Most Followed Footballers on Threads

As of June 2026, Neymar Jr (@neymarjr) tops this board with 25,071,084 followers — 2.2× ahead of Ronaldo de Assis Moreira (@ronaldinho) at 11,279,301.

Together, the 9 accounts ranked here reach a combined 65.8M followers. Follower count isn't the whole story: the strongest engagement on the board belongs to @marcusrashford, whose recent posts draw 0.24% 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.