Highest Salary Sports Person. From sports to entertainment, world stars are the highest paid and in fact, some of the top earners from all professions. These are the high earner sports persons on our list. They earn a lot because their profession is not restricted to one season and they play year-round thus making more than their usual 3 months or less.
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Connor McGregor is 2021’s highest-paid athlete
MMA fighter Connor McGregor tops the list with a whopping $180 million earned in 2021. According to McGregor, this has been a long time coming, who in 2016 infamously boasted to soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo that he’d overtake him one day as sports’ highest-paid star.
Roger Federer lands at the 7th spot
Roger Federer’s on-field earnings for 2021 were a mere $0.03 million, but he still lands in the 7th spot. Recovering from a knee injury, Roger Federer made nearly all of his $90 million in earnings from sponsorships.
Naomi Osaka is the only woman among the top 15 earners
Naomi Osaka is the highest-paid female athlete on this list and the only one to crack the top 15. Over the last year, she won her second Australian and U.S. Open titles, while also receiving media attention for her stances on mental health and racial equality.
Dak Prescott had the highest on-field earning
The highest on-field earning by any player was by Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott who earned $97.5 million in 2020. In March of 2021, Prescott signed a four-year, $160 million contract extension with the Cowboys, with a $66 million signing bonus.
Motor racing’s top earners
Seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and newcomer and current world championship leader Max Verstappen are the only two from the sport of auto racing on the list.
This list of the highest paid sports people in the world today is based on a study conducted by Forbes. They analyzed only the money that was earned playing athletics and related to sports, so it doesn’t include actors like The Rock or Kevin Hart who make most of their money acting. We will be discussing the top 10 highest paid sports people today in order from the ones who earn more than half a billion dollars to those who earn the least.
