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Leo Messi overtakes Conor McGregor and is positioned as the highest paid athlete in the world

With 130 million dollars

Updated Monday, May 16, 2022 –
01:57

Despite the fact that the Argentine has reduced his income in terms of the contract that unites him with PSG, his earnings have placed him at the top of the list.

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As is customary every year, the popular magazine Forbes has published the list of highest earning athletes in the world And it seems that Connor McGregor has stopped leading the list to give his place to one of the football players most acclaimed on the international scene. Thus, the boxer has been Surpassed by Leo Messi who, for the second time since he broke into the world of football with his talent, has header the list of the prestigious magazine.

Con $130 million in profit in the last year -without taking taxes into account- the Argentinean has been crowned leader in the ranking of Forbes. A number made up of the contract that binds him to Paris Saint Germain, which reaches about 75 million dollars, added to 55 million related to the sponsors and the sale of image, what has managed to unseat the fighter McGregor, who surprisingly has disappeared from the map.

And the silver and bronze go to…

In second place in the ranking is the NBA icon, LeBron James. And it is that, although the Los Angeles Lakers failed to qualify for the playoffs this season, the star of the American team has added about 121 million dollars, ensuring his presence in the list of the highest paid athletes in the world and surpassing the record of 96.5 million dollars that he set last year for an NBA player. Behind him and closing the podium, is Cristiano Ronaldo, the maximum rival of Messi, who also changed Juventus for Manchester United and who now pockets 115 million of dollars.

This new update of the list of Forbes has brought to light several curious facts, such as the hegemony of NBA players, Well, up to four of them have sneaked into the privileged positions. Despite everything, the footballers Messi, Cristiano and Neymar They are ahead of most of them. Also, the case of Roger Federer has attracted particular attention. The Swiss tennis player, who has been little seen in recent months due to his injuries, remains in the seventh position in the ranking. This is due to his lucrative commercial agreements, such as Wilson, Rolex, Mercedes-Benz, Uniqlo, Mot & Chandon or the footwear brand On -of which he is an investor- among others, which have made his bank account do not decline despite not competing.

Thus, the sum of the income of the 10 highest paid athletes in the world reaches 992 million dollars in the last 12 months, achieving the third highest figure since the magazine Forbes would make the ranking and representing, also, a drop of 6% compared to 2021. A decrease directly linked to the fall of McGregor, who last year topped the list with 180 million dollars in profits, of which 150 million were linked to the sale of its irish whiskey brand. On this occasion, his name has been left out of the top ten, although the magazine has already warned that he will appear among the top 50, when the rest of the ranking’s members come to light in the coming days.


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