{"id":6398,"date":"2025-05-15T18:55:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ronaldo-dominates-tops-forbes-list-of-highest-paid-athletes\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T18:55:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T22:55:40","slug":"ronaldo-dominates-tops-forbes-list-of-highest-paid-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/soccer\/ronaldo-dominates-tops-forbes-list-of-highest-paid-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo Dominates: Tops Forbes&#8217; List of Highest-Paid Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cristiano Ronaldo Tops the List of Highest-Paid Athletes for the Third Consecutive Year<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Cristiano Ronaldo, the soccer superstar, tops Forbes&#8217; list of the world&#8217;s highest-paid athletes for the third consecutive year and for the fifth time in his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his move to the Al Nassr club in Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo&#8217;s estimated total earnings are around $275 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Portuguese forward increased his earnings by 15 million dollars thanks to off-field sponsorships and lucrative endorsement deals backed by his large social media following, which totals 939 million as of May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the financial boom, Ronaldo&#8217;s move to the Saudi Professional League has not yet brought him any major titles, unlike the numerous trophies he won at Manchester United and Real Madrid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Top 10 Highest-Paid Athletes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry, who in March became the first NBA player to reach 4,000 three-pointers in his career, rose to second place in the ranking with $156 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Boxer Tyson Fury ranked third with $146 million. Despite losing his heavyweight world titles to Oleksandr Usyk in December, Fury&#8217;s earnings have been boosted by partnerships promoting Maltese tourism and his reality show on Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dak Prescott, quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys, reached fourth place with 137 million dollars, thanks to record signing bonuses and a lucrative contract extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Argentine Lionel Messi dropped to fifth place with $135 million, the same amount as last year, after his move to Inter Miami CF of the MLS and continuing to receive high-profile sponsorships from Adidas and Apple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LeBron James, forward for the Los Angeles Lakers, nearing the end of his illustrious career, ranked sixth with $133.8 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Juan Soto, outfielder for the New York Mets of the MLB, ranked a notable seventh, earning $114 million. The 26-year-old Dominican signed a 15-year, $765 million contract, the largest in baseball history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karim Benzema, forward from France who plays for Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia, is eighth with earnings of 104 million dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shohei Ohtani, from Japan, ranks ninth with $102.5 million, after deferring most of his earnings from his mega-contract with the MLB team Los Angeles Dodgers. His income was significantly boosted by the Dodgers&#8217; victory in last year&#8217;s World Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NBA star Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns rounds out the top 10 with $101.4 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The 10 Highest-Paid Athletes in the World in 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cristiano Ronaldo, soccer: $275 million<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Curry, basketball: $156 million<\/li>\n<li>Tyson Fury, boxing: $146 million<\/li>\n<li>Dak Prescott, American football: $137 million<\/li>\n<li>Lionel Messi, soccer: $135 million<\/li>\n<li>LeBron James, basketball: $133.8 million<\/li>\n<li>Juan Soto, baseball: $114 million<\/li>\n<li>Karim Benzema, soccer: $104 million<\/li>\n<li>Shohei Ohtani, baseball: $102.5 million<\/li>\n<li>Kevin Durant, basketball: $101.4 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo Tops the List of Highest-Paid Athletes for the Third Consecutive Year Cristiano Ronaldo, the soccer superstar, tops Forbes&#8217; list of the world&#8217;s highest-paid athletes for the third consecutive year and for the fifth time in his career. Following his move to the Al Nassr club in Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo&#8217;s estimated total earnings are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6399,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[776,609,2320,2321],"class_list":{"0":"post-6398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-athletes","9":"tag-cristiano-ronaldo","10":"tag-forbes","11":"tag-income"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6398\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}