Ronaldo is the highest paid person in the world, far surpassing Messi

Báo Thanh niênBáo Thanh niên13/02/2025


Ronaldo earns more than double Messi

Marca newspaper cited statistics from Sportico website showing that Ronaldo is the highest paid athlete in the world for the second consecutive year (2024 and 2025), with an incredible annual income of up to 251.7 million euros. Of which, 208 million euros is the salary from the huge contract with Al Nassr Club in the Saudi Pro League (Saudi Arabia) and 43.5 million euros from various sponsorship agreements that this famous player has signed.

Ronaldo tiếp tục đứng tốp danh sách VĐV thu nhập cao nhất thế giới

Ronaldo continues to top the list of highest-paid athletes in the world

Ronaldo's income helps him top the list of 100 highest-paid athletes in the world, announced by Sportico on February 13.

Ronaldo ranked above American professional basketball player Stephen Curry and former British boxer Tyson Fury, who earned 147.8 million euros and 141.3 million euros respectively.

Messi is only ranked 4th on this list with a total income of 129.7 million euros. Of which, the 37-year-old Argentine player earned 57.6 million euros in salary from Inter Miami and its partners in MLS (American professional soccer league), and an additional 72.1 million euros from various sponsorship deals.

In terms of global football, Messi is only behind Ronaldo in terms of income. While still above many other stars such as Neymar with an income of 127.8 million euros, or Karim Benzema (111.5 million euros) and Kylian Mbappe with an annual income of 105 million euros. These are also the 5 football players in the top 10 list of the highest-paid athletes in the world today.

However, only Mbappe plays in one of the top five leagues in Europe, while Ronaldo, Benzema (playing in Saudi Arabia), Messi (USA) and Neymar are now back in Brazil. The rest of the top 10 highest-earning athletes in other sports include LeBron James (basketball) with €128 million, Oleksandr Usyk (boxing) with €117 million and Jon Rahm (golf) with €101.7 million.

Messi chỉ xếp sau Ronaldo về thu nhập trong giới bóng đá

Messi is second only to Ronaldo in terms of income in the football world.

Among the top European footballers, excluding Mbappe, striker Erling Haaland is ranked 24th with an income of 67.3 million euros. Vinicius and Salah are tied at 38th with 52.8 million euros each. Striker Harry Kane is ranked 81st with 40 million euros, while midfielder Kevin De Bruyne is ranked 89th with a total income of 37.9 million euros.

According to Marca , Ronaldo is also the only athlete to earn more than 100 million euros per season from salary and sponsorship over the past 8 years. The 40-year-old Portuguese star maintains and reaches this milestone, partly thanks to being the person who holds the record for the most followers on social networks, with more than 1 billion followers.

"This influence helps Ronaldo get clubs like Al Nassr to pay him very high salaries, as well as sponsor brands to sign advertising contracts. The trend of athletes having influence on social networks is also one of the reasons why the salaries of sports stars have tended to increase significantly in recent years," Marca concluded.



Source: https://thanhnien.vn/ronaldo-duoc-tra-luong-cao-nhat-the-gioi-bo-xa-messi-185250213092836875.htm

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