Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi’s income in the highest paid athletes in the 2025 list unveiled

No football player earned more money than Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in 2025.

Although the next generation of superstars, including Kylian Mbappé, Lamine Yamal and Ousmane Dembélé, were the focus of the stage of football this year, the two biggest players of all time are the highest payment. Ronaldo and Messi, who are currently playing for Al-Nassr and Inter Miami, earned an amazing amount of money in 2025.

From their salaries and gains to their confirmation and their commercial deals, the two superstars are in their own league when it comes to the overall revenue in sports. In fact, only another football player will find in the list of 10 best paid athletes from 2025.

Instead, representatives of the NBA, NFL, MLB and boxing broke the top 10. The top-class champions combine a whopping $ 1.4 billion last year.

Take a look at the 10 superstars who, according to Forbes, have made the most money.

For the third year is running Ronaldo is the best paid athlete in the world. The Real Madrid legend earned $ 275 million, over $ 100 million more than second place that Stephen Curry 2025 achieved. Ronaldo’s profits on the field amounted to $ 225 million, while his profit corresponds to $ 50 million outside the field.

Although he is the second highest paid football player, Messi Only the fifth highest athlete paid. The eight-time balloon d’Or winner brought home $ 135 million, less than Ronaldo, Curry, Tyson Fury and DAK Prescott. According to Forbes, Messi achieved more from his off-Field profit ($ 75 million) than his income on the field ($ 60 million).

The third and last football player is in the top 10 Karim Benzema. Like Ronaldo, Benzema plays in the Saudi -Pro league and, in an amazing content worth 100 million US dollars. Nevertheless, he is over $ 170 million of Ronaldo’s total profit of more than $ 170 million this year, since, according to Forbes, he only achieved $ 4 million from his off-field profit.

In the past few years Neymar The top 10 cracked, but since the Brazilian left the Saudi Pro league to play for Santos, he fell on 25 on the list.

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