Trending Footballers — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed footballers on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lionel Messi. Data as of 30 October 2026.
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- 100 footballers — drawn from 12,391,362 articles Wikipedia recorded views for in this window
This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
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Ranked
30,144,773
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Lionel Messi
Argentine association football player (born 1987)
1,362,757
views
views
2
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese association football player (born 1985)
1,107,745
views
views
3
Trinity Rodman
American soccer player
915,077
views
views
4
Kylian Mbappé
French footballer (born 1998)
700,925
views
views
5
Lamine Yamal
Spanish association football player (born 2007)
678,362
views
views
6
Erling Haaland
Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
647,761
views
views
7
Raphinha
Brazilian association football player (born 1996)
634,242
views
views
8
Vinnie Jones
British footballer and actor
578,756
views
views
9
JJ Gabriel
English footballer
562,780
views
views
10
Jason Statham
English actor (born 1967)
528,406
views
views
11
Karim Adeyemi
Germany footballer (born 2002)
515,125
views
views
12
Sandro Mazzola
Italian association football player (1942–2026)
504,105
views
views
13
José Mourinho
Portuguese association football manager and former player
482,735
views
views
14
Jürgen Klopp
German association football manager (born 1967)
452,989
views
views
15
O. J. Simpson
American football player and actor (1947–2024)
449,382
views
views
16
Zinedine Zidane
French association football player and coach
442,597
views
views
17
Harry Kane
English association football player (born 1993)
438,183
views
views
18
Katie Taylor
Irish association footballer and boxer
416,741
views
views
19
Michael Olise
English-French footballer (born 2001)
408,170
views
views
20
Lucas Da Cunha
French-Portuguese association football player
406,653
views
views
21
Enzo Fernández
Argentine footballer (born 2001)
392,883
views
views
22
Pep Guardiola
Spanish association football manager and player (born 1971)
388,472
views
views
23
Robert Lewandowski
Polish association football player (born 1988)
368,962
views
views
24
Ferran Torres
Spanish footballer (born 2000)
367,375
views
views
25
Raheem Sterling
English association football player (born 1994)
357,563
views
views
26
Neymar
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
339,897
views
views
27
Gabriel Jesus
Brazilian association football player
330,374
views
views
28
Ronaldinho
Brazilian associaton fooball player (born 1980)
326,383
views
views
29
Joe O'Cearuill
Irish footballer (born 1987)
321,599
views
views
30
Ronaldo
Brazilian association football player (born 1976)
316,218
views
views
31
Michael Kayode
Italian footballer (born 2004)
304,614
views
views
32
Jude Bellingham
English footballer (born 2003)
296,413
views
views
33
Enzo Maresca
Italian football manager
271,534
views
views
34
Nick Woltemade
German association football player (born 2002)
270,901
views
views
35
Zion Suzuki
American-Japanese association footballer
270,797
views
views
36
Mohamed Salah
Egyptian association football player (born 1992)
261,740
views
views
37
Esteban Lepaul
French footballer (born 2000)
259,420
views
views
38
Anthony Gordon
English association football player (born 2001)
258,939
views
views
39
Jamie Vardy
English association football player (born 1987)
258,649
views
views
40
Iliman Ndiaye
Senegalese-French association football player (born 2000)
257,877
views
views
41
Mark van Bommel
Dutch association football player and manager
253,200
views
views
42
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Gabonese-French footballer (born 1989)
250,746
views
views
43
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
250,381
views
views
44
Karim Benzema
French footballer (born 1987)
247,216
views
views
45
Ainsley Maitland-Niles
English association football player
241,256
views
views
46
Bradley Barcola
French footballer (born 2002)
240,863
views
views
47
Emiliano Martínez
Argentine footballer (born 1992)
240,307
views
views
48
Jérémy Jacquet
French footballer (born 2005)
233,879
views
views
49
Josep Martínez
Spanish footballer (born 1998)
232,742
views
views
50
Yan Diomande
Ivorian footballer
232,652
views
views
51
Luka Modrić
Croatian footballer (born 1985)
230,015
views
views
52
Xavi Hernández
Spanish footballer and manager
228,508
views
views
53
Terry Crews
American actor, television host, and American football player (born 1968)
226,861
views
views
54
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Swedish association football player (born 1981)
223,420
views
views
55
David Alaba
Austrian footballer (born 1992)
223,248
views
views
56
James Rodríguez
Colombian association football player
221,510
views
views
57
Diego Maradona
Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
217,898
views
views
58
Cesc Fàbregas
Spanish professional footballer player and manager
216,005
views
views
59
Marc-André ter Stegen
German association football player
214,442
views
views
60
Andoni Iraola
Spanish association football manager (born 1982)
207,302
views
views
61
Vinícius Júnior
Brazilian association football player (born 2000)
207,112
views
views
62
David Beckham
English footballer (born 1975)
205,448
views
views
63
Wayne Rooney
English footballer and manager
202,388
views
views
64
Thierry Henry
French association football player and manager
199,938
views
views
65
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
195,696
views
views
66
Kuryu Matsuki
Japanese association football player
192,590
views
views
67
Diego Moreira
Belgian association football player (born 2004)
191,507
views
views
68
Pelé
Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)
190,542
views
views
69
Mikel Arteta
Spanish football manager
189,987
views
views
70
Xabi Alonso
Spanish football manager and player
188,581
views
views
71
Jack Grealish
English association football player (born 1995)
183,113
views
views
72
Hansi Flick
German association football player and manager
182,277
views
views
73
Ousmane Dembélé
French footballer (born 1997)
181,936
views
views
74
Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprinter
181,243
views
views
75
Shaun Wright-Phillips
English association football player (born 1981)
180,217
views
views
76
Pascal Groß
German footballer (born 1991)
177,188
views
views
77
Andy Diouf
French footballer (born 2003)
176,389
views
views
78
Sergio Ramos
Spanish association football player (born 1986)
176,105
views
views
79
Jadon Sancho
English association football player (born 2000)
175,865
views
views
80
Dean Huijsen
Dutch association football player
175,864
views
views
81
Philippe Coutinho
Brazilian association football player
174,965
views
views
82
Lee Kang-in
South Korean association football player (born 2001)
174,417
views
views
83
Pat McAfee
American football player and businessman (born 1987)
173,290
views
views
84
Jonathan David
Canadian soccer player
171,102
views
views
85
Marcus Rashford
English footballer (born 1997)
170,049
views
views
86
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
168,576
views
views
87
Troy Parrott
Irish association football player (born 2002)
167,757
views
views
88
Jorge Jesus
Portuguese football manager and former player
167,071
views
views
89
Cavan Sullivan
American soccer player
166,981
views
views
90
Rodri
Spanish association football player (born 1996)
166,531
views
views
91
Romelu Lukaku
Belgian footballer (born 1993)
164,952
views
views
92
Kevin De Bruyne
Belgian association football player (born 1991)
164,345
views
views
93
Gabriel Martinelli
Brazilian footballer (born 2001)
163,980
views
views
94
Marc Hagit Cucurella
Spanish association football player
163,016
views
views
95
Brian Brobbey
Dutch footballer (born 2002)
161,054
views
views
96
Roberto De Zerbi
Italian association football player and manager
160,564
views
views
97
Lautaro Martínez
Argentine association football player (born 1997)
159,218
views
views
98
Sayed Abu Farchi
Arab-Israeli footballer
156,205
views
views
99
Frank Lampard
English association football player and manager
155,344
views
views
100
Alexander Isak
Swedish footballer (born 1999)
154,818
views
views