25 Highest Paid Athletes as of July 2026

25 Highest Paid Athletes as of July 2026 1. Cristiano Ronaldo Soccer Portugal $300 M $235 M $65 M 2 Canelo Alvarez Boxing Mexico $170 M $160 M $10 M 3 Lionel Messi Soccer Argentina $140 M $70 M $70 M 4 LeBron James Basketball United States $137.8 M $52.8 M $85 M 5 Shohei Ohtani Baseball Japan $127.6 M $2.6 M $125 M 6 Stephen Curry Basketball United States $124.7 M $59.7 M $65 M 7 Jon Rahm Golf Spain $107 M $97 M $10 M 8 Karim Benzema Soccer France $104 M $100 M $4 M 9 Kevin Durant Basketball United States $103.8 M $54.8 M $49 M 10 Lewis Hamilton Auto Racing United Kingdom $100 M $70 M $30 M 11 Giannis Antetokounmpo Basketball Greece $99.2 M $54.2 M $45 M 12 Kylian Mbappé Soccer France $95 M $70 M $25 M 13 Micah Parsons Football United States $86.4 M $83.4 M $3 M 14 Max Verstappen Auto Racing Netherlands $86 M $78 M $8 M 15 Patrick Mahomes Football United States $84.7 M $56.7 M $28 M 16 Scottie Scheffler Golf United States $84.6 M $54.6 M $30 M 17 Brock Purdy Football United States $83.1 M $79.1 M $4 M 18 Jayson Tatum Basketball United States $82.2 M $54.2 M $28 M 19 Erling Haaland Soccer Norway $80 M $60 M $20 M 20 Rory McIlroy Golf United Kingdom $76.4 M $26.4 M $50 M 21 Lamar Jackson Football United States $73 M $71 M $2 M 22 Josh Allen Football United States $72.6 M $55.1 M $17.5 M 23 Jake Paul Boxing United States $70 M $60 M $10 M 24 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Basketball Canada $69.3 M $39.3 M $30 M 25 Anthony Edwards Basketball United States $69 M $46 M $23 M