The Basketball Players are also some of the most followed Sports Athletes on Instagram and they are mostly from the NBA as that league is the most popular basketball league in the World by a fair distance and all these basketball players are legends on their own right and some in this list can qualify to be the greatest of all time. Basketball is as much an individual sport as it is a team sport.
So, let’s look at the Top 5 Most Followed NBA Players on Instagram.
1) LeBron James – 158 Million
Lebron James is by far the most followed nba player on Instagram and he is also one of the top 5 Most Followed Male Athletes on Instagram. And he is one of the greatest nba players of all time and only Michael Jordan is at his level and he has won everything there is to win including NBA Championships with different teams such as Miami Heat or Cleveland Cavaliers. He has the record of scoring the most points In NBA history and he still has a few years left at his best. And he will cross the 160 Million Followers mark soon.
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2) Stephen Curry - 55 Million
The number 2 most followed nba Player on Instagram is Stephen Curry from the Golden State Warriors and he is the best player In the world right now and he is an expert in scoring 3 points and he has won NBA championships as well and he has a lot of years left in him and he will surely in a few years join the 100 Million Followers club on Instagram which will be a proud moment for him. And more and more people are getting to know him day after day.
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3) Russell Westbrook – 23 Million
Russell Westbrook is also one of the longest serving players in the NBA as he has been playing since 2008 and he has been an NBA All Star as well as he has played for a lot of teams during his playing career. He has played for Oklahoma, Houston, Washington and Los Angeles Lakers and currently Los Angeles Clippers. He does not lose regularly on Instagram so it is hard to say how many followers he will get in the next few months but he should cross 23 Million Followers soon.
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4) Kyrie Irving – 19.6 Million
At number 4 is the NBA Champion from 2016 with the Cleveland Cavaliers and he has also been playing In the NBA from 2011 and now he is among the best players in the league and he has played for some of the best teams in the NBA such as Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics, Brooklyn Nets and Dallas. Kyrie Irving has 19.6 Million Followers now and soon he will cross 24 Million Followers to get to number 3.
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5) Lonzo Ball – 18.2 Million
The number 5 most followed nba player on Instagram is the young and relatively less experienced player Lonzo Ball. He has only started playing in 2017 and he has played for 6 years till now and it is very impressive that he has gained 18.2 Million Followers in a short time. He has played for the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans and Chicago Bulls. He will in a few months cross the 20 Million Followers mark.
Here is the list of Most Followed Sports Teams on Instagram
