With more than 82 million followers, Cristiano Ronaldo is the most-followed athlete on Instagram.

The Real Madrid star pips the likes of Neymar and Lionel Messi by over 20 million followers.

With other high-profile names making the list, we countdown the top ten most-followed athletes on Instagram in 2016.

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1. CRISTIANO RONALDO (@cristiano) – 82.9 million followers

2. NEYMAR (@neymarjr) – 62.7 million followers

3. LIONEL MESSI (@leomessi) – 60.2 million followers

4. JAMES RODRIGUEZ (@jamesrodriguez10) – 27.2 million followers

5. LEBRON JAMES (@kingjames) – 26.4 million followers

6. GARETH BALE (@garethbale11) – 24.6 million followers

7. ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC (@iamzlatanibrahimovic) – 21.3 million followers

8. RONALDINHO (@ronaldinhooficial) – 18.3 million followers

9. LUIS SUAREZ (@luissuarez9) – 18.1 million followers

10. KARIM BENZEMA (@karimbenzema) – 16.1 million followers

11. DAVID LUIZ (@davidluiz_4) – 15.1 million followers

12. ANDRES INIESTA (@andresiniesta8) – 14.9 million followers

13. MARCELO (@marcelotwelve) – 14.3 million followers

14. STEPHEN CURRY (@stephencurry30) – 13.9 million followers

15. FLOYD MAYWEATHER (@floydmayweather) – 13.8 million followers