Top 5 highest paid athletes

Top 5 highest paid athletes

How much and on what, in addition to sports, athletes from the top 5 Forbes earn their millions.

Observing the endless expensive cars, real estate and exclusive suits of famous athletes, one can’t help but wonder what amount of money should be in the account to be able to afford the same? Every year they sign dozens of advertising contracts and agreements, receive royalties from clubs and profit from their own business.

We took a look at the Forbes rankings and found out how much the world’s top five highest-paid athletes earn at the end of 2018.

Floyd Mayweather

How much: $285 million
Advertising contracts: Hublot and Tequila Avion.

This is the fourth time the American boxer has topped the Forbes top. The fight with Conor McGregor in 2017 became really money – for 36 minutes of the fight Mayweather earned $ 275 million. Advertising contracts added another 10 million to this amount.

Lionel Messi

How much? $ 111 million
Advertising contracts include Adidas, Gatorade, Pepsi, Ooredoo, Huawei and Hawkers.

Messi finished last season as the top scorer in the top 5 European leagues. Back in November 2017, he extended his contract with Barcelona until 2021 and under the new financial terms became the highest paid footballer. From advertising Lionel received no less than $ 27 million.