New Delhi: Juventus and Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo leads the list of highest-earning athletes on Instagram during the coronavirus forced lockdown with an estimated earning of 1.8 million pounds through his posts on the photo-sharing application.
India skipper Virat Kohli remains the only cricketer in the top-10 list of highest-earning athletes on popular social media platform Instagram. He is ranked at the sixth spot in the list.
The figures, which were collated by a management consulting company during the lockdown period of March 12 to May 14, showed Kohli's name among the most recognised sports personalities around the globe.
Kohli finds himself at the sixth spot in this eye-watering list as he reportedly earned 379,294 pounds through his sponsored posts during the lockdown period. He had shared just three posts during this time and raked in 126,431 pounds per photo that he shared on his handle.
Juventus and Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo tops the chart with an estimated earning of 1.8 million pounds through his posts on Instagram.
Barcelona talisman Lionel Messi and Paris St. Germain forward Neymar completed the top-three with earnings of 1.2 million and 1.1 million respectively.
Basketball great Shaquille O'Neal earned 583,628 pounds.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (184,413 pounds), Dwayne Wade (143,146), Dani Alves (133,694) and Anthony Joshua (121,500) complete the top-10 list of highest-earning athletes during the lockdown period worldwide.
