Like every year, the magazine specialized in the financial field Forbes, published the list of the highest paid athletes. As happened in 2022, soccer players occupy the first places, followed by athletes who perform individually and others who stand out in American leagues.
Cristiano Ronaldo led the list
The Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldooccupied the first position on the list published by Forbes by earning 136 million dollars. Ronaldo left Manchester United at the end of 2022 heading to Saudi Arabiawhere he signed with Al Nassr and received the highest salary at the time for a footballer, which included a guaranteed payment of 90 million euros per year, in addition to commercial and sponsorship agreements.
“CR7” ousted from the leadership the recently awarded Golden Ball for the eighth time, Lionel Messiwho in 2022 earned 130 million according to Forbes. Furthermore, the Argentine athlete won that year the Soccer World Cup in Qatar and a few months ago it changed Paris Saint Germain by Inter Miami. Now, this 2023, Messi occupies second position, followed by the French Kylian Mbappewith whom he shared in Paris and signed a renewal that obtained 120 million dollars, little more than LeBron Jamescon 119.
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James He ranked second for Forbes in 2022, unlike this year in which he is fourth, ahead of the Mexican Saúl “Canelo” Álvarezwhich climbed from eighth to fifth place with 110 million, more than the 90 in 2022.
Golf also has a position in this ranking. Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson They are sixth and seventh, respectively. Unlike 2022, there were no golfers in the top 10 paid. After LeBron Jamesthe basketball player who wins the most is Stephen Currywhich is eighth on the list with 100.4 million, while Kevin Durant closes the top 10 with 92.1 million. Meanwhile, eighth place is held by the tennis player Roger Federerwho is already retired.
Absent this year
Neymar Jr. He is one of the big absentees from the list, since in 2022 he ranked fourth with 95 million. Same situation for Tom Brady (83.9 million) and Giannis Antetokoumpo (80.9 million), who were ninth and tenth the previous year.
World’s highest-paid athletes.
2023:
🇵🇹 Cristiano Ronaldo: $136m ⚽️
🇦🇷 Lionel Messi: $130m ⚽️
🇫🇷 Kylian Mbappé: $120m ⚽️
🇺🇸 LeBron James: $119.5m 🏀
🇲🇽 Canelo Álvarez: $110m 🥊
🇺🇸 Dustin Johnson: $107m ⛳️
🇺🇸 Phil Mickelson: $106m ⛳️
🇺🇸 Stephen Curry: $100.4m 🏀
🇨🇭 Roger…— World of Statistics (@stats_feed) October 31, 2023
2023-10-31 16:50:56
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