Recently, Forbes, a famous American business magazine, officially released the 2018 Forbes athlete income ranking! According to the latest data, boxing player Mayweather is at the top of the list, while Spanish giants Barcelona's Argentine star Messi is at the second place, followed by Real Madrid's Portuguese star Ronaldo. Get to know the top ten list of athletes' income.
The top ten are as follows: (unit: USD)
1. Mayweather (boxing) 285 million
2. Messi (football) 111 million
3. Ronaldo 108 million
4. Connor McGregor 99 million
5. Neymar (football) 90 million
6. LeBron James (basketball) 85.5 million
7. Federer (tennis) 77.2 million
8. Curie (basketball) 76.9 million
9. Matt Ryan 67.3 million
10. Matthew Stafford 59.5 million
The player's salary, bonus and business income are also revealed in the player's income report. Messi scored 45 goals for Barca in various competitions this season, including 34 goals in the Spanish League, winning the European golden boot award and renewing his contract with the club until 2021 in November last year. Messi's salary + bonus is as high as US $84 million. In addition, its business income is US $27 million. The main business income comes from sponsor fees, including Adidas, Gatorade, Huawei and MasterCard.
Although Ronaldo won his fifth golden ball award and the fifth Champions League this year, his contract salary with Real Madrid is only $50 million, which directly leads to a decrease in salary + bonus income compared with Messi, only $64 million. However, the Portuguese superstar's business income is as high as $47 million, more than Messi (27 million) and Neymar (17 million) combined. There are many sources of business income for Ronaldo, including sponsor income (Nike, EA Sports) and personal brand income (CR7).
The top 100 also includes the following football stars:
35. Bell 34.6 million
52. Bogba 29.5 million
56. Oscar 27.4 million
58. Rooney 27 million
60. Suarez 26.9 million
86. Aguero 23.5 million