Cristiano Ronaldo (38, Al Nassar) from Portugal, who moved to the Saudi Arabia professional soccer league, including Messi, James, and Federer, has become the highest-paid player in the past year thanks to ‘oil money’ . I put my name on it. Football players occupied the first to third places in the income rankings, including Ronaldo.
On the 3rd, Forbes, an American economic magazine, announced the top 10 sports players who earned the most in the past year.
The first place was Ronaldo, the ‘star of the past’. He swept 136 million dollars (about 182 billion won) in the last year. He earned about 500 million won every day.
Ronaldo moved to his current team, Al Nasr, from Manchester United in the English Premier League (EPL) in December of last year. At the time, the two sides did not disclose specific terms of the contract, but according to major foreign media such as Reuters, Ronaldo will receive about 200 million euros (about 295.1 billion won) each season, including wages and advertising revenue.
It is the first time in six years since 2017 that Ronaldo has topped Forbes’ annual athlete income rankings. 2017 was the last year Ronaldo won the Ballon d’Or, given to the world’s best soccer player. He has won the Ballon d’Or a total of five times (2008, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017).메이저사이트
Lionel Messi (36, Paris Saint-Germain), who led his country Argentina to the World Cup last year in Qatar, was second with $130 million. France’s Kylian Mbappe (25, Paris Saint-Germain), who lost to Argentina in the Qatar World Cup final, rose to third place with $120 million.
LeBron James (39, Los Angeles Lakers), who surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (76) in February and became the NBA (US Professional Basketball)’s all-time leading scorer, earned $119.5 million and ranked fourth.
In 5th place, boxer Canelo Alvarez (33, Mexico), who earned $ 110 million, was included, and in 6th and 7th place, Dustin Johnson (39, $ 107 million), who plays in LIV Golf sponsored by Saudi Arabia, and Phil Mickelson (5.3, $106 million, or more US) was listed side by side.