Cristiano Ronaldo leads again in the list of the highest-paid athletes in the world with a total income.
Fifty-one million dollars, including salary and sponsorship contracts. In the Forbes list for May 2021, the Portuguese footballer surpassed Lionel Messi and Neymar by earning only from major contracts. Ronaldo earned 70.7 million dollars just from his salary at "Juventus."
"When I started playing football, I dreamed of being one of the best. I never expected that I could become the highest-paid," Ronaldo said in a comment to Forbes.