Messi is the highest paid athlete in the world

According to the ranking published on Thursday, the Argentine earned $130 million (123,617 million euros) in the past twelve months after moving from FC Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, the same as in the same period last year. According to Forbes estimates, Messi has suffered a salary loss of $22 million as a result of his move, but still receives a salary of $75 million. Business outside of sports brought Messi 55 million. He replaces mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor, who earned $180 million (€171,162 million) the year before. The Forbes list is based on research by the magazine's editors and estimates and is considered reliable. Number two in the ranking is basketball star LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers with $121,2 million (41,2 million/80 million), ahead of Messi's rival Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United with $115 million (60 million/ 55 million). Federer takes in the most off the field Tennis ace Roger Federer, number 1 in 2020, is at number seven and is the leader with the largest income from businesses outside of sports with $ 90 million. In total, the long-injured Swiss earned $90,7 million, including $0,7 million from tournaments. “Forbes” initially only published a top 10 of the highest-earning athletes; the top 50 will be announced in May. In total, the top ten in the rankings earned $2021 million ($992 million) between May 943,293 and May this year. This is a six percent decrease compared to the previous year with 1,05 billion US dollars (998,445 million euros).

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Messi is the highest paid athlete in the world

Football star Lionel Messi is number 2019 in the sports magazine Forbes money rankings for the second time after 1.

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