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Roger Federer for the first time topped the list of the highest paid athletes in the world. He overtook Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer topped the annual list of the highest paid athletes, compiled by Forbes magazine. Over the past 12 months, Federer has earned $ 106.3 million – of which 100 million were sponsorship contracts, and only 6.3 million sportsmen received directly on the court.

Behind Federer, three players were immediately on the list: Cristiano Ronaldo (105 million), Lionel Messi (104 million) and Neymar (96 million).

The top ten also includes basketball players LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant, golfer Tiger Woods and American football players Kirk Cousins ​​and Carson Wentz.

There are no Russians in the hundred of the highest paid athletes in the world.

In total, 100 of the highest paid athletes over the past year earned $ 3.6 billion, which is 9% less than the year before. Bottom line [для попадания в список] amounted to 21.8 million, compared with 25 million in 2019.

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In 2019, Messi had the highest income among athletes, according to Forbes estimates. Federer ranked fifth.

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