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Ronaldo is richer than Messi: See others on the list
Cristiano Ronaldo has been listed as the highest-paid athlete in the world by American business magazine Forbes.
The Real Madrid forward is the first footballer to ever top the annual list of the world’s 100 highest-paid athletes, having earned $88m in the last 12 months – $6.6m more than Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, who is second.
There are five Britons in the top 100, led by Lewis Hamilton in 11th on $46m, with Rory McIlroy at 17 ($42.6m), Gareth Bale at 25 ($35.9m), Wayne Rooney at 49 ($26.1m) and Andy Murray at 74 ($23m).
See the list below.
Forbes top-earning athletes 2016
Name | Sport | Salary + endorsements ($m) |
Cristiano Ronaldo (Por) | Football | 88.0 |
Lionel Messi (Arg) | Football | 81.4 |
LeBron James (USA) | Basketball | 77.2 |
Roger Federer (Sui) | Tennis | 67.8 |
Kevin Durant (USA) | Basketball | 56.2 |
Novak Djokovic (Srb) | Tennis | 55.8 |
Cam Newton (USA) | American football | 53.1 |
Phil Mickelson (USA) | Golf | 52.9 |
Jordan Spieth (USA) | Golf | 52.8 |
Kobe Bryant (USA) | Basketball | 50.0 |
Lewis Hamilton (Eng) | Formula One | 46.0 |
Tiger Woods (USA) | Golf | 45.3 |
Eli Manning (USA) | American football | 45.0 |
Joe Flacco (USA) | American football | 44.5 |
Tom Brady (USA) | American football | 44.1 |
Floyd Mayweather (USA) | Boxing | 44.0 |
Rory McIlroy (NIrl) | Golf | 42.6 |
Russell Wilson (USA) | American football | 41.8 |
Sebastian Vettel (Ger) | Formula One | 41.0 |
Philip Rivers (USA) | American football | 38.0 |
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