Ronaldo received a record salary in football in the 2024/25 season

According to Forbes, Ronaldo will earn $220 million this season, with approximately $65 million coming from off-field activities. The Portuguese’s total income of $285 million will be a record in football. Of all the athletes Forbes has tracked since 1990, only boxer Floyd Mayweather has ever topped that annual income while remaining an active athlete.

Ronaldo’s traditional partners include Nike, Herbalife and Whoop, in which he has a stake. Ronaldo previously announced the launch of his own luxury watch collection in collaboration with Jacob & Co. Let us remind you that Ronaldo earned $260 million in the Forbes 2023 list. In May 2024, the Portuguese was recognized as the highest paid athlete in the world for the fourth time.

39-year-old Ronaldo is a five-time winner of the Ballon d’Or, a five-time winner of the Champions League, a European champion, and a winner of the Nations League. The Portuguese is the most successful footballer at the national team level, the record holder for the number of matches played in European cups, the best scorer in the history of the European Championships and the Champions League. He was recognized as the best football player and scorer of the season in the English Premier League, Spanish Primera League and Italian Serie A.

In December 2022, he signed a contract with Saudi Arabian Al-Nasr. Ronaldo’s contract with Al Nasr expires at the end of the 2024/25 season. Earlier it was reported that the parties began negotiations to extend the agreement until 2026. In August, the footballer said that the Saudi club would be the last in his career.

Earlier, Ronaldo became the first football player to reach 100 victories in official matches for the national team, and the first football player to overcome the mark of 900 goals in a career. Also in September, the Portuguese reached a total of one billion followers across all his official social media accounts, becoming the first in history to achieve this achievement.

The top ten ranking of the highest paid football players also included Lionel Messi (Inter Miami, $135 million), Neymar (Al-Hilal, $110 million), Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad, $104 million), Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid “, $90 million), Erling Haaland (Manchester City, $60 million), Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid, $55 million), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, $53 million), Sadio Mane (Al-Nasr, $52 million) and Kevin De Bruyne from Manchester City ($39 million).