If you looking for Richest Sportsmen or the Richest Sportsperson in the World then here is the list of the top 10 richest sportsmen in the world.
#1 LIONEL MESSI The Richest Sportsperson in the World | $130 MILLION
- On the field: $75 million
- Off the field: $55 million
- Age: 34
- Country: Argentina
- Sport: soccer
Lionel Messi’s new $20 million-a-year deal with Socios is in addition to his deals with Adidas, Budweiser, and PepsiCo. In June of this year when he negotiated a partnership to become Hard Rock International’s 1st athlete brand ambassador. This managed to bring Messi’s off-field income even with those of Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo for the very first time since 2013. Messi managed to win the Ballon d’Or in 2020/21 as the best men’s soccer player in the world, but he hasn’t been doing as well on the field lately. He has only scored nine goals in 32 games for Paris Saint-Germain, while he scored 38 goals in 47 games for Barcelona in his last season. And yet PSG ended up losing in the Round of 16 of the Champions League, while Messi’s team has won the French Ligue 1 championship during Messi’s first year. so we can say that Messi is the Richest sportsperson in the world. he plays football which is among the richest sports in the world.
#2 LEBRON JAMES | $121.2 MILLION
- $41.2 million on the field
- $80 million off the field.
- Age: 37
- Sport: Basketball
LeBron James’s team, the Los Angeles Lakers, didn’t make the playoffs this year, but LeBron has never been so powerful off the court. He was already in Space Jam: A New Legacy last year, as well as his chat show, The Shop, moved from HBO to YouTube. This brought his net worth up to $850 million. After announcing in January that he would be working with Crypto.com, James was in a Super Bowl ad with a computer-made version of himself when he was younger. He also recently put money into the home gym company Tonal and the sports tech startup StatusPRO, which makes products for virtual reality training.
#3 CRISTIANO RONALDO | $115 MILLION
- On the field: $60 million
- Off the field: $55 million
- Age: 37
- Play: Football
- Country: Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo seems to have been disappointing in 1st season with his new squad, Man United. There are now rumours going around that Ronaldo, who used to play for Man United from 2003 to 2009, could be on the move again this summer. Much of Ronaldo’s income comes from the fact that he’s so popular on the internet: Cristiano Ronaldo does have 690 million followers on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. This gives him the authority to ask sponsors like Nike, Herbalife, as well as Clear shampoo for sky-high rates. He also has cash in Tatel diners, including a fresh one in Beverly Hills, and is the facial expression of ZujuGP, a new app that’ll be a digital soccer group whenever it comes out. he’s also considered the one of the best and fastest football player in the world.
#4 NEYMAR DA SILVA | $95 MILLION
- On the field, $70 million
- Off the field, $25 million
- Age: 30;
- Game: soccer
- Country: Brazil
Neymar scored his 400th goal in Nov, but just like Lionel Messi, he has been criticised after Paris Saint-Germain left the Champions League slightly earlier. Now, he will focus on the World Cup, which will be held in Qatar in the fall and which he has said could be his last. Off the field, he is supported by industries like Puma as well as Red Bull and is also the focus of a new Netflix documentary series called Neymar: The Perfect Chaos. He is also getting into NFTs. In Nov, he signed up with the platform NFTSTAR and then in January, he spent more than $1 million on 2 Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs in one day.
#5 STEPHEN CURRY | $92.8 MILLION
- On the field: $45.8 million
- Off the field: $47 million.
- Age: 34
- Game: basketball
- Country: U.S.
No NBA player earned more money this season than Stephen Curry, as well as the Golden State Warriors guard, is due for a raise within a week of signing a 4 year, $215 million extension steadily for the past August. Next season, he’ll make about $48 million on the court, and in 2025-26, he’ll make just under $60 million. Curry’s new endorsement deal with FTX came with an equity stake, and in December, he went deeper into blockchain by releasing a set of NFTs that had his sneakers on them and were linked to three metaverse platforms. (He promised to give his all money to charity.) In September, Unanimous Media, which really is Curry’s production company, signed a partnership deal with Cable companies NBCUniversal.
