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Who are the highest paid athletes in the world in 2020-2021? Discover the Top established by the magazine Forbes, athletes’ salaries, their advertising and sponsorship contracts …
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Every year the American magazine Forbes reveals the ranking of 100 highest paid athletes in the world. If the personalities change from one season to another, certain general rules remain. For example, we can see that in addition to their salaries and bonuses, most of the most famous athletes in the arrondissement have their end of the month thanks to very generous sponsorship contracts of all kinds. We also note that basketball and American football are the two sports with the most players in the list. Finally, we note that if the diversity of nationalities is ensured (nearly 20 countries are represented in the Top 100), sexual parity is far from being achieved: in 2020, only two women were included! It was then the tennis players Naomi Osaka (29th) and Serena Williams (33rd).
The highest paid athletes
This is the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer which sits at the top of the 2020 ranking, with some $ 106 million in revenue. A sum coming in large part from his very juicy advertising contracts (Uniqlo, Mercedes-Benz, Barilla …), since his earnings on the ATP circuit hardly exceed $ 6 million.
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First tennis player in 30 years of history to reach first place in the standings, Federer leads Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who prance in the Top 5 for several years now. The two football icons have together earned over $ 200 million in the past 12 months. A performance made possible again by the sponsorship of many brands: Nike, Altice, Herbalife, Adidas, MasterCard, Pepsi …
THE 2020 RANKING
1. Roger Federer (Tennis) – $ 106.3 million
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Football) – 105 millions de dollars
3. Lionel Messi (Football) – $ 104 million
4. Neymar (Football) – $ 95.5 million
5. LeBron James (Basket) – 88,2 millions de dollars
6. Stephen Curry (Basket) – 74,4 millions de dollars
7. Kevin Durant (Basketball) – $ 63.9 million
8. Tiger Woods (Golf) – $ 62.3 million
9. Kirk Cousins (Foot US) – 60,5 millions de dollars
10. Carson Wentz (Foot US) – 59,1 millions de dollars
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