We analyzed the figures to bring you the current top 10 richest players in the world. Our list includes top professional athletes who are currently participating or have made a fortune by becoming worldwide celebrities for many years.
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- #10. Kevin Durant, Basketball Player, $75M
- #09. Tom Brady, Football Player, $76M
- #08. Lewis Hamilton Auto Racing, $82M
- #07. Roger Federer, Tennis Player, $90M
- #06. Neymar, Soccer Player, $95M
- #05. LeBron James, Basketball Player, $96.5M
- #04. Dak Prescott, Football Player, $107.5M
- #03. Cristiano Ronaldo, Soccer Player, $120M
- #02. Lionel Messi, soccer player, $130 million
- #01. Conor McGregor, Mixed Martial Arts, $180M
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#10: Kevin Durant
Sports: Basketball
Lifetime Earnings: $75M | IN-Profession: $31M | OFF-Profession: $44M |
Durant chose to join the Brooklyn Nets in 2019, shortly after three years with the Golden State Warriors. He signed a four-year, $164 million deal. Durant missed the 2019–20 season because he hurt his Achilles in the 2019 NBA Finals. He came back with an All-Star game in 2020–21.
The eleven-time All-Star has been sponsored for more than $40 million, and through his company Thirty-Five Ventures, he has also put money into more than 80 startups, such as Postmates and Acorns.
Durant started the media business boardroom and worked as a producer on “Two Distant Strangers,” the 2021 American Academy Award winner for best live-action short film.
#9: Tom Brady
Sports: Football
Lifetime Earnings: $76M | IN-Profession: $45M | OFF-Profession: $31M |
The football world was shocked when Brady won his seventh Super Bowl by leaving the Patriots for the Buccaneers in 2020. In March 2021, he made a new deal with Tampa Bay. Brady has spent the last few years focusing on his TB12 lifestyle brand. In addition, he is creating Autograph, an NFT startup. In 2020, he founded 199 Productions to create documentaries, films, and television series.
#8 Lewis Hamilton
Sports: Auto Racing
Lifetime Earnings: $82M | IN-Profession: $70M | OFF-Profession: $12M |
Lewis Hamilton signed a contract with Mercedes’ F1 team in February 2021, which is worth supporting him as the 8th richest player in the world. Hamilton is the most well-known driver in the sport. The stylish driver started working with Tommy Hilfiger in 2018.
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#7: Roger Federer
Sports: Tennis
Lifetime Earnings: $90M | IN-Profession: $30k | OFF-Profession: $90M |
A tennis player with the highest sponsor portfolio. His total winnings are about $130 million in his career. One of the big stakes for Federer comes from Uniqlo, a Japanese apparel brand worth $300 million.
#6 Neymar
Sports: Soccer
Lifetime Earnings: $95M | IN-Profession: $76M | OFF-Profession: $19M |
Neymar, from Brazil, is again the highest-paid soccer player in the world. His recently signed performance-based contract with Paris Saint-Germain and collaboration with PUMA are his prominent sources. Moreover, according to his announcement, Neymar will be joining Epic Games as a special character skin.
#5: LeBron James
Sports: Basketball
Lifetime Earnings: $96.5M | IN-Profession: $31.5M | OFF-Profession: $65M |
LeBron James, a four-time most valuable player in the NBA, is on our list of the top 10 richest players in the world. His contract with the Los Angeles Lakers (2018), worth $153 million, is nominating him as one of the highest-paid athletes. However, James owns two branches of Blaze Pizza in Chicago and South Florida, as well as a joint venture with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Cindy Crawford, and Lindsey Vonn for a healthcare company, adding profit to his account.
#4 Dak Prescott
Sports: Football
Lifetime Earnings: $107.5M | IN-Profession: $97.5M | OFF-Profession: $10M |
The contract with the Dallas Cowboys made Dak Prescott one of the highest-paid athletes in 2022. His contract worth is about $160 million and $66 million as a bonus, making him stand on our list of the top 10 richest players in the world.
#3 Cristiano Ronaldo
Sports: Soccer
Lifetime Earnings: $120M | IN-Profession: $70M | OFF-Profession: $50M |
Cristiano Ronaldo is the second-most-hearted player in the world, having won 1100 awards and a trophy along with 4 European Gold Shoes, whereas Messi is again at the top with 6 European Gold Shoes. At the start of the journey, Ronaldo won three consecutive big titles—the Premier League, the Championships League, and the FIFA Club World Cup—at just the age of 23. He is also the first sportsman in his career to make the first $1 billion, as reported by Time in 2014.
Moreover, like none other than his competitor Messi, Ronaldo has signed Nike for a lifetime agreement as a brand ambassador. Also, CR7 is his mark of business in clothing, hotels, gyms, and accessories.
#2 Lionel Messi
Sports: Soccer
Lifetime Earnings: $130M | IN-Profession: $97M | OFF-Profession: $33M |
As we all know, crazy fans follow these soccer players. In sports, soccer is being played the most globally; every kid knows the kings, Lionel Messi, CR7, and Neymar. Yes, Lionel Messi is one of the richest players in the world of soccer. A piece of leaked news in 2021 showed that he was going to earn $165 million a year as a salary, and incentives are not included in this figure. Messi earns another big chunk of money from the biggest brands like Pepsi, Jacob & Co., and Adidas’s shoe brand, where he signed a long-term contract. Moreover, he launched his clothing brand “Messi Store” in 2019, which is functional in Barcelona.
#1 Conor McGregor
Sports: Mixed Martial Arts
Lifetime Earnings: $180M | IN-Profession: $22M | OFF-Profession: $158M |
Conor McGregor is in first place on the list of the top 10 richest players in the world. McGregor was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland, where he attended boxing coaching to build confidence against bullies. Still, during his internship as a plumber, he met a future UFC fighter, and they soon started MMA training together. He is also known as an undefeated mixed martial arts player. McGregor hardly lost three matches throughout his career and also attained the highest-paid player title in the world of games. McGregor is an Irish nationality holder and founder of Proper No. Twelve Irish Whiskey (2018) is now served as a brand in eight different countries. Moreover, McGregor has performed the five biggest pay-per-view matches in the history of MMA (mixed martial arts).
Where McGregor made millions in his professional career, his brand Proper No. Twelve added more millions to the account as our field source.