100 Highest Paid Athletes in 2024

[Tanko]

Here's the top 10.
Ronaldo #1 by a long way....

	Athlete	Sport	Team	Salary/ Winnings	Endorsements	Total
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Soccer	Al-Nassr	$215M	$45M	$260M
2	Stephen Curry	Basketball	Golden State Warriors	$53.8M	$100M	$153.8M
3	Tyson Fury	Boxing		$140M	$7M	$147M
4	Lionel Messi	Soccer	Inter Miami	$60M	$75M	$135M
5	LeBron James	Basketball	Los Angeles Lakers	$48.2M	$85M	$133.2M
6	Neymar	Soccer	Santos	$108M	$25M	$133M
7	Oleksandr Usyk	Boxing		$120M	$2M	$122M
8	Karim Benzema	Soccer	Al-Ittihad	$108M	$8M	$116M
9	Kylian Mbappé	Soccer	Real Madrid	$85M	$25M	$110M
10	Jon Rahm	Golf		$85.8M	$20M	$105.8M

 

[Tanko]

Here is the full list.

Highest-Paid Athletes in the World: Full List

Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest paid athlete in the world in 2024, earning $260 million.

www.sportico.com

 

[BMR Genie]

Cristiano Ronaldo - he's always on top of everything. Also, he just turned 40yrs old last week.

 

[BMR Genie]

Here's the top 10.
Ronaldo #1 by a long way....

	Athlete	Sport	Team	Salary/ Winnings	Endorsements	Total
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Soccer	Al-Nassr	$215M	$45M	$260M
2	Stephen Curry	Basketball	Golden State Warriors	$53.8M	$100M	$153.8M
3	Tyson Fury	Boxing		$140M	$7M	$147M
4	Lionel Messi	Soccer	Inter Miami	$60M	$75M	$135M
5	LeBron James	Basketball	Los Angeles Lakers	$48.2M	$85M	$133.2M
6	Neymar	Soccer	Santos	$108M	$25M	$133M
7	Oleksandr Usyk	Boxing		$120M	$2M	$122M
8	Karim Benzema	Soccer	Al-Ittihad	$108M	$8M	$116M
9	Kylian Mbappé	Soccer	Real Madrid	$85M	$25M	$110M
10	Jon Rahm	Golf		$85.8M	$20M	$105.8M

So Tyson Fury is the highest paid boxer..

Jake Paul #52. Those rigged fights paid off.

 

[jjgold]

soccer unreal earners

 

[BMR Genie]

soccer unreal earners

I'm actually surprised Messi is only in the top 4.

 

[Tanko]

The sad part is.....
The highest pay for an NFL player on the list is Dak Prescott. $86.4M (salary) $100.4M (total).

To add to the misery.
Deshaun Watson made $46.8M last year. He played in 7 games.

 

[Wagerallsports]

Question for you soccer gurus

How do the teams make the majority of their profits to be able to afford paying those players that much??

Is it from television deals?

 

[Tanko]

Question for you soccer gurus

How do the teams make the majority of their profits to be able to afford paying those players that much??

Is it from television deals?

Queue @Franz555

 

[BMR Genie]

The sad part is.....
The highest pay for an NFL player on the list is Dak Prescott. $86.4M (salary) $100.4M (total).

To add to the misery.
Deshaun Watson made $46.8M last year. He played in 7 games.

The team got robbed.

 

[Franz555]

Question for you soccer gurus

How do the teams make the majority of their profits to be able to afford paying those players that much??

Is it from television deals?

As far as i know......( using Ch League as an example )

FIFA ( soccers corrupt governing body ) receives the revenue from TV deals etc.

They pay each of the 36 clubs who qualify to the next stage......$18.62 million

The Ch League TV revenue alone is approx 2.6 Billion Euros

As you progress in the tournament , the revenue continues to increase. The revenue generated by ticket sales for these matches, in addition to marketing and stadium sales , all goes to the team ownership.

As for League revenues , their are TV contracts already in place for 10 years. The revenue is divided up based on standings.

 

[BigJay]

Here's the top 10.
Ronaldo #1 by a long way....

