With gains of $ 275 million, the Portuguese footballer surpasses other athletes such as Stephen Curry and Tyson Fury, in a list that does not include any women in the top 50.
Portuguese international footballer Cristiano Ronaldo leads the list of the highest paid sportsmen in the world for the third consecutive year, the US magazine Forbes released, without any woman in the ranking of the 50 ‘richest’.
“For the third consecutive year, and for the fifth time, Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest paid athlete in the world,” reads in the Forbes article, which details that, “between Al Nassr’s salary and the income of his business off the field,” the national team captain has alleviated $ 275 million (about $ 246 million).
This amount, recorded before taxes and agents commissions, represents an active athlete’s third best annual performance since Forbes prepares this ranking, with ‘CR7’ being beaten only by Pugilist Floyd Mayweather, who won $ 300 million (268 ME) in 2015 and 285 million (255 ME) in 2018.
In the list of the highest paid sportsmen in the world, regarding 2025 and compiling profits from the last 12 months, Ronaldo, who also headed this ranking in 2016 and 2017, is followed by great distance by basketball Stephen Curry.
The US $ 156 million (140 ME) that leads the Golden State Warriors represent a record in this modality, specifically the US League (NBA), and beat the 128.2 million (115 ME) accumulated by Lebron James by 2024.
In a list without any woman in the top 50, a reality that deserves an analysis article from Forbes, the 146 million dollar -molding Tyson Fury (about 131 ME), is the third best paid, with Argentine footballer Lionel Messi to be ‘fifth, led the list in 2019 and 2022.
The striker from Inter Miami, from the American Football League, received $ 135 million (about 121 ME), little more than LeBron James, which is the sixth.
