Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo has been named as the world's highest-paid athlete in the 2016 edition of American business magazine Forbes ' list.
The Real Madrid star earned $88 million up to June 1 2016, which is made up of $56m in salary and $32m in endorsements to put him clear at the top.
This is the first time since 2000 that the First position has not been filled by now retired boxer Floyd Mayweather after finishing first last year - or the iconic golfer Tiger Woods, who has not won a major for eight years.
Ronaldo's total put him ahead of fellow
footballer Lionel Messi, who picked up
$81.4m over the past 12 months, while
basketball star LeBron James was third with $77.2m – up from number six spot last year.
James earned more than the Barcelona and Real Madrid players in endorsements ($54m), although his $23.2m salary was dwarfed by the wages of Ronaldo and Messi ($53.4m).
Meanwhile, Basketball had three players in the top 10 more than any other sport - with Kevin Durant
($56.2m) fifth and Kobe Bryant ($50m) in 10th.
Tennis duo Roger Federer ($67.8m) and Novak Djokovic ($55.8m) were fourth and sixth in the list respectively.
Baseball however did not have a representative in the top 10, but was still the most prolific in the first 100 with 26 players featuring. The NFL was
next on 21, topped by Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton ($53.1m) in seventh spot, with basketball (18) and football (12) also faring well.
12:03:00 AM
World's Highest-Paid Athlete; Ronaldo First
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)

0 comments:
Please no spamming in the comment box.