Who is the highest-paid athlete in the world in 2022, We will look from Leo Messi to Cristiano Ronaldo. Lets find the top 10 World’s Richest Sports Person 2022
10: Giannis Antetokounmpo ($ 80.9 Million ): Starting from number 10 of the world’s richest sportsperson of 2022 Giannis Antetokounmpo is a greek professional basketball player. Giannis Antetokounmpo was born in Athens, Greece, on December 6, 1994, As an immigrant, his parents could not able to find a job easily that why Giannis Antetokounmpo helped this family by selling watches, handbags, and sunglasses in the streets In 2013, He joined Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA ). Many people could not able to pronounce his name that why he got the nickname “Greek Freak “.
According to Forbes, Giannis Antetokounmpo earns $ 39.3 million from this contract with his NBA Team ( Milwaukee Bucks ) . As estimated earnings from his Sponsorship and Endorsement are around $ 41 Million. His total earnings is around $ 80.9 Million in 2022. Apart from this, he has many endorsement deals on the NFT Platform (NFTSTAR ), As well as on Instagram, WhatsApp, and Google Pixel.
9. Tom Brady ( $ 83.9 Million ): Number 9 is Tom Brady, Tom Brady is an American football player, He plays for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ( NFL). He is considered to be the greatest American football player. According to Forbes, Tom Brady is taking a contract of $ 31.9 Million from this current team. As per the news reports he has already signed a deal with fox sports as a commentator role for the next 10 years with a whopping amount of $ 375 Million after his retirement. Currently, he is making $ 52 Million from his Sponsorships and Endorsements, His total earnings in 2022 are around $ 83.9 Million.
8. Canelo Alvarez ( $ 90 Million ): Number 8 is Canelo Alvarez a Mexican professional boxer. In may 2022, Canelo Alvarez is ranked as the world’s best active boxer, He has won many world championships in four weight classes from light middleweight to light heavyweight.
As per a Forbes report,Canelo Alvarez earns around $ 40 Million from his last two victorious fights. It Is believed that Canelo Alvarez earns around $50 million from his Endorsement and Sponsorships and which make his earnings around $90 Million in the year 2022.
7. Roger Federer ( $ 90.7 Million ). Recently retired from the profession of tennis. Roger Federer is a swiss professional tennis player. He was ranked number 1 for 310 weeks by the association of tennis professionals (ATP ) . Roger Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles. He was not much active on the tennis court in the year 2021 and 2022 but he has lucrative sponsorships and endorsements that make him on the list of the richest sports person of 2022. According to reports, Federer earned 73.9 million from Sponsorships and Endorsements last year and he earned only $ 700,000 in prize money from his game over the year. His total earnings are around $ 90.7 million.
6. Kevin Durant ( $ 92.1 Million ) . Kevin Durant also known as KD, is an American professional basketball player. He plays for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ). Durant is one of the most recognized basketball players in recent times, He has been both NBA Champion and NBA Final MVP. According to the report. Kevin Durant is having a contract of $ 40 million with his team and $ 28 million per year from a sponsorship deal with Nike . Kevin Durant has many sponsorship and endorsement that amounts to his this year earning around $ 92.1 Million.
5. Stephen Curry ( $ 92.8 Million ): Another American Professional Basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA ), He is said to be one the greatest basketball players of all time and the greatest shooter in NBA History, He has been named as NBA Most Valuable Player (MVP ) Twice, Having been champion four times.According to Forbes. Golden State Warriors signed Stephen Curry with a new contract of around $ 48 Million for the next season. He is having many sponsorship and Endorsement deals from Under Armour, and Steiner Sports Memorabilia, Apart from these he has a production company named Unanimous Media. All these add to his earnings and make his earnings around $ 92.8 Million this year.
4. Naymer ( $ 95 million ): Naymer is a Brazilian Professional Football Player who plays as a forward for Brazil’s National Team and Ligue 1 Club Paris Saint-Germain. He is considered to be the best player in the football world. He has scored over 100 goals for his three clubs and he has scored 75 goals for brazil in the international matches
.According to the report. Naymer receives around $ 70 Million per year from Ligue 1 Club Paris Saint-Germain as a contract. Apart from this, He has sponsorship contracts from Puma, Volswagen, Ambev, Claro, Unilever, and Red bull. It is estimated that his yearly sponsorship gives him around $ 25 Million.His total yearly earnings is around $ 95 Million.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo ( $ 115 Million ): Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional Football player , he is the caption of Portugal’s National Football team and he plays as a forward for Manchester United, He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all times . According to reports, Cristiano Ronaldo is earning around $60 Million yearly from his contract with Manchester United. Cristiano Ronaldo has numerous Sponsorship and Endorsement which are estimated to make him $ 55 million a year totaling amount around 115 million years .
2. LeBron James ( $ 121.2 Million ): Lebron James is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA ) . He is considered to be the greatest basketball player of all time and is sometimes compared to Michael Jordon. According to reports, Lebron James earns around $ 41.2 Million per year from his contract with Log Angeles Lakers.He is having a huge amount of endorsements and sponsorship that amount to around $ 80 Million in his yearly earnings.
1. Lionel Messi ( $ 130 Million ): Lionel Messi is an argentine Professional Football player, He plays as a forward for Ligue 1 Club Paris Saint –Germain and he is the caption of the Argentina National Football team . he is widely considered to be the greatest play in football. According to Forbes, He earns around $ 75 Million per year from his contract with Ligue 1 Club Paris Saint- Germain and He earns around $ 55 Million from many Sponsorship and Endorsement which amount to around $ 130 Million per year in his earnings.