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Highest Paid Athlete of 2025
This list features the highest paid athletes of 2025.
RANK | ATHLETE | SPORT | EARNINGS |
1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Association football | $275.0 million |
2 | Stephen Curry | Basketball | $156.0 million |
3 | Tyson Fury | Boxing | $146.0 million |
4 | Dak Prescott | American football | $137.0 million |
5 | Lionel Messi | Association football | $135.0 million |
6 | LeBron James | Basketball | $133.8 million |
7 | Juan Soto | Baseball | $114.0 million |
8 | Karim Benzema | Association football | $104.0 million |
9 | Shohei Ohtani | Baseball | $102.5 million |
10 | Kevin Durant | Basketball | $101.4 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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