Trending Athletes — all time
The 100 most-viewed athletes on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ansel Adams. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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Ranked
37,804,627
Total Views (all time)
Country
🌍 Global
1
Ansel Adams
American photographer and environmentalist (1902–1984)
1,799,600
views
views
2
Lionel Messi
Argentine association football player (born 1987)
1,487,131
views
views
3
Mike Ditka
American football player, coach, and television commentator (1939-2026)
1,396,362
views
views
4
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese association football player (born 1985)
1,285,015
views
views
5
Steve Gleason
American football player
888,342
views
views
6
David Lisnard
French politician
650,685
views
views
7
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
607,224
views
views
8
Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
602,068
views
views
9
Michael Schumacher
German racing driver (born 1969)
578,586
views
views
10
Hideki Matsui
Japanese baseball player (born 1974)
569,266
views
views
11
LeBron James
American basketball player (born 1984)
558,396
views
views
12
Nicolò Tresoldi
Italian association football player
550,662
views
views
13
Kimiyasu Kudō
Japanese baseball player
538,525
views
views
14
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
527,483
views
views
15
Harry Kane
English association football player (born 1993)
524,319
views
views
16
Lewis Hamilton
British racing driver
517,530
views
views
17
Kylian Mbappé
French footballer (born 1998)
506,209
views
views
18
Max Verstappen
Dutch and Belgian racing driver
503,912
views
views
19
Michael Olise
English-French footballer (born 2001)
495,624
views
views
20
Jalon Daniels
American football player
477,953
views
views
21
Takefusa Kubo
Japanese association football player
470,959
views
views
22
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
469,853
views
views
23
Kimi Antonelli
Italian F1 driver 67
456,867
views
views
24
Jorge Jesus
Portuguese football manager and former player
439,797
views
views
25
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
437,724
views
views
26
Nick Saban
American football coach
431,987
views
views
27
Pac
English professional wrestler (1986–2026)
425,086
views
views
28
Jacob Misiorowski
American baseball player (born 2002)
422,071
views
views
29
Anatoly Kashpirovsky
Russian psychotherapist, hypnotist and a controversial psychic healer
420,733
views
views
30
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
418,639
views
views
31
Erling Haaland
Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
406,966
views
views
32
Jason Statham
English actor (born 1967)
403,443
views
views
33
Lamine Yamal
Spanish association football player (born 2007)
396,442
views
views
34
Nico Paz
Argentine-Spanish footballer (born 2004)
394,593
views
views
35
Doramu Tomisakae
Japanese actor and former rikishi
369,373
views
views
36
Caitlyn Jenner
American media personality and retired decathlete
361,610
views
views
37
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
357,069
views
views
38
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
347,609
views
views
39
Dwayne Johnson
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1972)
341,929
views
views
40
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)
334,776
views
views
41
Josh Allen
American football player (born 1996)
333,773
views
views
42
Kaito Kozono
Japanese baseball player
326,585
views
views
43
Justin Bieber
Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1994)
326,336
views
views
44
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
325,697
views
views
45
Pat Murphy
American baseball manager (born 1958)
322,559
views
views
46
O. J. Simpson
American football player and actor (1947–2024)
312,326
views
views
47
Zinedine Zidane
French association football player and coach
309,877
views
views
48
Shohei Ohtani
Japanese professional baseball player
291,806
views
views
49
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
286,712
views
views
50
Neymar
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
279,763
views
views
51
Pep Guardiola
Spanish association football manager and player (born 1971)
279,369
views
views
52
Jude Bellingham
English footballer (born 2003)
272,698
views
views
53
Aaron Rodgers
American football player (born 1983)
270,562
views
views
54
Novak Djokovic
Serbian tennis player (born 1987)
265,317
views
views
55
José Mourinho
Portuguese association football manager and former player
260,670
views
views
56
Vinnie Jones
British footballer and actor
260,167
views
views
57
Movsar Evloev
Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
258,982
views
views
58
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
255,729
views
views
59
Ayrton Senna
Brazilian racing driver (1960–1994)
255,095
views
views
60
Kirk Cousins
American football player (born 1988)
253,916
views
views
61
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
253,876
views
views
62
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
251,924
views
views
63
Ronaldinho
Brazilian associaton fooball player (born 1980)
249,168
views
views
64
Robert Lewandowski
Polish association football player (born 1988)
249,016
views
views
65
Steve McQueen
American actor (1930-1980)
248,977
views
views
66
Ryūsei Yokohama
Japanese actor, professional boxer (1996-)
246,559
views
views
67
Harrison Mevis
American football placekicker
244,724
views
views
68
John Cena
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1977)
242,100
views
views
69
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
239,056
views
views
70
Dennis Hastert
American politician and criminal (1942–2026)
234,163
views
views
71
Joe Manganiello
American actor
232,232
views
views
72
Clarence Seedorf
Dutch professional football manager and former player
230,554
views
views
73
Bryce Young
American football player (born 2001)
227,365
views
views
74
Yan Diomande
Ivorian footballer
227,222
views
views
75
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
227,093
views
views
76
Diego Maradona
Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
227,029
views
views
77
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
226,662
views
views
78
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021)
225,931
views
views
79
Christian McCaffrey
American football player (born 1996)
223,824
views
views
80
Brock Purdy
American football player (born 1999)
221,458
views
views
81
Vinícius Júnior
Brazilian association football player (born 2000)
218,532
views
views
82
Lewis Koumas
Welsh-English association football player
215,267
views
views
83
Gabby Williams
French basketball player (born 1996)
214,995
views
views
84
Tom Brady
American football player (born 1977)
214,032
views
views
85
Kurt Russell
American actor (born 1951)
212,776
views
views
86
A'ja Wilson
American basketball player (born 1996)
211,145
views
views
87
Silvia Salis
Italian politician and former athletics competitor
210,845
views
views
88
Ryan Phillippe
American actor
209,832
views
views
89
Aaron Hernandez
American convicted murderer and football player (1989-2017)
208,337
views
views
90
Michael Carrick
English footballer and manager
207,823
views
views
91
Kristin Kreuk
Canadian actress
207,004
views
views
92
Deshaun Watson
American football player (born 1995)
206,156
views
views
93
Rayan Cherki
French footballer (born 2003)
206,067
views
views
94
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
204,628
views
views
95
Mike Tomlin
American football coach (born 1972)
203,947
views
views
96
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Swedish association football player (born 1981)
202,163
views
views
97
Shaun Wright-Phillips
English association football player (born 1981)
201,664
views
views
98
Raphinha
Brazilian association football player (born 1996)
200,953
views
views
99
Ron Duguay
Canadian ice hockey player
199,743
views
views
100
James Dean
American actor (1931–1955)
199,428
views
views