Cristiano Ronaldo raked in £208MILLION last year to top a new list of world’s 100 highest-paid athletes – with five footballers and Tyson Fury in the top 10
1. Cristiano Ronaldo (football) – £208m
2. Stephen Curry (NBA) – £123m
3. Tyson Fury (boxing) – £117m
4. Lionel Messi (football) – £108m
5. LeBron James (NBA) – £106m
6. Neymar (football) – £106m
7. Oleksandr Usyk (boxing) – £97.7m
8. Karim Benzema (football) – £92.9m
9. Kylian Mbappe (football) – £88.1m
10. Jon Rahm (golf) – £84.7m
11. Scottie Scheffler (golf) – £83.5m
12. Dak Prescott (NFL) – £80.4m
13. Giannis Antetokounmpo (NBA) – £78.3m
14. Kevin Durant (NBA) – £74.6m
15. Jared Goff (NFL) – £68.7m
16. Jordan Love (NFL) – £65.4m
17. Rory McIlroy (golf) – £63.9m
18. Max Verstappen (F1) – £60.9m
19. Patrick Mahomes (NFL) – £58.5m
20. Canelo Alvarez (boxing) – £58.5m
21. Shohei Ohtani (baseball) – £58.1m
22. Lewis Hamilton (F1) – £48.1m
23. Joe Burrow (NFL) – £56.6m
24. Erling Haaland (football) – £56m
25. Justin Herbert (NFL) – £54.1m
26. Damian Lillard (NBA) – £52.7m
27. Kirk Cousins (NFL) – £52m
27. Tiger Woods (golf) – £49.7m
29. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (baseball) – £48.8m
30. Anthony Joshua (boxing) – £48m
31. Joel Embiid (NBA) – £46.8m
32. Nikola Jokic (NBA) – £46m
33. Jimmy Butler (NBA) – £45.6m
34. Luka Doncic (NBA) – £44.7m
34. Bradley Beal (NBA) – £44.7m
36. Paul George (NBA) – £44.7m
36. Xander Schauffele (golf) – £44.7m
38. Mohamed Salah (football) – £44m
38. Vinicius Junior (football) – £44m
40. Kawhi Leonard (NBA) – £43.9m
41. Max Scherzer (baseball) – £43.2m
42. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (NBA) – £42.3m
43. Jannik Sinner (tennis) – £41.9m
44. Riyad Mahrez (football) – £41.6m
45. James Harden (NBA) – £41.5m
46. Devin Booker (NBA) – £40.9m
47. Zion Williamson (NBA) – £40.3m
48. Kyrie Irving (NBA) – £39.9m
49. Trevor Lawrence (NFL) – £39.2m
50. Klay Thompson (NBA) – £39.1m
51. Jayson Tatum (NBA) – £38.9m
52. Jake Paul (boxing) – £38.4m
53. Trae Young (NBA) – £38.2m
54. Travis Kelce (NFL) – £37.9m
54. Aaron Judge (baseball) – £37.9m
56. Aaron Rodgers (NFL) – £37.8m
57. Tyrell Hatton (golf) – £37.7m
57. Josh Allen (NFL) – £37.7m
59. Russell Wilson (NFL) – £37.6m
60. Anthony Davis (NBA) – £37.5m
61. Deshaun Watson (NFL) – £37.5m
61. Anthony Edwards (NBA) – £37.5m
63. Tua Tagovailoa (NFL) – £37.4m
64. Zach LaVine (NBA) – £37.1m
65. Jalen Hurts (NFL) – £36.9m
66. Joaquin Niemann (golf) – £36.7m
67. Sadio Mane (football) – £36.4m
68. Justin Jefferson (NFL) – £36.3m
69. Karl-Anthony Towns (NBA) – £36.1m
70. Justin Verlander (baseball) – £35.6m
71. CeeDee Lamb (NFL) – £35.5m
72. Rudy Gobert (NBA) – £35.2m
73. Brian Burns (NFL) – £35.1m
74. Donovan Mitchell (NBA) – £35.1m
75. Jaylen Brown (NBA) – £35m
76. Jose Altuve (baseball) – £34.9m
77. Ja Morant (NBA) – £34.6m
78. Collin Morikawa (golf) – £34.6m
79. Fred VanVleet (NBA) – £34.1m
80. Kyler Murray (NFL) – £33.9m
81. Naoya Inoue (boxing) – £33.6m
81. Harry Kane (football) – £33.6m
81. Pascal Siakam (NBA) – £33.6m
84. Jrue Holiday (NBA) – £33m
85. Ben Simmons (NBA) – £32.8m
86. Mike Trout (baseball) – £32.4m
87. Carlos Alcaraz (tennis) – £32.3m
88. Jacob deGrom (baseball) – £32.2m
89. Matthew Stafford (NFL) – £31.6m
89. Kevin De Bruyne (football) – £31.6m
91. Jamal Murray (NBA) – £31.1m
92. CJ McCollum (NBA) – £31m
93. De’Aaron Fox (NBA) – £30.9m
94. Corey Seager (baseball) – £30.8m
95. Gerrit Cole (baseball) – £30.7m
96. Anthony Rendon (baseball) – £30.6m
97. Bryson DeChambeau (golf) – £30.6m
98. Michael Porter Jr (NBA) – £30.2m
99. Baker Mayfield (NFL) – £30.1m
100. Daniel Jones (NFL) – £30m
Source: Sportico
