A look at the Top-10 highest earning athletes during lockdown on Instagram

Captain of the Indian Cricket team Virat Kohli, emerged as the only cricketer in the world’s top-10 list of highest-earning athletes through sponsored Instagram posts during the lockdown, according to a report.

The celebrity cricketer was sixth on the list, the figures for which were collected by ‘Attain’ during the period between March 12 and May 14, when the world literally came to a standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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10. Anthony Joshua
Earnings –  121,500 pounds
Instagram followers – 11.4 million
Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua, OBE is a British professional boxer who is a two-time unified heavyweight champion, having held the WBA, IBF, WBO, and IBO titles since December 2019 and previously between 2016 and June 2019.

 9. Dani Alves
Earnings – 133,694 pounds
Instagram followers – 31.5 million
Daniel Alves da Silva is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for São Paulo FC and captains the Brazil national team.

 8. Dwayne Wade
Earnings – 143,146 pounds
Instagram followers – 16.8 million
Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. is an American former professional basketball player. Wade spent the majority of his 16-year career playing for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association.

 7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Earnings – 184,413 pounds
Instagram followers – 43.9 million
Zlatan Ibrahimović is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club AC Milan. Ibrahimović is widely regarded as one of the best strikers of his generation. He is one of the most decorated active footballers in the world, having won 31 trophies in his career.

 6. Virat kohli
Earnings – 379,294 pounds
Instagram followers – 76.4 million
Virat Kohli is an Indian cricketer who currently captains the Indian national team. A right-handed top-order batsman, Kohli is regarded as one of the best batsmen in the world. He plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League, and has been the team’s captain since 2013.

 5. David Beckham
Earnings – 405,359 pounds
Instagram followers – 64.1 million
David Robert Joseph Beckham OBE is a former English professional footballer and the current president & co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City Football Club.

 4. Shaquille O’Neal
Earnings – 
583,628 pounds
Instagram followers- 17.4 million
Shaquille Rashaun “Shaq” O’Neal is a former American professional basketball player, currently a sports analyst on the television program Inside the NBA on TNT. He is considered one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association history.

 3. Neymar Jr
Earnings – 
1.1 million pounds
Instagram followers- 141 million
Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, commonly known as Neymar Jr. or simply Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team. He is widely considered as one of the best players in the world.

 2. Lionel Messi 

Earnings – 1.2 million pounds
Instagram followers- 165 million
Lionel Andrés Messi Cuccittini is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Spanish club Barcelona and the Argentina national team. He has been at FC Barcelona for almost 2 decades and is regarded as one of the best players of all time.

 1. Cristiano Ronaldo 

Earnings – 1.8 million pounds
Instagram followers – 237 million
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club Juventus and captains the Portugal national team. He is regarded as one of the best football players of all time.