Trending Footballers — the 12 months to November 2026
The 100 most-viewed footballers on Wikipedia, the 12 months to November 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Lionel Messi. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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- 100 footballers — drawn from 12,961,273 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
74,897,257
Total Views (the 12 months to November 2026)
1
Lionel Messi
Argentine association football player (born 1987)
3,793,978
views
views
2
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese association football player (born 1985)
3,391,852
views
views
3
Harry Kane
English association football player (born 1993)
2,469,601
views
views
4
Kylian Mbappé
French footballer (born 1998)
1,892,922
views
views
5
Erling Haaland
Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
1,842,014
views
views
6
Lamine Yamal
Spanish association football player (born 2007)
1,824,372
views
views
7
José Mourinho
Portuguese association football manager and former player
1,415,564
views
views
8
Jason Statham
English actor (born 1967)
1,291,050
views
views
9
Michael Olise
English-French footballer (born 2001)
1,267,669
views
views
10
Zion Suzuki
American-Japanese association footballer
1,258,718
views
views
11
O. J. Simpson
American football player and actor (1947–2024)
1,090,113
views
views
12
Neymar
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
1,089,168
views
views
13
Trinity Rodman
American soccer player
1,020,646
views
views
14
Yan Diomande
Ivorian footballer
1,013,427
views
views
15
Zinedine Zidane
French association football player and coach
989,075
views
views
16
Pep Guardiola
Spanish association football manager and player (born 1971)
988,927
views
views
17
Raphinha
Brazilian association football player (born 1996)
976,282
views
views
18
Vinnie Jones
British footballer and actor
975,566
views
views
19
Ronaldinho
Brazilian associaton fooball player (born 1980)
923,456
views
views
20
Alexia Putellas
Spanish footballer (born 1994)
889,130
views
views
21
Robert Lewandowski
Polish association football player (born 1988)
888,435
views
views
22
Jude Bellingham
English footballer (born 2003)
867,515
views
views
23
Ronaldo
Brazilian association football player (born 1976)
861,049
views
views
24
Enzo Maresca
Italian football manager
785,885
views
views
25
Nico Paz
Argentine-Spanish footballer (born 2004)
769,259
views
views
26
Mohamed Salah
Egyptian association football player (born 1992)
765,175
views
views
27
Karim Adeyemi
Germany footballer (born 2002)
759,566
views
views
28
Jürgen Klopp
German association football manager (born 1967)
751,642
views
views
29
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
733,200
views
views
30
Ferran Torres
Spanish footballer (born 2000)
729,858
views
views
31
JJ Gabriel
English footballer
714,981
views
views
32
Bradley Barcola
French footballer (born 2002)
705,764
views
views
33
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Swedish association football player (born 1981)
704,800
views
views
34
Nicolò Tresoldi
Italian association football player
698,664
views
views
35
Vinícius Júnior
Brazilian association football player (born 2000)
679,155
views
views
36
Diego Maradona
Argentine football player and manager (1960–2020)
662,608
views
views
37
Gabriel Jesus
Brazilian association football player
655,218
views
views
38
Ousmane Dembélé
French footballer (born 1997)
645,783
views
views
39
Thierry Henry
French association football player and manager
645,071
views
views
40
Enzo Fernández
Argentine footballer (born 2001)
644,325
views
views
41
Emiliano Martínez
Argentine footballer (born 1992)
636,647
views
views
42
Matthias Jaissle
German association football player and manager
630,232
views
views
43
Jorge Jesus
Portuguese football manager and former player
626,684
views
views
44
Gianni Infantino
Swiss-Italian-Lebanese football administrator
615,795
views
views
45
Anthony Gordon
English association football player (born 2001)
611,539
views
views
46
David Beckham
English footballer (born 1975)
605,913
views
views
47
Carlo Ancelotti
Italian football player and manager
584,454
views
views
48
