Cristiano Ronaldo is the third highest paid sportsman on the planet

THEDespite a bad season at Paris Saint-Germain, Argentine footballer Lionel Messi remains the highest-paid sportsman in the world this year, according to the annual rankings of the American magazine Forbes, published this Thursday.

His total earnings are estimated at 130 million dollars (124.4 million euros) over the last 12 months. His player contract was worth 75 million dollars (71.8 million euros) and his advertising income 55 million (52.6 million euros).

Messi, who won a seventh Ballon d’Or last year, is ahead of LA Lakers basketball player LeBron James, with $121.2 million (116 million euros) and Cristiano Ronaldo, who collects a figure of 115 million euros. dollars (110 million euros).

The top-10 is completed by Neymar (90.9 million euros), Stephen Curry (88.8 million), Kevin Durant (88.1 million), Roger Federer (86.8 million), Canelo Alvarez (86.1 million) million), Tom Brady (80.3 million) and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the only sportsman on this list under the age of 30 (77.4 million).

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