Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly earns $280 million this season.
About a week after being declared the first football billionaire, Portugal’s superstar Cristiano Ronaldo has been named the world’s highest-paid soccer player again by the renowned business and finance magazine Forbes .
According to the US media outlet, the 40-year-old striker earns $280 million (approximately €240.7 million) in the current season through his income from Saudi Arabian top club Al-Nassr and advertising deals, placing him at the top of the rankings for the sixth time in the past ten years.
Cristiano Ronaldo leads the Forbes ranking again
Ronaldo reportedly earns twice as much as Messi
The former World Footballer of the Year, who was estimated by media and financial company Bloomberg to have a net worth of $1.4 billion, reportedly earns twice as much as his eternal rival Lionel Messi.
The world champion is said to earn $130 million this year, but advertising revenue is expected to significantly exceed the Argentine’s salary at Inter Miami.
Behind the two long-time icons of world football, Frenchman Karim Benzema from Al-Nassr’s league competitor Al-Ittihad ranks third on the Forbes list with an income of $104 million.
In fourth place follows his compatriot and former world champion Kylian Mbappé from Spanish elite club Real Madrid with $95 million as the highest-paid player of a European club.