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By Semi Turaga
Wednesday 12/06/2019
Lionel Messi, striker from Barcelona and Argentina
The striker from Barcelona and Argentina, Lionel Messi, is the highest-paying athlete in the world and has earned 127 million US dollars in the last 12 months.
According to the Forbes Top 100 standings, Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus's Portuguese striker, is second with 109 million USD, the Brazilian striker of Paris St-Germain Neymar third with 105 million USD.
Last year's most profitable boxer, Floyd Mayweather, was removed from the roster because athletes had to earn a minimum of $ 25 million in the last 12 months to be on this year's list. .
The only fight of the American boxer since August 2017 was a boxing match against Japanese kickboxer Tenshin Nasukawa in December.
Serena Williams is the only woman in the top 100 who earns $ 29.2 million.
The US economic magazine calculated the athletes' earnings by adding their prize money, salaries and mentions between June 2018 and June 2019.
Messi is only the second footballer to rank at the top of the standings after Ronaldo and the eighth different athlete to take first place in the standings since the start of the standings in 1990.
It's also the first time that footballers rank among the top three sportsmen in the world.
Messi is one of 38 non-US athletes on the list, with 62 American stars in the top 100.
Top 10
1. Lionel Messi US $ 127 million
2. Cristiano Ronaldo $ US109m
3. Neymar $ 105 million
4. Canelo Alvarez $ 94 million
5. Roger Federer $ 93.4 million
6. Russell Wilson $ 89.5 million
7. Aaron Rodgers $ 89.3 million
8. LeBron James US $ 89 million
9. Stephen Curry $ 79.8 million
10. Kevin Durant $ 65.4 million
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