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  1. Cristiano Ronaldo $300M
    In 2022 he became the first man to score at five World Cups.
  2. Canelo Alvarez $170M
    His nickname, Canelo, is Spanish for cinnamon, a common nickname for redheads.
  3. Lionel Messi $140M
    His first contract offer from Barcelona was written on a paper napkin.
  4. LeBron James $137.8M
    He was the first player in NBA history to reach 40,000 career points.
  5. Shohei Ohtani $127.6M
    In 2024 he became the first MLB player with 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a season.
  6. Stephen Curry $124.7M
    He made at least one three-pointer in an NBA-record 268 straight games from 2018 to 2023.
  7. Jon Rahm $107M
    In 2021 he became the first Spanish golfer to win the US Open.
  8. Karim Benzema $104M
    He won the 2022 Ballon d'Or, the fifth French player to win it.
  9. Kevin Durant $103.8M
    He is the only male basketball player to win four Olympic gold medals.
  10. Lewis Hamilton $100M
    He shares the record of seven Formula One world titles with Michael Schumacher.
  11. Giannis Antetokounmpo $99.2M
    For his first 18 years he was effectively stateless, with no papers from Greece or Nigeria.
  12. Kylian Mbappé $95M
    At 19 he scored in the 2018 World Cup final, the second teenager to do so after Pele.
  13. Micah Parsons $86.4M
    Dallas traded him to the Green Bay Packers in August 2025 after a contract holdout.
  14. Max Verstappen $86M
    At 17 he became the youngest driver in Formula One history, at the 2015 Australian GP.
  15. Patrick Mahomes $84.7M
    His father, Pat Mahomes, pitched in Major League Baseball.
  16. Scottie Scheffler $84.6M
    He won the men's golf gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
  17. Brock Purdy $83.1M
    He was the very last pick of the 2022 NFL draft, 262nd overall, making him 'Mr. Irrelevant'.
  18. Jayson Tatum $82.2M
    He won Olympic gold with Team USA at both Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
  19. Erling Haaland $80M
    His 36 goals in his first Premier League season, 2022-23, set a league record.
  20. Rory McIlroy $76.4M
    His 2025 Masters win completed the career grand slam, and he won the Masters again in 2026.
  21. Lamar Jackson $73M
    He won the Heisman Trophy at Louisville in 2016.
  22. Josh Allen $72.6M
    He won the AP NFL MVP award for the 2024 season.
  23. Jake Paul $70M
    He started out posting videos on Vine in 2013, before turning to boxing.
  24. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander $69.3M
    He was 2025 Finals MVP as Oklahoma City won its first title since moving from Seattle.
  25. Anthony Edwards $69M
    Minnesota picked him first overall in the 2020 NBA draft, out of Georgia.
  26. Kyle Tucker $69M
    He joined the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2026 after a season with the Chicago Cubs.
  27. Jimmy Butler $68.2M
    In the 2020 NBA bubble he sold coffee from his hotel room for $20 a cup.
  28. Joel Embiid $65.2M
    He grew up playing volleyball in Cameroon and only took up basketball at 15.
  29. Jared Goff $63.1M
    The Rams made him the first overall pick of the 2016 NFL draft.
  30. Devin Booker $62.4M
    He scored 70 points against the Celtics in March 2017, aged 20.
  31. Nikola Jokic $62.3M
    On TV, his 2014 draft selection was upstaged by a Taco Bell commercial airing at the same time.
  32. Carlos Alcaraz $61.5M
    At 19 he became the youngest man of the Open Era to top the ATP rankings.
  33. Luka Doncic $60.9M
    At 16 he became the youngest player ever to play for Real Madrid in Spain's top league.
  34. Vinicius Junior $60M
    He scored the winning goal for Real Madrid in the 2022 Champions League final.
  35. Lando Norris $60M
    He won the 2025 Formula One world championship with McLaren.
  36. Cade Cunningham $58.6M
    At Oklahoma State he was a consensus first-team All-American before Detroit drafted him.
  37. Anthony Davis $58.1M
    As a freshman he led Kentucky to the 2012 national title and was named its most outstanding player.
  38. Kawhi Leonard $58.1M
    He won Finals MVP with the Spurs in 2014 and with the Raptors in 2019.
  39. Karl-Anthony Towns $57.9M
    His mother is Dominican, and he joined the Dominican Republic national team at 16.
  40. Jaylen Brown $57.5M
    He was named 2024 NBA Finals MVP as Boston won the title.
  41. Tyrese Haliburton $57M
    He tore his right Achilles tendon minutes into Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals.
  42. Jalen Hurts $56.6M
    He was named Super Bowl MVP when the Eagles won Super Bowl LIX.
  43. Daniel Jones $56.6M
    After six seasons with the New York Giants, he joined the Indianapolis Colts in 2025.
  44. Donovan Mitchell $56.6M
    His father worked for the New York Mets, so he grew up around MLB locker rooms.
  45. Jordan Love $56.5M
    He backed up Aaron Rodgers for three years before taking over in Green Bay in 2023.
  46. James Harden $55.6M
    He was named NBA MVP for the 2017-18 season with the Houston Rockets.
  47. Bryson DeChambeau $55M
    Nicknamed 'the Scientist', he majored in physics at SMU.
  48. Mohamed Salah $55M
    His 32 league goals in 2017-18 set a Premier League record for a 38-game season.
  49. Bo Bichette $54.8M
    His father, Dante Bichette, was a four-time MLB All-Star.
  50. Jannik Sinner $54.6M
    As a kid he was one of Italy's top junior skiers, winning a national giant slalom title at 7.

Source: Forbes: The World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2026 · as of 2026-05

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