HOME > Football
Forbes revenue ranking in 2025: Ronaldo ranked first with 275 million, Curry ranked second with 156 million, Messi ranked fifth with 135 million
7:07am, 16 May 2025【Football】
May 15th Forbes announced the list of the ten highest-paid athletes in 2025, Ronaldo topped the top for the third consecutive year and the fifth time in total.
In the past 12 months, combined with his salary and off-court business activities at Victory Club in Riyadh, Ronaldo is expected to earn $275 million before tax and before deducting broker fees - the third highest annual income in history for active athletes, according to Forbes. In history, only Mayweather's income has exceeded that of Ronaldo.
In the 2025 ranking, Ronaldo led $119 million to second-ranked basketball player Stephen Curry. The gap is particularly staggering, as Curry earned $156 million set a record in his sports, breaking the NBA record set by LeBron James last year of $128.2 million.
The top ten athletes in the world in 2025
$275 million
Royce
$156 million
Stephen Curry
$146 million
Tyson Fury
$137 million
Dak Prescott
$5}$135 million
Messi
#6•133.8 million
LeBron James
$114 million
Juan Soto
$8}$104 million
Karim Benzema
$9•102.5 million
Shohei Otani
#10•101.4 million
Kevin Durant
Related Posts
- TA reporter: Manchester United expects to sign Mbemo in the end, but the negotiation process still takes time
- Kunshan Olympic Sports and Nanjing Olympic Sports are on the list! Official: Some of the Soviet Super League match venues and kick-off time are adjusted
- 4-1! Ended 4-year 0 championships, 920 million giants won the championship record, becoming the first team to gather the four major European Cups
- F1 Monaco: Both were fined! Hamilton and Stroel were fined three times for blocking their opponents
- Guardiola is furious and "forces the palace" supervisor: Appearance protects players, but actually requires cleaning useless people
- 2-1, 37-year-old Zhejiang team s old player is unscathed + Cui Hao s decisive victory, Dalian Kuncheng reverses Shenzhen s strong team
- Liverpool 2 goals in 2 minutes! Robertson assisted Gakepo to score a header, Diaz took another place
- Gundoan talks about Ding Ding s departure: I won t see him when I return to the training ground in a few days, but this is football
- Duti: Juventus hopes to renew his lease + buy out Muani first, Paris Saint-Germain requires a forced purchase
- Champions League shocking night! Inter Milan defeated Barcelona in overtime, and the 37-year-old veteran scored a record of history
Hot Posts
- TA reporter: Manchester United expects to sign Mbemo in the end, but the negotiation process still takes time
- Kunshan Olympic Sports and Nanjing Olympic Sports are on the list! Official: Some of the Soviet Super League match venues and kick-off time are adjusted
- 4-1! Ended 4-year 0 championships, 920 million giants won the championship record, becoming the first team to gather the four major European Cups
- F1 Monaco: Both were fined! Hamilton and Stroel were fined three times for blocking their opponents
Recommend
Alonso leaves Leverkusen s lineup and disastrously breaks down, Zachar also wants to switch to AC Milan
Whoever leaves and who stays? Guardiola resigned without reducing the lineup. How can Manchester City reorganize the 28-man roster?
Sun Yingsha talks about the regrets of the Olympics: Paris failed and cried so hard that she clenched her fists. Now she said that Los Angeles wins and loses are "the best me"
Manchester City 3-1 Bournemouth, post-match rating: Not Haaland first, Manchester City No. 20 first
Flick: I felt very distressed after being eliminated in the Champions League. Now everyone is very happy to win the three-time championship.
Losing three superstars to win the first Champions League in the history of the team, Enrique is really a genius
Frankfurt vs St. Pauli, Champions League seat defense battle is about to begin
Survival is full! Arteta gets angry after being eliminated in the Champions League. Netizens: If you lose too much, you will easily be dazed