{"id":486871,"date":"2024-10-17T10:10:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=486871"},"modified":"2024-10-17T10:10:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T14:10:06","slug":"cristiano-ronaldo-bags-285-million-in-2024-tops-forbes-ranking","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/cristiano-ronaldo-bags-285-million-in-2024-tops-forbes-ranking\/","title":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo bags $285 million in 2024, tops Forbes ranking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo, currently playing for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, has been named the highest-paid footballer in the world for 2024, according to the Forbes magazine ranking. Ronaldo amassed an impressive $285 million during the year, of which $220 million came from his salary and $65 million from off-field income such as sponsorships and endorsements.<\/p>\n<p>In second place is Argentine legend Lionel Messi, who plays for Inter Miami in the United States. Messi earned $135 million, with $60 million from his salary and an additional $75 million from off-field activities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 The World\u2019s 10 highest-paid football players in 2024 according to Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>1. \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf9Cristiano Ronaldo- $285 million<br \/>\n2. \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddf7Lionel Andr\u00e9s Messi- $135 million<br \/>\n3. \ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7Neymar dos Santos Jr. &#8211; $110 million<br \/>\n4. \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7 Karim Mostafa Benzema- $104 million<br \/>\n5. \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 Lottin- $90 million<br \/>\n6.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yvc6pEctOO\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/yvc6pEctOO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Olt Sports (@oltsport_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oltsport_\/status\/1846868644908634546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">October 17, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The top three is rounded off by Brazilian forward Neymar, who plays for Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia. Neymar&#8217;s earnings in 2024 totaled $110 million, with $80 million from his salary and $30 million from off-field ventures.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable names in the top 10 include Karim Benzema, who made $104 million playing for Al-Ittihad, and Kylian Mbappe, who secured $90 million after his recent move to Real Madrid. Manchester City&#8217;s star striker Erling Haaland comes next, earning $60 million, followed by Real Madrid&#8217;s Vinicius Junior with $55 million.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool&#8217;s Mohamed Salah ranks eighth with $53 million, while Senegalese forward Sadio Mane, Ronaldo&#8217;s teammate at Al-Nassr, took home $52 million. Rounding out the top 10 is Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, who earned $39 million in total.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo, currently playing for Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia, has been named the highest-paid footballer in the world for 2024, according [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":486872,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[18098,16904,21758],"news_category":[14235,16715],"gn_keywords":[18099,17961,8187],"acf":{"announce":"The Portuguese is the best-paid football player in the world ","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486871"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486871\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486873,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/486871\/revisions\/486873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486871"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=486871"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=486871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}