The world's 100 top-earning athletes made $4 billion over the past 12 months, with Americans (62) and basketball players (35) leading the way.
for the first time with $127 million from his salary, bonuses and off-the-pitch earnings. He is only the second soccer player to rank first since Forbes started tracking the earnings of athletes in 1990, following longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who led the way in 2016 and 2017., driven almost entirely by his boxing match against UFC star Conor McGregor.
Baseball ; soccer ; golf, boxing and tennis ; and racing also landed multiple stars in the top 100. For the fourth straight year, Virat Kohli and McGregor were the lone representatives from cricket and mixed martial arts. No NHL player or Nascar driver earned $20 million during the past year.There are 25 countries represented in the top 100. The United States had 62 athletes make the cut, thanks to the sky-high salaries in the major U.S.
French soccer sensation Kylian Mbappé , who turned 20 in December, is the youngest by nearly two full years. Saquon Barkley turned 22 in February while the NBA’s Andrew Wiggins, Nikola Jokic and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the other athletes under 25.Serena Williams is the lone women to make the top 100, as she was in 2017 . She returns to the top 100 after taking a yearlong break from competing because of her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter, Olympia.
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