Forbes reported Ronaldo's earnings of $275 million for the year.

Al-Nasr and Portugal striker Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest-paid athlete in the world, having earned $275 million over the past year. This was reported by Forbes magazine on May 15.

"For the third year in a row (and for the fifth time in ten years) Cristiano Ronaldo has become the highest-paid athlete in the world <...> Over the past 12 months, counting both salary at the Saudi club Al-Nasr and income off the field, Ronaldo earned approximately $275 million before taxes and agency fees," the publication says.

The second place in the ranking was taken by basketball player Stephen Curry from Golden State, whose total earnings amounted to $ 156 million. British boxer Tyson Fury is in third position with an income of $146 million.

Forbes noted that, collectively, the ten highest-paid athletes in the world earned $1.4 billion last year. This is a record since 1990.

On April 22, the portal Sportico reported that Argentine football player Lionel Messi took fifth place in the list of the highest-paid athletes in history, having earned $1.85 billion in his career, adjusted for inflation. Basketball player Michael Jordan, who earned $4.15 billion, became the winner of the rating by a margin of almost 1.5 times from the second place.