World’s Top-10 Highest Paid Athletes – Lionel Messi Highest Paid: Forbes has named Lionel Messi as the world’s highest-paid athlete in the last 12 months. According to the annual Forbes list the PSG forward was ahead of the NBA’s LeBron James and Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo. Messi earned whooping $130Mn this year: Follow Sports News LIVE Updates & Sports Business News with InsideSport.IN
World’s Top-10 Highest Paid Athletes LIST Highlights
- Collectively, the world’s ten highest-paid athletes raked in $992 million over the last 12 months
- This represents a 6% drop from 2021.
- The decline is directly related to McGregor’s massive $180 million total last year, after he pocketed an estimated $150 million from the sale of his Irish whiskey brand, Proper No. Twelve. McGregor fell out of the top ten.
World’s Top-10 Highest Paid Athletes: Lionel Messi tops the Forbes list, top 10 highest paid athletes collectively earned close to $1BN: Check TOP 10 LIST
Lionel Messi Highest Paid Athlete: Messi earned $130 million, a figure which includes $55 million of endorsements.
The earning are calculated for the 12-month period ending May 1, 2022.
This year’s collective total is the third-highest ever, behind 2021’s $1.05 billion and the $1.06 billion total of 2018.
And in one clear sign that sports’ top stars are doing better than ever, the cutoff to make the top ten this year is $80.9 million, posted by the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo. That’s an 8% jump from 2021’s $75 million—and a 24% increase from 2019’s $65.4 million, the previous high.
World’s Top-10 Highest Paid Athletes LIST
Lionel Messi Highest Paid with earning of $130 million in last 12 months.
Los Angeles Lakers forward James was next on the list after bringing home a combined $121 million. He shattered the $96.5 million record for an NBA player that he set last year.
Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo earned $115 million to sit third.
Brazilian football player Neymar ($95 million) and three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry ($92.8 million) of the Golden State Warriors rounded out the top five.
NBA player Kevin Durant ($92 million) was sixth while Swiss tennis great Roger Federer, who played five tournaments in 2021 before a knee operation curtailed his season, was third with total earnings of $90.7 million.
The final three spots on the list went to Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez ($90 million), seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady ($83.9 million) and reigning NBA Finals Most Valuable Player Giannis Antetokounmpo ($80.9 million).
Forbes said its on-the-field earnings figures include all prize money, salaries and bonuses earned during the 12-month period while off-field earnings are an estimate of sponsorship deals, appearance fees and licensing income.
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