Conor McGregor Tops Forbes’ Highest-Paid Athletes List
Yesterday Forbes’ released the list of the World’s Top 10 Highest Paid Athletes.
All together the athletes earned over a whopping $1 billion within the last year.
MMA star Conor McGregor made the number one spot for the very first time. McGregor made $158 million solely in the ring and $180 million in total this year.
Here’s the top ten:
- Conor McGregor, UFC: $180 million
- Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, Barcelona: $130 million
- Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus: $120 million
- Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys: $107.5 million
- LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers: $96.5 million
- Neymar, Paris Saint-Germain: $95 million
- Roger Federer, tennis: $90 million
- Lewis Hamilton, F1: $82 million
- Tom Brady, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: $76 million
- Kevin Durant, Brooklyn Nets: $75 million
Forbes’ looked at the salaries, bonuses and prize money from May 1, 2020 to May 1, 2021 while figuring out the on-field earnings. For off-field earnings, appearance fees, licensing income, and sponsorship deals as well as cash returns from any business ran by the athlete were accounted for.
The complete list of the world’s highest-paid athletes will be posted in the future.
For more information on the list and the athletes, click HERE
Listen to the Andie Summers Show talk about it HERE
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