Only two Brazilians are among the highest paid athletes in the world

Forbes released on Friday (16) the list of the 50 highest paid athletes in the world, which has only two Brazilian representatives and no woman athlete.

The first Brazilian that appears on the list is Neymar, currently athlete of Santos, with estimated gains of US $ 76 million (R $ 433 million), being US $ 46 million in the field, calculated based on salaries, and US $ 30 million extra -field income, such as advertising earned values. Neymar occupies the 25th position on the list.

The second Brazilian in the ranking is Vinicius Júnior, Real Madrid striker, whose earnings were estimated by Forbes at US $ 55 million (R $ 313.4 million), being US $ 40 million in the field and US $ 15 million extra -field income. Vini Jr. occupies the 46th position on the list.

The overall ranking is led again by, a player of Al-Nasser, Saudi Arabia. Forbes estimated its earnings at $ 275 million, equivalent to more than $ 1.56 billion, being US $ 225 million in the field and $ 50 million in extra -field gains.

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The difference between Cristiano Ronaldo’s gains to second place on the list, occupied by Stephen Curry, one of the world’s largest basketball players in the world, the NBA, is $ 119 million. Curry gains were estimated at $ 156 million, being $ 56 million in the field and US $ 100 million extra -field income.

No women on the list

For the second year in a row, there are no women athletes in the early 50 positions on the world’s highest paid athletes list, not even American Coco Gauff, who won $ 34 million last year, a figure that represents the third largest gain of a woman in the historic series, below the gains of Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams ($ 57.3 million and $ 45.9 million, respectively) in 2021.

Gauff gains are much lower than the ranking score of the ranking, which is $ 53.6 million, a lace achieved by Golf Player Xander Schauffele and New York Giants quarterback, Russell Wilson.

Inequality gets even more stark when the athlete’s level is considered. Despite being great athletes, Xander Schauffle and Russell Wilson, in their modalities, are not equated to Coco Gauff, which is the third best tennis player in the world.

The greatest gymnast of all time, the American Simone Biles, and WNBA Sensing Basketball Player, Caitlin Clark are not on the list either.

The last time a woman was on the list of the 50 highest paid athletes in the world was in 2023, with Serena Williams and her $ 45.3 million gains).

See the list of the 10 highest paid athletes in the world

In the top 10, only LeBron James and Cristiano Ronaldo are billionaires. Considering the ranking of the 50 highest paid athletes, golfer Tiger Woods is another one who figures with a billionaire fortune.

Fonte: Forbes