Who Is The Highest Earning Canadian Athlete On Instagram?

In the age of the modern-day athlete, financial transparency has never been greater. We know all the inside workings of the big contracts, the glossy sponsorships, and the sneaker deals… but just how much are Canadian athletes raking in from the comfort of their own home?

 According to the Social Media Money List, here who ranks the highest earning Canadian athlete through paid Instagram posts…

A full rundown on the highest earners overall:

The report filters through athletes from NBA, soccer, NFL, MLB, UFC and more. But it's soccer, NBA and UFC that take the top spots as the highest earners. Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies is the highest earner on Instagram. Not only is the 21 year old soccer player one of the fastest in the world, he is also one of the players cashing in big money through social media. It takes just one sponsored Insta post for Davies to earn an easy $27.1K

In second place is retired UFC fighter, Georges St-Pierre. This may come as a surprise to some seeing as he's been out of the game for over 3 years now. However it seems he's found a way to entertain his fans, out of the ring. The UFC star cashes in an estimated $21.7K per Instagram post. 

In third place we have Tristan Thompson, well known NBA player and ex-beau of Khloe Kardashian. It seems his Instagram career hasn't taken a hit after recent cheating allegations, earning $16.3K per sponsored post.

In first place, 

NBA Players Dominate the list:

7 out of the 19 players highlighted are NBA stars, who collectively have 7.5M followers on Instagram, and earn a total of $29.2K per sponsored post. 

*Source: Bet.ca / Data collected: September 2022

Methodology: 

A list was compiled of the highest followed Canadian athletes on Instagram to begin with. The report includes estimated earnings per post using Hopper Hq's calculation – they estimate that for every follower on Instagram an influencer is paid 0.00541843 cents. 

Please note, this calculation is an estimate and therefore could be some deviation against these estimations and actual earnings. It is as accurate as possible but please bear this in mind.