{"id":412020,"date":"2026-01-16T00:29:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/412020\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T00:29:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T00:29:36","slug":"report-cristiano-ronaldo-named-highest-paid-athlete-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/412020\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Cristiano Ronaldo named highest-paid athlete in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cristiano Ronaldo doesn&#8217;t appear to be strapped for cash. <\/p>\n<p>The Portuguese soccer star was named the highest-paid athlete for 2025 on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportico.com\/feature\/highest-paid-athletes-in-the-world-1234765608\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sportico&#8217;s annual list<\/a> on Wendesday, as he brought home a staggering $260 million last year. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the third consecutive year that Ronaldo has topped the list, and he earned over $100 million more than the next closest athlete. <\/p>\n<p>Boxer Canelo Alvarez ($137 million) was second, while fellow soccer star Lionel Messi was third ($130 million). <\/p>\n<p>As the top earner in MLB, New York Mets star Juan Soto came in at fourth with $129.2 million. <\/p>\n<p>At fifth on the list, Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was the top NBA and American earner with his $128.7 million. <\/p>\n<p>Two Canadians NBA stars made the cut, with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ($56.5 million) 38th and Jamal Murray ($44.3 million) 72nd. <\/p>\n<p>Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes ($80.3 million) was the top NFL earner at 19th, followed closely by Josh Allen ($73.2 million) and Justin Herbert ($71.1). <\/p>\n<p>No NHL players made the top 100. <\/p>\n<p>American tennis player Coco Gauff was the top-earning female athlete of 2025 with $31 million, but she did not crack the top 100. <\/p>\n<p>Former Toronto Raptor and current New York Knick, OG Anunoby, was the final athlete on the list with $37.9 million in earnings.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cristiano Ronaldo doesn&#8217;t appear to be strapped for cash. The Portuguese soccer star was named the highest-paid athlete&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-412020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}