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Highest Paid Athlete of 2024
This list features the highest paid athletes of 2024.
RANK | ATHLETE | SPORT | EARNINGS |
1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Association Football | $260.0 million |
2 | Jon Rahm | Golf | $218.0 million |
3 | Lionel Messi | Association Football | $135.9 million |
4 | LeBron James | Basketball | $128.2 million |
5 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Basketball | $111.0 million |
6 | Kylian Mbappé | Association Football | $110.0 million |
7 | Neymar | Association Football | $108.0 million |
8 | Karim Benzema | Association Football | $106.0 million |
9 | Stephen Curry | Basketball | $102.0 million |
10 | Lamar Jackson | American Football | $100.5 million |
References
Wikipedia contributors. (2025). Forbes list of the world's highest-paid athletes. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbes_list_of_the_world%27s_highest-paid_athletes#2024_list [Accessed 1 December 2025].
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