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9 Footballers On Forbes’ Highest Paid Athletes 2017

The 2017 Forbes list of most paid Athletes in the world is out and whilst names have not changed, their positions on the list certainly have. 9 Footballers On Forbes’ Highest Paid Athletes 2017!

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo remains the world’s highest-paid athlete beating out NBA star LeBron James. Check out the rest of the list below.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid): $93m (€82.5m, £71.7m)

2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona): $80m (€71m, £61.7m)

3. Neymar (Barcelona): $37m (€xm, £28.5m)

4. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid): $34m (€32.8m, £26.2m)

5. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United): $32m (€28.4m, £24.6m)

6. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United): $23.6m (€20.9m, £18.2m)

7. Luis Suarez (Barcelona): $23.3m (€20.6m, £17.9m)

8. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City): $22.6m (€20m, £17.4m)

9. James Rodriguez (Real Madrid): $21.9m (€19.4m, £16.8m)

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