Highest Paid Athletes in 2022

Following another stellar year in his career, World Cup winner Lionel Messi is at the top of Forbes’ list of the highest-paid sportsmen for 2022.

Unsurprisingly, American athletes dominated the top 20 on the list, with seven of those players being basketball players.

But only one female athlete is the top 20, despite the fact that women’s sport had another fantastic year.

Even though she has a skincare line and many other sponsors, tennis legend Naomi Osaka still finds time to excel on the court.

The majority of the money that athletes get comes from sponsorship deals rather than just their sport.

 

In contrast to Tom Brady, who has won the Super Bowl seven times, who has worked with a cryptocurrency and has started his own NFT platform, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, and Stephen Curry all run their own media businesses.

The highest-paid athlete in 2022 is Lionel Messi.
Despite taking a price cut to leave Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, Messi earned $130 million this year thanks to his massive sponsorship base.

Below are the highest-paid athletes of 2022?

  1. Lionel Messi – Football – $130 million

  2. LeBron James – Basketball – $121.2 million

  3. Cristiano Ronaldo – Football – $115 million

  4. Neymar – Football – $95 million

  5. Stephen Curry – Basketball – $92.8 million

  6. Kevin Durant – Basketball – $92.1 million

  7. Roger Federer – Tennis – $90.7 million

  8. Canelo Alvarez – Boxing – $90 million

  9. Tom Brady – American Football – $83.9 million

  10. Giannis Antetokounmpo – Basketball – $80.9 million

  11. Russell Westbrook – Basketball – $79.2 million

  12. James Harden – Basketball – $74.4 million

  13. Matthew Stafford – American Football – $72.3 million

  14. Aaron Rodgers – American Football – $68 million

  15. Tiger Woods – Golf – $68 million

  16. Josh Allen – American Football – $67 million

  17. Lewis Hamilton – Motor Racing – $65 million

  18. Tyson Fury – Boxing – $62 million

  19. Naomi Osaka – Tennis – $59.2 million

  20. Damian Lillard – Basketball – $57.4 million

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