Forbes: First and by far the highest paid footballer for 2024 Ronaldo

So what if he is now 39 years old? THE Cristiano Ronaldo remains the biggest commercial brand in terms of people in football and capitalizes on it. The Portuguese star is by far the top of the list of the highest paid footballers for 2024, according to list published by Forbes.

His earnings both under contract with Al Nasr and from off-field activities were for this year 263 million euros!

Second and by a wide margin, since he does not even have half the income of CR7, is on this list Lionel Messiwho from Inter Miami and his other activities earned 124 million euros this year.

In third place comes the surprise, as o Neymar he may not have played a single second in 2024 due to a serious knee injury, yet he earned €101m.

Fourth is the Karim Benzemawhile the first player who plays in Europe and is found in this list is Kylian Mbappewhich has won 83 million euros this year.

The Top 10 are completed by Erling Haaland, Vinicius, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane and Kevin De Bruyne.

The ten highest paid footballers in the world in 2024 in detail:

1) Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nasr/Saudi Arabia) €263 million

2) Lionel Messi (Inter Miami/USA) 124

3) Neymar (Al Hilal/Saudi Arabia) 101

4) Karim Benzema (Al Ittihad/Saudi Arabia) 96

5) Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid, Spain) 83

6) Erling Haaland (Manchester City/England) 55

7) Vinicius Tounior (Real Madrid/Spain) 51

8) Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/England) 49

9) Sadio Mane (Al Nasr/Saudi Arabia) 48

10) Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City/England) 36