5
JA James Rodríguez@jamesrodriguez105.1M0.09% eng - 6
MR MR@marcusrashford3.5M0.27% eng - 7
RO Ronaldo@ronaldo2.8Mfollowers - 8
GE Gerard Piqué@3gerardpique2.6Mfollowers - 9
JA Jack Grealish@jackgrealish1.9M0.15% eng
Frequently asked
- Which account has the most followers on the Most Followed Footballers on Threads leaderboard?
- As of September 2026, Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) leads this board with 26,450,401 followers.
- How many followers does the top account on this board have?
- @neymarjr tops the board with 26,450,401 followers.
- Which account here has the highest engagement rate?
- @marcusrashford has the strongest engagement on the board — recent posts draw 0.27% of followers per thread.
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ThreadLook — "Most Followed Footballers on Threads," as of September 11, 2026. https://threadlook.com/top/footballers
Follower counts are pulled live from public Threads profiles at the time shown above. Free to reuse with attribution and a link to ThreadLook.