He is always partying and yet Neymar earns more than Mbappe and Haaland

In recent weeks, Neymar has been in the spotlight more for his off-field problems and partying than for his soccer due to the injury he is recovering from, but he is still the second highest paid player in Arabia behind Cristiano Ronaldo. Cristiano Ronaldo has become the highest paid athlete on the planet soccer between salary and different sponsors. And five other fellow professionals accompany him in the ranking of the top 20 of all sports.

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That soccer is one of the highest paid sports is something that no one can escape. But we can certainly see it more clearly now because Cristiano Ronaldo was in 2023 the highest paid athlete on planet soccer. According to Sportico, the Portuguese of Al Nassr leads the ranking where we also find other players.

Lionel Messi ranks third, Neymar sixth and Kylian Mbappé fifth. In addition we find another player in Saudi Arabia as is Karim Benzema who occupies the twelfth place, and Erling Haaland (Manchester City) the eighteenth. Let's see now the complete ranking, which takes into account salary and sponsorship income:

Top earners

1) Cristiano Ronaldo, Al Nassr: 255 M€

2) John Rahm, golf: 203 M€

3) Lionel Messi, Inter de Miami: 120,5 M€

4) Lebron James, Lakers (baloncesto): 116,5 M€

5) Kylian Mbappé, PSG: 115,8 M€

6) Neymar, Al Hilal: 112,1 M€

7) Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors (baloncesto): 91,6 M€

8) Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks (baloncesto): 82 M€

9) Kevin Durant, Phoenix Suns (baloncesto): 80,5 M€

10) Patrick Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes (NFL): 78,1 M€

11) Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens (NFL): 76,4 M€

12) Karim Benzema, Al Itithad: 72,2 M€