Takefusa Kubo
Japanese association football player
583,636
views
views
49
Lucas Da Cunha
French-Portuguese association football player
582,432
views
views
50
Pelé
Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)
579,187
views
views
51
Andoni Iraola
Spanish association football manager (born 1982)
579,019
views
views
52
Kevin Keegan
English association football player and manager (1951–2026)
576,466
views
views
53
Nick Woltemade
German association football player (born 2002)
571,826
views
views
54
Raheem Sterling
English association football player (born 1994)
569,302
views
views
55
Luka Modrić
Croatian footballer (born 1985)
557,037
views
views
56
Karim Benzema
French footballer (born 1987)
556,802
views
views
57
Rodri
Spanish association football player (born 1996)
548,102
views
views
58
Shaun Wright-Phillips
English association football player (born 1981)
545,100
views
views
59
Xabi Alonso
Spanish football manager and player
532,326
views
views
60
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
530,431
views
views
61
Jamie Vardy
English association football player (born 1987)
530,100
views
views
62
Luis Enrique
Spanish footballer and manager
526,018
views
views
63
Sandro Mazzola
Italian association football player (1942–2026)
524,013
views
views
64
Michael Carrick
English footballer and manager
511,810
views
views
65
Franco Baresi
Italian association football player (1960–2026)
503,040
views
views
66
Wayne Rooney
English footballer and manager
501,687
views
views
67
Cesc Fàbregas
Spanish professional footballer player and manager
499,587
views
views
68
Stephen Eustáquio
Canadian soccer player
499,164
views
views
69
Michael Owen
English association football player
493,646
views
views
70
Terry Crews
American actor, television host, and American football player (born 1968)
493,469
views
views
71
Julián Alvarez
Argentine footballer (born 2000)
491,033
views
views
72
Rayan Cherki
French footballer (born 2003)
487,384
views
views
73
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Georgian footballer (born 2001)
486,981
views
views
74
Iliman Ndiaye
Senegalese-French association football player (born 2000)
480,561
views
views
75
Mikel Arteta
Spanish football manager
471,434
views
views
76
Carlos Espí
Spanish association football player
464,604
views
views
77
Katie Taylor
Irish association footballer and boxer
464,106
views
views
78
Marc Hagit Cucurella
Spanish association football player
462,380
views
views
79
Virgil van Dijk
Dutch association football player (born 1991)
454,974
views
views
80
Antoine Griezmann
French footballer (born 1991)
452,447
views
views
81
Lewis Koumas
Welsh-English association football player
440,533
views
views
82
Manuel Neuer
German association football player (born 1986)
434,061
views
views
83
Jordan Henderson
English association football player (born 1990)
432,663
views
views
84
Víctor Muñoz
Spanish association football player (born 2003)
431,166
views
views
85
Romelu Lukaku
Belgian footballer (born 1993)
430,907
views
views
86
Usain Bolt
Jamaican sprinter
429,964
views
views
87
Michael Kayode
Italian footballer (born 2004)
428,928
views
views
88
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Gabonese-French footballer (born 1989)
422,620
views
views
89
Nicolas Jackson
Senegalese association football player
420,761
views
views
90
Bruno Fernandes
Portuguese association football player (born 1994)
420,212
views
views
91
Albert Camus
French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)
418,974
views
views
92
Marcus Rashford
English footballer (born 1997)
418,857
views
views
93
Jérémy Jacquet
French footballer (born 2005)
416,822
views
views
94
Ian Wright
English footballer and commentator (born 1963)
415,116
views
views
95
Vincent Kompany
Belgian association football player and manager
410,795
views
views
96
Désiré Doué
French footballer (born 2005)
408,316
views
views
97
Bukayo Saka
English footballer (born 2001)
406,674
views
views
98
Xavi Hernández
Spanish footballer and manager
406,380
views
views
99
Achraf Hakimi
Moroccan-Spanish footballer (born 1998)
406,211
views
views
100
Jadon Sancho
English association football player (born 2000)
404,446
views
views