Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the Forbes list of the world's highest paid athletes for the first time. The Real Madrid star has become the first footballer to do so after raking in a whopping £60 million ($86m) last year.
Ronaldo, 31, earned £38.4 million from salary and £21.6 million from
endorsements to take him to the number one spot. The three-time FIFA player of the year is described as a 'marketing juggernaut' and has a massive social media presence with 214.5 million followers across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Between June 1 2015 and June 1 2016, Ronald generated £120 million in advertising with social media posts for brands that sponsor him like Nike, Tag Heuer, and Herbalife.
Ronaldo's other business dealings include a line of suits, cologne, shirts, suits, underwear and even his own hotel. In total the top 100world's richest athletes earned a total £2.1 billion, a slight decrease on the £2.2 billion earned last year boosted by the £316 million earned by Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, Mirror.co.uk reports.
Top 20 World's Highest Paid Athletes
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Soccer) - $88 million
2 Lionel Messi (Soccer) - $81.4 million
3 LeBron James (Basketball) - $77.2
million
4 Roger Federer (Tennis) - $67.8 million
5 Kevin Durant (Basketball) - $56.2 million
6 Novak Djokovic (Tennis) - $55.8 million
7 Cam Newton (American Football) - $53.1 million
8 Phil Mickelson (Golf) - $52.9million
9 Jordan Spieth (Golf) - $52.8 million
10 Kobe Bryant (Basketball ) - $50 million
11 Lewis Hamilton (Racing) - $46m
12 Tiger Woods (Golf) - $45.3m
13 Eli Manning (American Football) - $45m
14 Joe Flacco (American Football) -
$44.5m
15 Tom Brady (American Football) -
$44.1m
16 Floyd Mayweather (Boxing) -$44m
17 Rory McIlroy (Golf) - $42.6m
18 Russell Wilson (Ciara's boyfriend) (American Football) - $41.8m
19 Sebastian Vettel (Racing) $41m
20 Philip Rivers ((American Football) -$38m
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