	Athlete	Sport	Team	Salary/ Winnings	Endorsements	Total
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Soccer	Al-Nassr	$215M	$45M	$260M
2	Stephen Curry	Basketball	Golden State Warriors	$53.8M	$100M	$153.8M
3	Tyson Fury	Boxing		$140M	$7M	$147M
4	Lionel Messi	Soccer	Inter Miami	$60M	$75M	$135M
5	LeBron James	Basketball	Los Angeles Lakers	$48.2M	$85M	$133.2M
6	Neymar	Soccer	Santos	$108M	$25M	$133M
7	Oleksandr Usyk	Boxing		$120M	$2M	$122M
8	Karim Benzema	Soccer	Al-Ittihad	$108M	$8M	$116M
9	Kylian Mbappé	Soccer	Real Madrid	$85M	$25M	$110M
10	Jon Rahm	Golf		$85.8M	$20M

Here's the top 10.
Ronaldo #1 by a long way....

	Athlete	Sport	Team	Salary/ Winnings	Endorsements	Total
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Soccer	Al-Nassr	$215M	$45M	$260M
2	Stephen Curry	Basketball	Golden State Warriors	$53.8M	$100M	$153.8M
3	Tyson Fury	Boxing		$140M	$7M	$147M
4	Lionel Messi	Soccer	Inter Miami	$60M	$75M	$135M
5	LeBron James	Basketball	Los Angeles Lakers	$48.2M	$85M	$133.2M
6	Neymar	Soccer	Santos	$108M	$25M	$133M
7	Oleksandr Usyk	Boxing		$120M	$2M	$122M
8	Karim Benzema	Soccer	Al-Ittihad	$108M	$8M	$116M
9	Kylian Mbappé	Soccer	Real Madrid	$85M	$25M	$110M
10	Jon Rahm	Golf		$85.8M	$20M	$105.8M

soccer salaries always been insane. Toss in Saudi money on top of that and you get Ronaldo

Same with Saudi $$ and boxing now and LIV with Rahm.

 

[jjgold]

A Formula 1 guys make a lot. It’s such a joke the whole thing.

 

[BMR Genie]

There's an explanation below the article.

"In soccer and basketball, the listed salaries reflect weighted averages of base salaries during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons, as well as bonuses paid out during 2024. The salaries listed are a blend of two seasons based on estimated payment schedules."

 

[BMR Genie]

"Bonuses from the PGA Tour’s Player Impact Program and Comcast Business Tour Top 10 are included in prize money, as are the proportional signing bonuses doled out by LIV Golf. Those contracts vary, but many of the top players received roughly half of their bonus payments when they signed their contracts and another portion when they teed it up at their first LIV event, according to multiple golf agents familiar with the contracts. The remaining signing bonus is paid out during the life of the contract. Most of the big names joined LIV in 2022, with Jon Rahm by far the biggest and most expensive “get” in 2023. Tyrrell Hatton was the one new LIV player in 2024 to make the top 100. "

 

[fishhead]

A Formula 1 guys make a lot. It’s such a joke the whole thing.

FANS SUCKERS
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[MinnesotaFats]

Do not understand soccer economics.

Fans are so poor. Stadiums a good place to get killed.

I'd think buying a polo team or starting up a fox hunt club would make money, more elite people, less poor.

 

[BMR Genie]

Do not understand soccer economics.

Fans are so poor. Stadiums a good place to get killed.

I'd think buying a polo team or starting up a fox hunt club would make money, more elite people, less poor.

I think soccer fans are from all walks of life, the reason it was considered one of the most popular sports in the world.

 

[BigJay]

Here's the top 10.
Ronaldo #1 by a long way....

	Athlete	Sport	Team	Salary/ Winnings	Endorsements	Total
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Soccer	Al-Nassr	$215M	$45M	$260M
2	Stephen Curry	Basketball	Golden State Warriors	$53.8M	$100M	$153.8M
3	Tyson Fury	Boxing		$140M	$7M	$147M
4	Lionel Messi	Soccer	Inter Miami	$60M	$75M	$135M
5	LeBron James	Basketball	Los Angeles Lakers	$48.2M	$85M	$133.2M
6	Neymar	Soccer	Santos	$108M	$25M	$133M
7	Oleksandr Usyk	Boxing		$120M	$2M	$122M
8	Karim Benzema	Soccer	Al-Ittihad	$108M	$8M	$116M
9	Kylian Mbappé	Soccer	Real Madrid	$85M	$25M	$110M
10	Jon Rahm	Golf		$85.8M	$20M	$105.8M

Why is this in the “off topic” forum?

Or did you put it there Tank?

Seems pretty relevant

 

[Tanko]

Why is this in the “off topic” forum?

Or did you put it there Tank?

Seems pretty relevant

I still See it in main forum. Where are you seeing it?