Trending Athletes — all time
The 100 most-viewed athletes on Wikipedia, all time. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Ansel Adams. Data as of 29 October 2026.
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Ranked
43,049,524
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)
1,669,367
views
views
3
Harry Kane
English association football player (born 1993)
1,556,228
views
views
4
Mike Ditka
American football player, coach, and television commentator (1939-2026)
1,470,698
views
views
5
Cristiano Ronaldo
Portuguese association football player (born 1985)
1,285,015
views
views
6
Steve Gleason
American football player
888,342
views
views
7
Mike Tyson
American boxer and media personality (born 1966)
840,678
views
views
8
Vladimir Putin
President of the Russian Federation
739,201
views
views
9
Lamine Yamal
Spanish association football player (born 2007)
663,559
views
views
10
Michael Schumacher
German racing driver (born 1969)
647,736
views
views
11
Kimiyasu Kudō
Japanese baseball player
640,091
views
views
12
Nicolò Tresoldi
Italian association football player
578,173
views
views
13
Hideki Matsui
Japanese baseball player (born 1974)
569,266
views
views
14
LeBron James
American basketball player (born 1984)
558,396
views
views
15
Nico Paz
Argentine-Spanish footballer (born 2004)
536,052
views
views
16
Tenzing Norgay
Nepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer (1914-1986)
527,483
views
views
17
Lewis Hamilton
British racing driver
517,530
views
views
18
Kylian Mbappé
French footballer (born 1998)
506,209
views
views
19
Max Verstappen
Dutch and Belgian racing driver
503,912
views
views
20
Michael Olise
English-French footballer (born 2001)
495,624
views
views
21
Jalon Daniels
American football player
477,953
views
views
22
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)
476,578
views
views
23
Takefusa Kubo
Japanese association football player
470,959
views
views
24
Charles III
King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (born 1948)
469,853
views
views
25
Yan Diomande
Ivorian footballer
466,943
views
views
26
Kimi Antonelli
Italian F1 driver 67
456,867
views
views
27
Alexander Volkanovski
Australian mixed martial artist and kickboxer
452,884
views
views
28
Peter Thiel
German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)
448,069
views
views
29
Jorge Jesus
Portuguese football manager and former player
439,797
views
views
30
Doramu Tomisakae
Japanese actor and former rikishi
439,600
views
views
31
Pete Hegseth
United States Secretary of Defense
437,724
views
views
32
Nick Saban
American football coach
431,987
views
views
33
Anatoly Kashpirovsky
Russian psychotherapist, hypnotist and a controversial psychic healer
426,299
views
views
34
Pac
English professional wrestler (1986–2026)
425,086
views
views
35
Jacob Misiorowski
American baseball player (born 2002)
422,071
views
views
36
O. J. Simpson
American football player and actor (1947–2024)
420,457
views
views
37
Karl Bushby
British pedestrian circumnavigator of the globe
418,639
views
views
38
Erling Haaland
Norwegian footballer (born 2000)
406,966
views
views
39
José Mourinho
Portuguese association football manager and former player
403,949
views
views
40
Jason Statham
English actor (born 1967)
403,443
views
views
41
Josh Allen
American football player (born 1996)
375,607
views
views
42
Aaron Rodgers
American football player (born 1983)
368,647
views
views
43
Caitlyn Jenner
American media personality and retired decathlete
361,610
views
views
44
Zinedine Zidane
French association football player and coach
353,545
views
views
45
Movsar Evloev
Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
352,053
views
views
46
Shohei Ohtani
Japanese professional baseball player
350,401
views
views
47
Dwayne Johnson
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1972)
341,929
views
views
48
Kaito Kozono
Japanese baseball player
339,803
views
views
49
Christian Yelich
American baseball player (born 1991)
336,685
views
views
50
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
president of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1882–1945)
334,776
views
views
51
Michael Jordan
American basketball player and businessman (born 1963)
332,114
views
views
52
Justin Bieber
Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1994)
326,336
views
views
53
George VI
King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952
325,697
views
views
54
Ayrton Senna
Brazilian racing driver (1960–1994)
322,963
views
views
55
Pat Murphy
American baseball manager (born 1958)
322,559
views
views
56
Shaun Wright-Phillips
English association football player (born 1981)
320,073
views
views
57
Tom Brady
American football player (born 1977)
314,581
views
views
58
John Cena
American actor and professional wrestler (born 1977)
313,646
views
views
59
Petr Yan
Russian mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter
313,382
views
views
60
George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)
312,000
views
views
61
Arch Manning
American football player (born 2004)
308,921
views
views
62
Jackie Chan
Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)
306,757
views
views
63
Ronaldo
Brazilian association football player (born 1976)
301,640
views
views
64
Bruce Lee
Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)
301,536
views
views
65
Haruki Murakami
Japanese writer (born 1949)
300,570
views
views
66
Edmund Hillary
New Zealand mountaineer and philanthropist (1919–2008)
300,495
views
views
67
Ezra Frech
American para athletics competitor
299,510
views
views
68
Sean Connery
Scottish actor (1930–2020)
292,513
views
views
69
Joe Manganiello
American actor
292,455
views
views
70
Muhammad Ali
American boxer (1942–2016)
286,712
views
views
71
Jalen Hurts
American football player (born 1998)
285,794
views
views
72
Novak Djokovic
Serbian tennis player (born 1987)
281,745
views
views
73
Alan Turing
English computer scientist (1912–1954)
280,412
views
views
74
Neymar
Brazilian footballer (born 1992)
279,763
views
views
75
Pep Guardiola
Spanish association football manager and player (born 1971)
279,369
views
views
76
Kirk Cousins
American football player (born 1988)
278,705
views
views
77
Jude Bellingham
English footballer (born 2003)
272,698
views
views
78
Ryūsei Yokohama
Japanese actor, professional boxer (1996-)
262,735
views
views
79
Vinnie Jones
British footballer and actor
260,167
views
views
80
Brock Purdy
American football player (born 1999)
256,620
views
views
81
Clarence Seedorf
Dutch professional football manager and former player
254,175
views
views
82
Patrick Swayze
American actor, producer, singer and dancer (1952–2009)
252,720
views
views
83
Harrison Mevis
American football placekicker
251,132
views
views
84
James Dean
American actor (1931–1955)
251,102
views
views
85
Ronaldinho
Brazilian associaton fooball player (born 1980)
249,168
views
views
86
Robert Lewandowski
Polish association football player (born 1988)
249,016
views
views
87
Steve McQueen
American actor (1930-1980)
248,977
views
views
88
William, Prince of Wales
heir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom and 14 Commonwealth Realms
246,949
views
views
89
Kristin Kreuk
Canadian actress
245,866
views
views
90
Dennis Hastert
American politician and criminal (1942–2026)
239,922
views
views
91
Tyler Shough
American football player (born 1999)
236,601
views
views
92
Bally Bagayoko
French politician
236,288
views
views
93
Javier Milei
economist, politician and president of Argentina since 2023
236,070
views
views
94
Charles Leclerc
Monegasque racing driver
235,053
views
views
95
William Shatner
Canadian actor (born 1931)
233,778
views
views
96
Sarah Palin
Governor of Alaska from 2006 to 2009
232,330
views
views
97
Travis Kelce
American football player (born 1989)
228,814
views
views
98
Mads Mikkelsen
Danish actor (born 1965)
228,796
views
views
99
Thierry Henry
French association football player and manager
228,248
views
views
100
George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States (1989–1993)
227,711
views
views