Ronaldo earns the most money in the world

Cristiano Ronaldo continues to affirm his position as the "king" of sports income when leading the ranking of the world's richest athletes announced by Forbes.

In 2024, the 40-year-old striker will earn £206.6 million ($275 million), £11.2 million more than the previous year.

In 2024, the 40-year-old striker will earn £206.6 million ( $275 million ), £11.2 million more than the previous year. This is the third consecutive time and the fifth time in his career that the Portuguese superstar has topped the list of the world's highest-paid athletes.

Since joining Al Nassr in December 2022, Ronaldo has received a salary of up to 177 million pounds per year. In addition, he also has many other sources of income from lucrative sponsorship contracts and a huge fan base with nearly 940 million followers on social networks.

This income level is only surpassed by legendary boxer Floyd Mayweather, who earned up to $300m (about £225m) in 2015 and $275m (£207m) in 2018.

Ronaldo overtook NBA legend Steph Curry, who came in second with £117 million ( $156 million ). Boxer Tyson Fury came in third with £109 million ( $146 million ) after his two fights with Oleksandr Usyk in Riyadh. Despite announcing his fifth retirement after losing his heavyweight title, Fury is still widely expected to return to the ring. Meanwhile, Usyk is 11th on the list with earnings of £75.8 million ( $101 million ).

Ronaldo's rival Lionel Messi ranked fifth with earnings of £101.4 million ( $135 million ), more than half of which came from off-field deals, including a tourism deal with Saudi Arabia. Karim Benzema, who plays for Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, ranked eighth with earnings of £78.2 million ( $104 million ).

The list also includes basketball stars LeBron James and Kevin Durant, football player Dak Prescott, and baseball players Juan Soto and Shohei Ohtani.

Meanwhile, the highest-earning Premier League player - Erling Haaland - is only 34th with total income of 46.5 million pounds ( $62 million ), of which 36 million pounds ( $48 million ) comes from wages at Manchester City.

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