His overall earnings are valued at 130 million dollars (124.4 million euros) over the last twelve months. His player contract brought him 75 million dollars (71.8 M euros) and his income 55 (52.6 M euros). Messi, who won a 7th Ballon d’Or last year, is ahead of Los Angeles Lakers American basketball player LeBron James $121.2m (€116m) and fellow Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United who has 115 million dollars (110 M euros).
The top 10 is completed in order by Neymar (Bré/football) 95 million dollars (90.9 M euros), Stephen Curry (USA/basketball) 92.8 million dollars (88.8 M euros), Kevin Durant (USA/basketball) 92.1 million dollars (88.1 M euros) Roger Federer (Sui/tennis) 90.7 million dollars (86.8 M euros), Canelo Alvarez (Mex/boxing) 90 million dollars (86.1 M euros), Tom Brady (USA/American football) 83.9 million dollars (80.3 M euros) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Grè/basketball ), the only athlete under 30, 80.9 million dollars (77.4 million euros).
Former world tennis No.1 Roger Federer has the distinction of having earned 86.1 of his 86.8 million euros outside the tennis courts.
In 2021, Irish MMA boxer Conor McGregor topped this ranking with a total of 180 million dollars (172.2 million euros) including 150 (143.5 million euros) thanks to his whiskey brand.
