1,050 tweets

following 68

@NickSwisher

Technically, “pro skateboarder” Rob Dyrdek has more followers than New York Yankee Nick Swisher. But Dyrdek is more famous as a reality TV star on MTV, so I disqualified him. Your welcome @NickSwisher.

257 tweets

following 8

@sashin_rt

Want to learn a little about cricket? Why not follow the most popular cricket player in the world—India’s Sachin Tendulkar. (You can also get exciting updates about how he just got fitted for a great suit at Savile Row!)

876 tweets

following 69

@Carles5puyol

Follow this defender for FC Barcelona and maybe you can get some great tips for how to make your hair lush and shiny.

1,350 tweets

following 82

@cesc4official

Good news: you don’t have to speak Spanish to follow this FC Barcelona midfielder. He almost always tweets in both Spanish and English.

643 tweets

following 70

@paulpierce34

The Celtics forward uses his Twitter feed to promote…his charity? That’s refreshing. (It has its own handle: @Truthonhealth. https://twitter.com/#!/Truthonhealth)

2,113 tweets

following 54

@FloydMayweather

Who needs Don King when you’ve got almost 2 million followers on Twitter?

4,181 tweets

following 313

@DwayneWade

Tune in to hear Dwyane Wade’s thoughts on sports and, and of, course his children. Cute!

244 tweets

following 31

@andresiniesta8

Another athlete from FC Barcelona? That’s 3 already! It’s almost as if they’re the best club team playing the world’s most popular sport.

679 tweets

following 103

@DiegoForlan7

I think winning the Golden Ball award as best player at the 2010 World Cup did a little something to boost this Inter Milan striker’s Twitter following. Also, he’s popular with the ladies. (Diego always seems to be showing off his killer abs—he’s The Situation of pro soccer.)

1,240 tweets

following 231

@RyanScheckler

Check out this 21-year-old pro skateboarder’s feed if you want to feel like a total failure. He’s a 3x X-Games champ, he’s got a reality show on MTV, a clothing line at JC Penny, and charitable organization that gives money to injured amateur athletes. Oh, and he went pro when he was 13.

2,510 tweets

following 178

@reggie_bush

Check out Reggie’s feed for juicy details about Kim Karda—wait, what? He hasn’t dated her for like 3 years, and he still has over 2 million followers? That’s amazing.

3,718 tweets

following 46

@RealLamarOdom

Here’s another guy with connections to the Kardashians with more than 2 million followers. Coincidence? Check out his feed to hear his thoughts on getting traded from the Lakers to the Mavericks over the weekend.

615 tweets

following 71

@WayneRooney

This Manchester United star is always the subject of some controversy over in England—whether it’s allegations of soliciting prostitutes or a foul-mouthed rant on live television during a match. So it’s no surprise he he’s a member of the 2 million club. People just don’t want to miss him putting his cyber foot in his e-mouth.

9,630 tweets

following 200

@serenawilliams

Serena Williams is perhaps the most colorful tennis player since John McEnroe, so a huge Twitter following is a given. (Kind of makes you wonder, though: what kind of following would Johnny Mac have bad back in the day?)

15,828 tweets

following 7,434

@DwightHoward

Superman is not only one of the best players in the NBA; he’s also a devout Christian and a super nice guy. He responds to a ton of fan tweets, so if you’re a fan you should definitely check follow Dwight Howard on Twitter.

856 tweets

following 11 (including Ronaldo)

@10Ronaldinho Ronaldinho isn’t the soccer player he used to be, but, as evidenced by the fact that he’s cracked the top 10, that doesn’t mean he still isn’t a superstar.

4,484 tweets

following 504 (including Rory McIlroy, Giselle, and Katy Perry)

@ClaroRonaldo

Ditto what I just said about the younger Ronaldinho. The 35-year-old still plays for Corinthians in Brazil, but of course if you’re one of his 2.6 million followers you already knew that.

5,374 tweets

following 2,452 (including Seth Green, deadmau5, and George Takei)

@tonyhawk

You probably won’t read anything about how skateboarding legend and entrepreneur Tony Hawk left his third wife for his best friend’s wife on his Twitter feed, so that’s probably not why he has so many followers.

8,439 tweets

following 540 (including Twitter Support Team…how exciting)

@Njr92

Neymar is the next big Brazilian soccer superstar. The 19-year-old will probably top this list in a couple of years, once he gets to appear in a World Cup and makes the jump to one of the big European club teams.

2,212 tweets

following 241 (including Ann Curry, Justin Timberlake, and Tim Tebow)

@KingJames

If you don’t know why LeBron James has so many followers, why are you even reading this?

31,254 tweets

following 101 (Hope Solo, the President of Mexico, and Gerard Pique)

@ochocinco

If you do wacky stuff like change your name to match your jersey number, people will follow you on Twitter.

8,058 tweets

following 308 (including Samuel L. Jackson, P.K. Subban, and Mandrian Oriental Hotels)

@lancearmstrong

The French sporting press is trying hard to prove Lance Armstrong was a cheater, but the Twitterverse still loves a guy who overcame testicular cancer to win the Tour de France (dope or no dope. So just shut up already, French sporting press.

4,075 tweets

following 650 (including Kanye West, Mia Hamm, and The Rachel Ray Show)

@SHAQ

Is there any sports personality more entertaining (without seeming crazy or annoying) than the Big Aristotle?

713 tweets

following 43 (including Enrique Iglesias, Mike Tyson, and Lady GaGa)

@Cristiano

How did soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo get the handle @Cristiano? Did he pay someone? In any case, check out CR’s feed if you want to hear him promote his new game for the iPhone.

2,202 tweets

following 336 (including Jim Carrey, Shakira, and Diego Forlan)

@KAKA

I know Kaka is an international soccer superstar, but I wouldn’t have thought he would have almost 2 million more Twitter followers than the #2 athlete. That is downright impressive.