According to Sportico, Ronaldo has earned a total of 275 million USD in 2023.
Accordingly, Ronaldo is the leading name with earnings of up to 275 million USD, 2nd is golfer John Rahm with 202 million USD. Messi only ranked 3rd with 130 million USD. Basketball athlete LeBron James ranked 5th with 125.5 million USD, only 0.5 million USD more than 5th place Kylian Mbappe.
Top 10 best-earning athletes in 2023 according to Sportico
Ronaldo is the best earning athlete in 2023
The Top 100 announced by Sportico includes athletes from 8 sports and 25 countries. Basketball contributes the most athletes with 40 people. Football is next with 16 people. However, in the top 6 positions, 4 people come from the king sport. There are no female athletes on this list.
It is known that the above 100 athletes have earned a total of 4.2 billion USD from their sport and 1.2 billion USD from non-sports activities. Sportico said money from Saudi Arabia has strongly dominated this year’s rankings.
Accordingly, Ronaldo earns about 200 million USD in salary each year from going to Saudi Arabia to compete. In the summer, the names Neymar (total earnings of 121 million USD, 6th place), Karim Benzema (78 million USD, 8th place), Sadio Mane (38 million USD, 70th place). Golf, boxing or tennis players also make a lot of money by participating in tournaments held in Saudi Arabia.
