Most Followed Athletes
Sports Controversies
Movements in Sports
Most Viewed Sporting Events
100
This Portuguese soccer superstar has over 500 million followers on Instagram
Christiano Ronaldo
100
This Tour-de-France champion admitted to using performance enhancing drugs on live television
Lance Armstrong
100
This movement sparked the NBA to raise awareness by allowing athletes to put specific quotes on the back of their jerseys instead of their last name
Black Lives Matter Movement
100
Yearly football championship
Super Bowl
200
An NBA MVP with close to 150 million Instagram followers
LeBron James
200
This NFL team changed their name to move away from the offensive name that they had for almost 50 years
Washington Commanders
200
This NFL player chose to kneel during the national anthem to speak out against the oppression of colored people in the United States
Colin Kaepernick
200
The most viewed one game championship in the world
World Cup Final
300
The most followed NFL player who is known for his famous one handed catch in 2014
Odell Beckham Jr
300
The most publicized murder case in American history involved this NFL running back
OJ Simpson
300
The US Men's National Team wore this flag on their badge at the World Cup to help raise awareness for LGBTQ community
Pride Flag
300
These world wide events average 2 billion viewers
Olympics
400
The most followed baseball player who has gained over 2 million followers during his career
Mike Trout
400
This NBA ref was accused and later found guilty of rigging games from 2003 to 2007
Tim Donaghy
400
This nation did not participate in the singing of their national anthem at the 2022 World Cup to raise awareness for protest going on in their home country
Iran
400
Most viewed racing event that takes 23 days to complete
Tour-de-France
500
The most followed NHL player who just reached the milestone of 800 goals
Alex Ovechkin
500
This infamous goal from the 1986 World Cup sparked tons of controversy when this Argentinian used "The Hand of God" to score against England
Diego Maradona
500
NBA and NFL players wore pregame attire with this quote on it following the death of George Floyd to raise awareness towards police brutality
"I can't breathe"
500
The third most viewed event world wide pulls in over 2.5 billion viewers a year and will take place in India in 2023
Cricket World Cup