Meet world's highest paid athlete who earns over Rs 20000000000..., much more than Lionel Messi, LeBron James, Tyson Fury, his name is...
Ex-Real Madrid and Manchester United football star Cristiano Ronaldo dominated the Forbes list of highest-paid athletes in 2025 for the third back-to-back times with an earning of massive USD 275 million approx. Rs 2,356 crore) between May 2024 and May 2025.
Interestingly, the star football player Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the Forbes list five times overall.
Forbes published a full list of names with famous athletes, the list was of top 50 and interestingly, total earning estimated at record USD 4.23 billion (approx. Rs 36,238 crore), which is an increase from last year's USD 3.88 billions (approx. Rs 33,240 crore).
Generally, most of the football fans compare skills and winning of their favourite football players and Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the rivals. Lionel Messi is on the fifth spot in the table at USD 135 million (approximately Rs 1,157 cr).
The star football player Cristiano Ronaldo currently plays for Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, talking about Ronaldo's earnings it's increased by USD 15 million comparing from last year.
Taking about other star athletes, famous boxing star Tyson Fury is on the third spot on the list with USD 146 million and star Basketball player LeBron James is on the sixth spot with USD 133.8 million.
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