Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo tops the list of highest paid athletes with a salary thought to be in the region of $75m (£59m) a year, and his off the pitch activities, earning him around $136m (£108m) in the last year
He is the highest salaried footballer in the world, and his endorsements include a cryptocurrency-based fantasy football game.
Boxer Canelo Alvarez is fifth , raking millions of dollars for every fight he takes part in, as well as having brand deals with whiskey and beer companies.Dustin Johnson has boosted his earnings thanks to his controversial defection to LIV Golf. Pic: APDustin Johnson, who has defected to the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf tour, is in sixth place on the list, with earnings of $107m .
Ninth is tennis icon Roger Federer, who recently announced his retirement from the sport, with an income made mostly from sponsorships of roughly $95.1m , and rounding out the list is another NBA star, Kevin Durant, who made $89.1m from his basketball salary and investments in sporting endeavours.
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