Ronaldo, the king of money: He tops the list of the 10 highest-paid athletes in the world!

Even at the age of 40, Cristiano Ronaldo continues to shine on the field and remain a money machine.  

For the second year in a row, he tops the ranking of the world's highest-paid athletes, with annual income of 251.7 million euros, of which 208 million come from his contract with Al-Nassr and 43.5 million from sponsorships, according to a sports industry study. 

After Ronaldo, the podium is completed by Stephen Curry (147.8 million euros) and Tyson Fury (141.3 million euros).  

Cristiano is the only athlete to have earned over 100 million euros per year for eight consecutive years, benefiting from his popularity on social networks, where he has over 1 billion followers.  

Saudi Arabia, with its massive investments in sports, has influenced the increase in the salaries of stars. 

Five footballers in the top 10 

Of the ten highest-paid athletes, five are footballers. After Ronaldo comes Leo Messi (129.7 million), Neymar (127.8), Karim Benzema (111.5) and Kylian Mbappé (105).  

Lebron James with 128 million euros is sixth, while Oleksandr Usyk holds seventh place with 117 million euros.

While Erling Haaland ranks 24th (67.3 million), Vinicius and Salah share 38th place (52.8 million), while Mahrez (50 million), Mané (43.7) and Harry Kane (40) are further down the list. 

The top ten includes five footballers, two basketball players, two boxers and one golfer - Spaniard Jon Rahm.  

He ranks tenth with 101.7 million euros in income. /Telegraph/