Here is the top 10 list of most followed athletes on popular social media sites like facebook and twitters.
C. Ronaldo scoring the first position with over 50m Facebook like and over 13m twitter follows

Here is the Top 5 Lists

1. Cristiano Ronaldo
Athlete - Soccer
Like: 50,160,642 . Follow 13,919,729

2. Lionel Messi
Athlete - Soccer
Like: 38,604,093 . Follow 565,273

3. David Beckham
Athlete - Soccer
Like: 21,479,152 .

4. Michael Jordan
Athlete - NBA
Like: 20,678,493

5. Ricardo Kakà
Athlete - Soccer
Like: 18,729,354 . Follow 13,194,349

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my top five list are
a. Kanu Nwankwo
b. Okocha Jay Jay
c. Taiwo
d. Remmyton
e. and whoever wants to have his or her name on my list,

i don't like those illuminati football players. IMO