The sports world is full of influential athletes. Throughout history, great athletes have managed to sign million-dollar contracts due to their popularity and success in their disciplines. It could be considered that Football, being a more global sport, has the highest paid athletes in history, but this is not the reality.
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi These are the two most influential football players of recent years. The Argentinean and the Portuguese have been in a long sporting struggle to establish themselves as the best player of each season. But this competition is also carried out in the field of marketing and finance, the place where CR7 takes the honors.
However, despite the popularity and money that both players have achieved, their performance is much lower than that of basketball players and even golf legends. This is reported by the portal Sportico. Michael Jordan is the richest athlete in the history of the sport with a staggering $3.3 billion.
Top 10 highest paid athletes in history
Michael Jordan (basketball player), $3.3 billion.
Tiger Woods (golfer), $2.5 billion.
Arnold Palmer (golfer), $1.7 billion.
Jack Nicklaus (golfer), $1.63 billion.
Cristiano Ronaldo (footballer), $1.58 billion.
LeBron Hames (basketball player), $1.53 billion.
Lionel Messi (footballer), $1.48 billion.
Floyd Mayweather Jr. (boxer), $1.41 billion.
Roger Federer (tennis player), $1.38 billion.
Phil Mickelson (golfer), $1.36 billion.
Source: La Opinion
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