The Highest Paid Athletes
In total, the world’s 50 highest-paid athletes hauled in an estimated $3.88 billion over the last 12 months before taxes and agents’ fees, up 13% from last year’s record mark of $3.44 billion. Roughly 76%, or $2.94 billion, came from on-field earnings (salaries, bonuses and prize money) partly because of the Middle Eastern money continuing to flow into sports. The other 24%, or $936 million, is attributable to their endorsements, appearances, licensing and memorabilia income, and other business endeavors.
In this dashboard you will find out who are the athletes who earned the most money in 2024 and who are the athletes who have earned the most in history.
The key insights are:
• The highest-paid sports in 2024 were: basketball, football and soccer
• The highest-paid athletes in 2024 were Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Jon Rahm (Spain) and Lionel Messi (Argentina)
• The country with the most highest-paid athletes in 2024 is the United States
• The sport that has the highest average income in 2024 is soccer
• The sport that has the highest average income in 2024 is soccer and then golf
• On average, the income of the highest-paid soccer athletes in 2024 is 110,625,000 and in basketball 64,867,000
• The average age of the highest-paid athletes in soccer in 2024 is 30.6 years and in basketball 32.4
• The highest paid athlete of all time is Michael Jordan (basketball) and then Tiger Woods (golf)
• The sport with the highest paid athletes of all time is basketball (12 athletes) and then golf (8 athletes)
• The sport that has the highest average income all time is soccer
• The country with the most highest-paid athletes all time is the United States
The sources of data are:
https://www.forbes.com/lists/athletes/
https://www.sportico.com/
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