The total amount earned by the 40-year-old football player was 260 million euros – of which 200 million went to payments from the Al-Nasr club.
The second place was taken by the former absolute world champion, a Mexican boxer Saul Alvarez (137 million euros), who lost all his titles in the last fight, losing to the American Terence Crawford.
The trio was closed by the striker of “Inter Miami” and the national team of Argentina Lionel Messi with an indicator of 130 million euros. The 38-year-old football player left behind baseball player Jose Soto and basketball player LeBron James.
Representatives of eight sports from 28 countries of the world were included in the rating. The combined income of the top 100 was an incredible 5.2 billion euros.
Among the sports, the first place is occupied by basketball, which has delegated 40 NBA players.
The ranking of the highest paid athletes according to the results of 2025:
Source: sport.ua