#6 KEVIN DURANT | $92.1 MILLION
- On-the-field: $42.1 million
- Off-the-field: $50 million
- Age: 33
- Sport: Basketball
Kevin Durant, a star for the Brooklyn Nets, makes about $28 million a year from Nike. Among active players, only LeBron James’ sneaker deal is worth more ($32 million). He just made contracts to Coinbase, NBA Highest Shot, as well as Weedmaps, but his financial empire is much bigger than endorsement deals. It includes media company Boardroom & investment company 35 Ventures. His most investments made also include the NFT platform OpenSea as well as the digital fitness startup for a Future. Kevin Durant also claims to support SeatGeek’s SPAC merger. Last year, Durant but also his longtime business partner Rich Kleiman also said they would start their own SPAC. This is still looking for a buyer.
#7 ROGER FEDERER | $90.7 MILLION
- On the field: $0.7 million
- Off the field: $90 million
- Age: 40
- Sport: Tennis
- Country: Switzerland
Roger Federer could only play in six tournaments in 2020 and 2021 because of injuries, and he hasn’t played tennis yet in 2022. Even so, the former best player in the world is still the best pitchman in sporting events, helping to promote brands other than Uniqlo & Rolex. In 2019, he also put money into the Swiss shoe brand On, which was growing quickly. In September, the company went public and raised more than $600 million. Federer said In at the moment that he and the On squad had expended 20 days in the lab making the company’s pro tennis shoe that “we work more closely together on product development and design.”
#8 CANELO ALVAREZ | $90 MILLION
- On the field $85 million
- Off the field $5 million.
- Age: 31
- Sport: Boxing
- Country: Mexico
Canelo Alvarez is the most popular boxer and made at least $40 million from his two pay-per-view wins in May and November of last year. (His fight against light-heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol on May 7, 2022, which he lost, happened after Forbes stopped keeping track of this list.) Alvarez has a lucrative business connection to Hennessy as well as does own a taco restaurant throughout his home nation of Mexico, which he wishes to increase to California, America. Alvarez said last year he will indeed open a chain of petrol stations, as well as his Canelo Promotions, is working with Matchroom Boxing and DAZN to put together a series of fights in Mexico.
#9 TOM BRADY | $83.9 MILLION
- On the field: $31.9 million
- Off the field, he made $52 million.
- Age: 44
- Football as a sport
- Citizenship: U.S.
This off-season, Tom Brady’s retirement seemed to last less than 6 weeks, which was great news again for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers when he had a great season at the time of life 43. Off the field, he is finally learning some new moves. Autograph, an NFT platform that Brady started with Michael Strahan and Gotham Chopra last year, raised $170 million in a Series B funding round in January. In March, Religion of Sports, a production company that Brady started with Strahan and Chopra, announced a content deal with Skydance Sports. Both these production company, 199 Production company, is making the upcoming road trip film 80 for Brady. He also has a new line of clothing called BRADY, which would be a clever name. When it’s time for Brady to quit playing soccer for good, he has already a lucrative job lined up: he’ll become a commentator for Fox Sports. The New York Post says that this agreement would then expect to be paid him $375 million for ten years, which is far more than he had also made on the ground in 22 NFL seasons.
#10 GIANNIS ANTETOKOUNMPO | $80.9 MILLION
- On the field: $39.9 million
- Off the field: $41 million
- Age: 27
- Basketball player
- Born in Greece
With Neymar trying to turn 30 in Feb, Giannis Antetokounmpo seems to be the only player in this year’s top 10 who is still in his twenties. Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Karl-Anthony Towns signed a 5-year, $228 contract to supply with the Milwaukee Bucks in December 2020. This is the most costly contract in Basketball history. He also has signed a license agreement to NFT platform NFTSTAR and became an endorser of WhatsApp & Google’s Pixel 6 phone. Antetokounmpo would then shortly be able to watch the biopic Rise, which is about his life and will come out again on Disney+ in June 2022.
Forbes’ on-field income numbers include all cash prizes, salaries, as well as bonuses earned from May 1, 2021, to May 1, 2022. When players keep getting paid after the regular season is over, like in the NBA and European soccer, we give them the full season’s salary. There are playoff bonuses for the NFL season of 2021 and the NBA season of 2020-21.
