Highest paid athletes in the world.. 8 in the $100 million club.. ‎Ronaldo leads

After leaving Manchester United on a two-and-a-half-year contract with Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr, soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has become the highest-paid player in the world, according to Forbes’ latest ranking. The 38-year-old earned a total of $136 million over the past twelve months, having collected $46 million for his work on the field, and $90 million off it, between May 1, 2022 and May 1, 2023.

This year, 8 sports professionals have reached the $100 million club, where the two legends come: Argentine Lionel Messi, who earned $130 million last year, followed by Frenchman Kylian Mbappe with $120 million in the second and third places, according to what I dealt with Arabic.”

In the world of sports, the order is very different between income from the field and income from off-field activities. For example, American golfers Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson have the highest salaries from field shows, thanks in part to both earning large entry fees for the Saudi-backed “LIV” golf series, but they ranked sixth and last

Ronaldo returned to the list by far with the highest off-court salary package at $90 million, from business, licensing and advertising revenue, followed by NBA star LeBron James who earned $75 million.

In ninth place is Swiss tennis champion Roger Federer, who, despite retiring in September last year, made $0.1 million on the court and $95 million off it. He is followed by American basketball star Kevin Durant, who earned $89.1 million in total.

No woman made it to this year’s list, while in the latest issue of Forbes’ highest-paid female athletes (usually published in December), Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka takes the top spot, with an income of $51.1 million — which doesn’t even reach half of the annual amount Ronaldo gets.