Messi has edged out Ronaldo in this year’s latest list of top
100 earning athletes in the world.

According to the list released by Forbes Magazine, US boxer
Floyd Mayweather has regained his title in the Forbes
rankings of the world’s top 100 earning athletes.
He earned a $275m (£205m) for his boxing match in August
against UFC star Conor McGregor, who is number four on the
US business magazine’s list.

Cristiano Ronaldo – top for the past two years – drops to
third, with Lionel Messi edging him out of second place.
There are no women on the list, after the previous sole
entrant, Serena Williams, dropped out of the chart.
The top 100 athletes earned a total of $3.8bn, up 23% from
last year, Forbes said.
F1 driver Lewis Hamilton is the top Briton at number 12 with
$51m.

Mayweather – one of whose nicknames is Money – saw his
sports earnings added to by $10m from endorsements.
“Boxing’s biggest night of 2017 helped Mayweather and
McGregor earn nearly $400m combined,” said Kurt
Badenhausen, senior editor at Forbes Media.

“But basketball players dominate the top 100 overall thanks to
a soaring salary cap triggered by the NBA’s $24bn TV
contract.”

He added: “Forbes’ lists of top-earning athletes have long
been testosterone heavy. But there has always been at least
one female athlete, and as many as three, who qualified since
the list was expanded to at least 50 names in 2010. Not this
year.”

The top 10

1. Floyd Mayweather – boxing ($285m)

2. Lionel Messi – football ($111m)

3. Cristiano Ronaldo – football ($108m)

4. Conor McGregor – mixed martial arts ($99m)

5. Neymar – football ($90m)

6. LeBron James – basketball ($85,5m)

7. Roger Federer – tennis ($77.2m)

8. Stephen Curry – basketball ($76.9m)

9. Matt Ryan – American football ($67.3m)

10. Matthew Stafford – American football ($59.5m)


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