According to the new Forbes list,
Cristiano Ronaldo is the world's highest paid athletes for the first
time. The Real Madrid star became the first footballer to do so after
raking in a whopping £60 million last year.
31yrs old Ronaldo earned £38.4 million from salary and £21.6 million from endorsements to take him to the number one spot, just weeks after a gave a huge amount to charity. Congratulations! See others who made the list below:
Forbes top-earning athletes 2016
| Name | Sport | Salary + endorsements ($m) |
| Cristiano Ronaldo (Por) | Football | 88.0 |
| Lionel Messi (Arg) | Football | 81.4 |
| LeBron James (USA) | Basketball | 77.2 |
| Roger Federer (Sui) | Tennis | 67.8 |
| Kevin Durant (USA) | Basketball | 56.2 |
| Novak Djokovic (Srb) | Tennis | 55.8 |
| Cam Newton (USA) | American football | 53.1 |
| Phil Mickelson (USA) | Golf | 52.9 |
| Jordan Spieth (USA) | Golf | 52.8 |
| Kobe Bryant (USA) | Basketball | 50.0 |
| Lewis Hamilton (Eng) | Formula One | 46.0 |
| Tiger Woods (USA) | Golf | 45.3 |
| Eli Manning (USA) | American football | 45.0 |
| Joe Flacco (USA) | American football | 44.5 |
| Tom Brady (USA) | American football | 44.1 |
| Floyd Mayweather (USA) | Boxing | 44.0 |
| Rory McIlroy (NIrl) | Golf | 42.6 |
| Russell Wilson (USA) | American football | 41.8 |
| Sebastian Vettel (Ger) | Formula One | 41.0 |
| Philip Rivers (USA) | American football | 38.0 |
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