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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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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