Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the highest paid athlete in the world, ahead of Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappé on a football-only podium, North American magazine Forbes announced today.
According to the publication, Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of the Portugal national team and currently with Al-Nasr in Saudi Arabia, receives 136 million US dollars (123 million euros) annually between salary, prizes and bonuses at his club, as well as sponsorship and use . his image outside the field.
Just behind the Portuguese is Lionel Messi, Argentina’s world champion and Paris Saint-Germain striker, with $130m (€118m), followed by France’s Kylian Mbappe, also a PSG player, with $120m (€109m).
LeBron James, with $119.5 million (€108 million), narrowly missed the podium and is the “richest” basketball player in the top 10 ahead of Stephen Curry in eighth place with $100 million (€90 million) and Kevin Durant , 10th, with 89.1 million dollars (80 million euros).
Even without playing, now-retired Roger Federer, who retired from tennis last year, is in ninth place on this list, with the Swiss earning $95.1 million a year (86 million euros).
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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