US EditionCristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes top 10 list of highest-paid athletes
- Cristiano Ronaldo topped Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes for the fourth time in his career, with Spanish golfer Jon Rahm in second place since joining Saudi-backed LIV Golf.
- Ronaldo's move to Saudi Arabian side Al-Nassr made him the world's highest-paid athlete, with estimated total earnings around $260 million, the most ever for a soccer player.
- Rahm, after his big-money move to LIV Golf for at least $300 million, became one of the just two athletes alongside Ronaldo to earn over $200 million.
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Forbes magazine has once again published the salaries of the world's highest-paid athletes, and many of the names are very familiar to the general public. The list, composed of 50 elite athletes from around the world, is topped by Cristiano Ronaldo, but it also contains some surprises. For example, among the top ten highest-paid athletes in the past year, there is only one Spaniard and only one who competes in Europe. All the others compete outs…
The American economic magazine Forbes has published a ranking of the highest paid athletes of the planet in 2024, and the leader in this hierarchy is a football player.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi, and Golf and Basketball Stars. Here are the World's Highest-Paid Athletes. And the ranking was published by the specialist magazine Forbes, which, for 2024, also revealed the top ten of the highest-paid sportsmen, between club salaries and off-field earnings.
Cristiano Ronaldo tops Forbes’ list of highest-paid athletes, arch-rival Lionel Messi third
For the fourth time in his career, Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the Forbes list of highest paid-athletes while Spanish golfer Jon Rahm moved to the second spot following his sensational switch to Saudi-backed LIV Golf recently. Ronaldo's arch-rival Lionel Messi is at the third position in the list whereas France superstar Kylian Mbappe dropped down to the sixth spot.
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