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The top 100 of the highest paid athletes in the world is quite diverse – regarding different sports. In fact, it is very little inclusive: there is no woman.
At 40, it remains the highest paid athlete in the world: he won in 2024 about 260 million dollars (about 250 million euros), yet less € 15 million below what it received last year, according to the ranking with 100 names from.
The athlete continued to receive the same salary at Al-Nassr, a Saudi Arabia club, but earned less 15 million in sponsorship off the field. Ronaldo scored 82 goals in 90 games He played for the Arab club and became the first man to score 900 career goals in September last year.
Second place in the table, unlike Ronaldo, did not maintain its position: in 2024, the highest paid athlete in the world was the American Stephen CurryNBA Basketball, Golden State Warriors star. Still, it earns about half of the Portuguese footballer: $ 153.8 million (approximately 148 million euros). It was one of the top surprises of the top, having risen from 7th to 2nd place.
And Lionel Messi no longer takes the bronze: it is now in fourth position, supplanted by Tyson Fury, The boxing fighter who finished her career last year.
O top 10 It is quite diverse, with football, basketball, boxing and golf (missing Raguebi, which was represented in the tenth position by Patrick Mahomes, who descended to 19th place). The 10 best paid athletes in 2024 were:
- Cristiano RonaldoPortuguese footballer – 250m €
- Stephen CurryAmerican basketball-148m €
- Tyson FuryBritish boxing fighter – 141m €
- Lionel MessiArgentine footballer – 130m €
- LeBron JamesAmerican basketball – 128m €
- NeymarBrazilian footballer – 128m €
- Ol USYKUkrainian boxing fighter – 117m €
- Karim BenzemaFrench footballer – 111m €
- Kylian MbappéFrench footballer – 106m €
- Jon RahmSpanish Golfer – 102m €
A top 100 It does not include any woman. Interestingly, the first Formula 1 athlete, Max Verstappenonly comes in 19th, and the first baseboalist, in 21st position, is the Japanese Shohei Ohtani.
No râguebiPatrick Mahomes was exceeded by 3 players: Dak Prescott at the top 12, Jared Goff, 15th and Jordan Love, 16th. THE tennis It is represented by Jannik Sinner (43rd) and Carlos Alcaraz (the player with the most titles ever Novak Djokovic is no longer in the ranking).
The top of the is slightly different, and it appears in it footballin 10th position, represented by the American NFL Lamar Jackson.
MMA OUT OF THE SCENE (OTHER)
Conor McGregor was the only MMA fighter in the list of the best paid players in the world in 2022. After that, this sport disappeared from the map of the tables of the highest paid.
However, the UFC championships, the main MMA league, even add about 5 million viewers. It is a very media sport and with a lot of adherence, but the fighters even have to have to pay to compete.
In 2013, the former UFC Lightweight John Sbelish shared taxes and expenses that, he said, led him to lose more than $ 6,000 (almost 6,000 euros) to fight in UFC on FX 8 preliminaries in Brazil, account the magazine.
Myles Jury, current UFC lightweight, later estimated the Typical expenses of a fighter Operating under the UFC entry level contract ($ 10,000 to show, $ 10,000 to win). Jury estimated that the 10/10 winner would bring home a $ 5,000 profit (almost 5,000 euros) and the losing fighter would leave with 1500.
