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© 2019 AFPMessi is sports world's highest earner: Forbes
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lostrune2
Only 1 woman on the list
Most of the earnings are thru endorsements
They should work to get more endorsements
Jimizo
I think I remember seeing F1 drivers in the top 10 in the past. Have there been any changes in the finances of the sport, do they lack a superstar or is it just the other sports are paying more?
timeon
I don't know about other sports, but I was involved in tennis, and it is a very harsh career. Top 50 players earn a lot, top 100 decently, top 200 make a living. Below that, you can barely make ends meet. I am not sure what is the total number of (semi)professional players in the world, but if you think that only the top 200 players earn decently, it is a very tough career. And Federer is one of (or the) greatest player of all times, and for sure the most marketable, so it makes sense he dominates the earning lists
goldorak
@koha, agree. I think it all started with the Bosman ruling in the mid 90s, then us/Chinese/Russian/ME investors got involved, massive tv deals followed and players value sky-rocketed.
Only fair that football/soccer players make more money than say NHL guys though. Very few ppl outside north Am know who Gretzky or Ovechkin are and even fewer would recognise them.
safinator
nothing like a bit of own trumpet blowing for the confidence.
SimondB
I was a very good amateur player. I got nothing but the joy of playing the game. That will do me.
CrazyJoe
Don't mess with Messi!
Nobnaga
that's a lot of millions for just sport players, i wonder how much an assassin earn if he sign a contract LUL
kohakuebisu
Messi is a legend, a geniune all-time great. You run out of superlatives.
I think it's only recently that footballers have been paid more than every other sports star though. I don't think Ronaldinho or Brazilian Ronaldo were.
itsonlyrocknroll
Good luck to the guy, image rights and branding, a genuine natural ability. There is little or nothing pretentious about the fellow.