The top winners 2025: These athletes earn millions!
The top winners 2025: These athletes earn millions!
Nahe Osten, Saudi-Arabien - The business magazine Forbes recently published the best paid athletes of the year. In the past twelve months, the 50 best paid athletes have earned a total of $ 4.23 billion, which is almost half a billion more than in the previous year ($ 3.88 billion). This means a remarkable increase of 67 percent in the past four years.
basketball leads the list of sports and provides the largest group with 16 athletes. This development is largely due to the increased Salary Cap of the NBA. A change can also be observed in golf because the players benefit from the new LIV tour and achieve higher income.
top ten of the best paid athletes
It is particularly noteworthy that the top 10 best paid athletes each earn more than $ 100 million. The total income of these ten sports stars was $ 1.38 billion, which corresponds to an increase of 24 percent compared to the previous year. Jon Rahm, who switched from the PGA Tour to LIV Golf, deserves the highest amount with $ 218 million that a golfer has ever achieved and thus takes second place in the list. This is led by Cristiano Ronaldo with $ 260 million.
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| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 260,000,000 | 200,000,000 | 60,000,000 |
| 2 | Jon Rahm | 218,000,000 | 198,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
| 3 | Lionel Messi | 135,000,000 | 65,000,000 | 70,000,000 |
| 4 | LeBron James | 128,200,000 | 48,200,000 | 80,000,000 |
| 5 | giannis antetocounmpo | 111,000,000 | 46,000,000 | 65,000,000 |
| 6 | Kylian Mbappé | 110,000,000 | 90,000,000 | 20,000,000 |
| 7 | neymar | 108,000,000 | 80,000,000 | 28,000,000 |
| 8 | Karim Benzema | 106,000,000 | 100,000,000 | 6,000,000 |
| 9 | Stephen curry | 102,000,000 | 52,000,000 | 50,000,000 |
| 10 | lamar jackson | 100,500,000 | 98,500,000 | 2,000,000 |
ronaldo is not only the best paid athlete, but also leads the goal scorer league with 33 goals and has numerous sponsorship contracts. Jon Rahm, the captain of the LIV team Legion XIII, was able to earn $ 6.6 million in the current PGA Tour season.
global trends in sports
The athletes' salaries rise through more expensive media rights and advertising aluminums. Middle East is considered a productive source for the income of the top athletes. In recent years, the distribution of income among the athletes has been more balanced, which leads to a question of competition and the future in sport.
Overall, the list of the best paid athletes is a mirror of the growing market and the commercial possibilities that exist for athletes today. capital notes that the income of the top ten has increased by a total of 12 percent compared to the previous year, which underlines the continued dynamics in the sports shop.
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