Michael Jordan has been told he would better Cristiano Ronaldo if the 1990s era featured a major change. Five-time Ballon d'Or winner Ronaldo is arguably the most marketable athlete in the world at present, with a global appeal that is almost unmatched.

However, if social media had existed during the 1990s, Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen believes that his Chicago Bulls teammate Michael Jordan would have easily surpassed Ronaldo as

Scottie Pippen, Michael Jordan’s former teammate on the Chicago Bulls, stated that Jordan could have surpassed Cristiano Ronaldo in social media followers due to his massive media impact during the 1990s.