Ronaldo tops Forbes' highest-paid athletes list
STORY: Cristiano Ronaldo was the top earning athlete over the last 12 months, according to Forbes.
The magazine said the soccer player made $136 million.
It comes after Ronaldo moved to Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr, and doubled his annual playing salary.
His contract with the club is estimated to be worth around $220 million.
The Portuguese player's main on-pitch rival of the last decade also proved his closest match in earnings.
Lionel Messi was second on the Forbes list, with the World Cup winner earning $130 million.
Messi's Paris St. Germain team mate Kylian Mbappe sat third on $120 million.
Basketball great and La Lakers star LeBron James was fourth on $119.5 million.
While Mexican boxer Canelo Alvarez was fifth with $110 million.
Golfers also made it into the top ten in a divisive year for the sport.
The breakaway LIV Golf lured over some of the PGA Tour's top players with huge sums of money.
Dustin Johnson earned $107 million after making the controversial switch to the Saudi-backed tour.
Fellow LIV golfer Phil Mickelson earned $106 million.
Forbes said its on-field earning figures included all prize money, salaries and bonuses made in the last 12 months.
Off-field earnings include sponsorship deals, appearance fees and more.
相關影片推薦
- 2:41日本90年代奇葩真人秀 諧星被迫全裸關房間逾一年 20年後紀錄片回顧創傷歷程Yahoo奇摩(國際通)29,120 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:35已婚男帶女子住高檔摩鐵 突然猝死妻錯愕|#鏡新聞鏡新聞11,442 次觀看・19 小時前
- 1:28兒媳搶家產 打人 還趕公公出門? 竹北紅布條引熱議東森新聞影音213,712 次觀看・23 小時前
- 1:4131歲接家業! 殷琪婚姻兩度觸礁又未婚生子民視影音543,745 次觀看・2 天前
- 1:44「阿姨 妳拿我的雞腿幹嘛」 抓包婦人偷雞腿TVBS新聞網影音57,812 次觀看・23 小時前
- 7:43台鋼邀請特種搜救隊、搜救犬隊當開球嘉賓中華職棒大聯盟影音8,512 次觀看・20 小時前
- 1:0672歲李立群曬照慶祝生日 33歲女兒李元元罕見出鏡娛樂星聞12,840 次觀看・17 小時前
- 1:25尋生母10年! 戶政事務所牽線意外找到親哥哥民視影音5,441 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:59勵志! 昆凌90歲爺爺百米短跑奪金 周杰倫驕傲曬照民視影音216,911 次觀看・3 天前
- 1:40直擊寵物百貨「貓飼料」 遭控廠商未下架|#鏡新聞鏡新聞3,243 次觀看・4 天前