According to the last ranking de Forbes, Lionel Messi He was the highest paid athlete in the world for the last 12 months, collecting 130 million dollars (122 million euros) between May 1, 2021 and May 1, 2022.
The current PSG player leads together with the NBA star Lebron James and his eternal sports rival, Cristiano Ronaldo, currently at Manchester Unitedon the podium of athletes who earn more than 100 million dollars (about 94 million euros).
Meanwhile, the rest of the highest paid athletes are in the range of 90-99 million dollars (84.5-93 million euros) during the last year.
He may no longer be at his best from a sporting perspective, but that’s not stopping Lionel Messi from collecting some of the biggest checks at the end of the month. Despite being practically removed from the slopes, the swiss roger federer continues to earn significant amounts of money. In fact, almost 100% of his winnings were made without touching a racket.
On the other hand, the Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez He was the athlete who earned the most from direct income in his discipline, in this case on the ring, the vast majority of his 90 million dollars (84.5 million euros). Statista clarifies that, if the 40 million dollars (37.5 million euros) that he supposedly scored for his defeat against Dmitry Bivol, on May 7, had been included, he would be tied for first position with the Argentine star. But Forbes has left it out of his study.
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