The 100 highest-paid competitors earned a combined $3.6 billion this year, which is 9% underneath 2019 and the primary decrease since 2016, when boxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao skewed the comes about with a $400 million payout from their May 2015 "Battle of the Century" pay-per-view bout. Roger Federer takes the top spot for the primary time, with $106 million of pre-tax profit, edging past Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, who has swapped the No. 1 spot in three of the past four a long time.
The two soccer symbols earned a combined $209 million amid the past 12 months, a $28 million drop from 2019, due to compensation decreases at numerous European soccer clubs when association play was stopped in Walk.
#1 Roger Federer
#2 Cristiano Ronaldo
#3 Lionel Messi
#4 Neymar
#5 LeBron James
#6 Stephen Curry
#7 Kevin Durant
#8 Tiger Woods
#9 Kirk Cousins
#10 Carson Wentz
