Arab Banknote! Cristiano Ronaldo leads the Forbes list of the highest paid footballers in 2024

Cristiano Ronaldoface Al-Nasr Saudi and Portugal National Team, the Highest paid soccer player in 2024 with estimated income 220 million only from his salary, while he was 65 million for his extra football activities, including the recent opening of his YouTube channel, which surpassed one million followers in the first ninety minutes

These two figures give us a total of 285 million dollarsand that makes him the second active athlete to generate the most money in just one year only behind Floyd Mayweatherthis according to the magazine Forbes.

This is the the sixth time in which the Portuguese star leads the prestigious financial magazine’s list of highest-paid footballers of the year.

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Leo Messi follows him in second place

world champion, Lionel Messifrom Inter Miami of the MLS, in second position with 135 million dollars who has pocketed everything this year; His salary with the Florida team is 60 million and he also generated 75 million off the playing field, most of which are collaborations with Apple TV, Adidas and Konamiamong others.

In third place is the Brazilian Neymar Young, of the Al-Hilal Saudi, completes the podium with income por 110 million dollars. Despite being out for almost the last season due to a serious injury, the midfielder has a contract of 80 million dollars per year, and income is of 30 million added from his investments and sponsorships.

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Arab football players, Real Madrid and Premier League, in the top 10

The French Karim Benzemafrom Saudi Al-Ittihad, fourth on the list with 104 million dollarsand the Frenchman is the first player from a European league to enter this record Kylian Mbappéface Real Madridwhich ended the 2023-24 campaign in the Paris Saint Germain, overall won 90 million dollars in 2024, seventy in wages and twenty for activities outside the field of play.

Norway Erling HaalandThe Manchester City striker is in sixth place 60 million green background; Vinicius Juniorhe is seventh with a total of 55 million dollars of income, forty in wages and fifteen away from the country.

The Egyptian Mohamed Salahfrom Liverpool, in eighth place (53 million)the Senegalese Sadio Maneof Al-Nassr, in the ninth place (48 million) and Belgium Kevin De Bruynefrom Manchester City, closing the ‘top-10’ with 39 million.