Kings of Instagram: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer tops among men’s tennis stars

Renewed interest in Roger Federer after his win at the Australian Open a couple years ago, helped power the Grand Slam king past Novak Djokovic in number of Instagram followers with more than five million. Last year didn’t go as well for the Swiss star, as he was eliminated in the 4th round by seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in four sets.

Rafael Nadal, who regained the ATP No. 1 ranking for a time, also eclipsed Djokovic’s total, then Federer’s too, to become the first male tennis player with more than 10 million followers and move into first place, while Argentina’s Juan Martin Del Potro comes in at number four having yet to eclipse the two-million follower threshold.

Noticeably absent from our list of the most popular men’s tennis players on the photo-sharing platform are former No. 1’s Andre Agassi and Boris Becker, both of whom finished just outside the top ten.

UPDATED October 19, 2021

Milos Raonic
Highest singles ranking: No. 3
Born December 27, 1990 🇨🇦 Podgorica (Titograd), Montenegro
Instagram followers: 363 thousand

A post shared by Tomas Berdych (@tomasberdych) on May 17, 2017 at 7:20am PDT

Tomas Berdych
Highest singles ranking: No. 4
Born September 17, 1985 🇨🇿 Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic
Instagram followers: 373 thousand

A post shared by Kei Nishikori (@keinishikori) on Mar 3, 2017 at 2:32pm PST

Kei Nishikori
Highest singles ranking: No. 3
Born December 28, 1989 🇯🇵 Matsue, Shimane, Japan
Instagram followers: 537 thousand

A post shared by Gael Monfils (@iamgaelmonfils) on May 30, 2018 at 1:21pm PDT

Gael Sebastien Monfils
Highest singles ranking: No. 6
Born September 1, 1986 🇫🇷 Paris, France
Instagram followers: 654 thousand

A post shared by Stanislas Wawrinka (@stanwawrinka85) on Jun 1, 2018 at 2:53am PDT

Stanislas Wawrinka
Highest singles ranking: No. 3
Born March 28, 1985 🇨🇦 Saint-Barthélemy, Switzerland
Instagram followers: 1.1 million

A post shared by Andy Murray (@andymurray) on Sep 18, 2017 at 6:18am PDT

Andrew Barron Murray
Highest singles ranking: No. 1
Born May 15, 1987 🇬🇧 Glasgow, Scotland
Instagram followers: 1.7 million

A post shared by Juan Martin del Potro (@delpotrojuan) on Dec 15, 2016 at 6:52am PST

Juan Martín del Potro
Highest singles ranking: No. 4
Born September 23, 1988 🇦🇷 Tandil, Argentina
Instagram followers: 1.8 million

A post shared by Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) on Apr 25, 2018 at 11:58am PDT

Roger Federer
Highest singles ranking: No. 1
Born August 8, 1981 🇨🇭 Bottmingen, Switzerland
Instagram followers: 8.3 million

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A post shared by Novak Djokovic (@djokernole) on Apr 10, 2019 at 11:53am PDT

Novak Djokovic
Highest singles ranking: No. 1
Born May 22, 1987 🇷🇸 Belgrade, Serbia
Instagram followers: 8.5 million

Rafael Nadal Parera
Highest singles ranking: No. 1
Born June 3, 1986 🇪🇸 Manacor, Spain
Instagram followers: 11.3 million