cristiano Ronaldo retains his spot as the world’s highest-paid soccer player. with the news of his two-year extension with Al Nasr, and the bonus and equity terms that have been revealed, we’ve rounded up the rest of the soccer world’s top earners and how the stars of each sport fare.
ronaldo is the top earner
a few days ago, it was reported that Ronaldo had agreed to a new two-year contractwith Saudi Arabia’s Al Nasr, worth £178M per year, with a signing bonus of £24.5M, rising to£38M in the second year, and a 15% stake in the club. it’s almost unrealistic.
- about $10,000 per second
- about $630,000 per minute
- approximately $37.91 million per hour
that’s almost as much as the average worker makes in an hour. the numbers are hard to believe.
overview of the top 100 sports star salaries as of 2024
the top 100 sports stars in the world come from eightdifferent sports and represent 27 different nationalities. Their combined earnings from salaries, competition winnings, and sponsorships total $6.2 billion. unfortunately, no female athletes made the top 100 list. The top earner was Cristiano Ronaldo.
snapshot of the top (ranked 1-25): curry-Fury-LeBron, and Ronaldo
- 1st: Cristiano Ronaldo – $260M
- 2nd: Steph Curry – $153.8M
- 3rd: Tyson Fury – $147M
- 5th: LeBron James – $133.2M
at current exchange rates (e.g., $1,357), Ronaldo’s $260M ≈ $352.8 billion. if we use the exchange rate in 2024, the perceived amount is even greater.
soccer player salary ranking highlights
1: Cristiano Ronaldo Al Nasr
260M (approx. KRW 352.8 billion)
4th: Lionel Messi Inter Miami
135M (approx. KRW 183.1 billion)
6th: Neymar Juniors Santos FC
13.3 million (approx. KRW 180.5 billion)
8th: Karim Benzema Al Ittihad
116M (approx. KRW 157.4B)
9th: Kylian Mbappe Real Madrid
111M (approx. KRW 1,508M)
24th: Elling Holland Manchester City
70M (approx. KRW 951M)
soccer players ranked 26-50
- 38th: Mohamed Salah – $55M (approx. KRW747M), Liverpool
- 38th: Vinicius Junior – $55M, Real Madrid
- 44th: Riyad Mahrez – $52M, Al Ahly
soccer players ranked between 51 and 75
- 67th: Sadio Mane – $45.5M, Al Nasr
footballers ranked 76-100
- 81st: Harry Kane – $42M, Bayern Munich
- no. 89: Kevin De Bruyne – $39.5M (approx. KRW 53.6B) , Manchester )
12 total soccer players in the top 100
players included: ronaldo (1), Messi (4), Neymar (6), Benzema (8), Mbappe (9), Holland (24), Salah (tied 38th), Vinicius (tied 38th), Mahrez (44), Mane (67), Harry Kane (81), Kevin De Bruyne (89)
distribution by sport
- NBA: 36
- NFL: 22
- soccer: 12
- MLB: 11
- golf: 9
- boxing: 6
- F1: 2
- tennis: 2
MLB highest-paid top line
the highest paid player in Major League Baseball is Shohei Ohtani(LA Dodgers) with $72.5 million. he is followed by Yamamoto, Max Scherzer, Aaron Judge, Justin Verlander, Jose Altuve, Mike Trout, Jacob deGrom, Corey Seager, Gerrit Cole, and Anthony Landon.
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