![]() Another interesting fact is how in 1990 only 4 sports were in the top 10 highest paid athletes in the world. Kevin Durant, who is in 10th place in 2021, makes almost 10 times more than Micheal Jordan who was in 10th place in 1990. McCgregor over $129 million more than Tyson in 1990. Net of the changes that have taken place and inflation it is interesting to note two things. ![]() From sixth to eighth place there were Golf players including Jack Nicklaus, in ninth place another Golf athlete and closing the ranking was Micheal Jordan in the NBA with 8 million 100 thousand dollars. Ayrton Senna, with 10 million and Alain Prost with 9 million. This top trio was followed by two Formula 1 drivers. In second place was infatit Buster Douglas with 26 million and in third place Sugar Ray Leonard. With 28 million and 600 thousand dollars Tyson in 1990 was at the top of the Forbes list followed by two other Boxing athletes. Closing the top 10 positions is NBA player Kevin Durant with $75 million to be cashed in 2021īut 31 years ago, in 1990, who were the ten highest paid athletes in the world? And what was the economic income of these athletes compared to today? In 1990 the highest paid athlete in the world was Mike Tyson. In eighth position there is Lewis Hamilton who is fighting with Verstappen for a new victory in the Formula 1 world championship. To give an example in the first 10 positions there are champions of the caliber of Roger Federer who in 2021 is expected to earn about 90 million dollars. Soccer but also mixed martial arts, American football, basketball, tennis, formula 1. Among the 10 positions of athletes worldwide, however, we find several disciplines. In the first 3 positions, 2 players are part of European soccer. The Portuguese player, recently returned to play for Manchester United, has an income of 120 million euros. Not far from this figure, in third position, we find Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentinean player Messi – recently transferred to PSG – has a different story: Messi has an income of 130 million dollars of which 97 million come from Salary and 33 million from Endorsements. In addition to being 50 million dollars behind the second in the ranking, Lionel Messi, almost 80% of his income comes from endorsements and not from Salary. ![]() The Conor McGregor figure is particularly interesting. The World’s Highest Paid Athletes – 1990/2021 The World’s Highest Paid Athletes – 1990/2021 We will then go on to analyse the data more broadly. In today’s article we will first look at the data of the 10 highest paid athletes in the world from 1990 to 2021. This is what emerges from the data published by Forbes, which every year analyses not only the richest businessmen and women in the world, but also the richest athletes. If we look at the top 50 highest-paid athletes in 2021, the figure rises to $2.8 billion. In 2021 alone, the world’s 10 highest-paid athletes earned more than $1 billion. ![]()
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