The highest paid athlete in the world is Swedish tennis player Roger Federer. He is a record holder of Grand Slam titles, one of the most important tournaments in the sport.
In addition to his salary, Federer also receives awards and bonuses for his big wins and outstanding performance.
Roger Federer is one of the greatest athletes of all time and an idol of world tennis, making his mark in the history of the sport.
Football is one of the most popular sports on this list, with spectacular players.
In 2020, the highest paid football athlete of the world is the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, with US$ 105 million.
Cristiano has already received the award for best player in the world, the International Football Federation (FIFA) Golden Ball, for 5 times and always performs spectacularly in football matches.
In 2018, the player was signed by Juventus, after remaining 9 years at Real Madrid, with a millionaire transfer.
Lionel Messi has been the highest paid athlete in the world for many years. With Cristiano Ronaldo, Messi is one of the greatest footballers of our time.
He is the biggest record holder of the FIFA Ballon d'Or, with 6 titles, an award that ranks the best player in the world each year.
In addition, he is the greatest scorer in the history of Barcelona, a team that has played since 2004, and the Argentine national team.
Neymar is the highest paid Brazilian athlete and one of the biggest current stars of Paris Saint-German, a team where he has been a striker since 2017.
The player made history in Brazilian football, being one of the greatest representatives of Brazilian Team, and one of the greatest idols of the club Santos, the team that revealed him, in which he remained for 4 years.
Neymar was part of the Barcelona team, after his departure from Santos and is currently at Paris Saint-German.
LeBron James is the fifth highest paid athlete in the world and the first among basketball players.
The extraordinary story of LeBron James and his incredible basketball skill is undeniable. LeBron currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers.
This sport is one of the most traditional in North American culture with the National Basketball Association (NBA), the main basketball league in the world.
LeBron James is third greatest scorer in NBA history, with 34 thousand points, and four titles of best of the season.
Stephen Curry is the second highest paid basketball player today.
The athlete plays for the professional Golden State Warriors team, being classified by many analysts as the best shooter in NBA history.
Stephen Curry is one of those responsible for the Warriors' victorious and historic journey. In the 2014-15 season, Curry received the Most Valuable Player of the Season award, leading the team to its first championship.
The following year, he won the award for the best scorer of the season and helped the team break the record for most wins in an NBA season.
Kevin Durant also makes great basketball history as one of the top scorers on the teams he plays for.
Durant is the second-youngest NBA player to surpass the 20,000 career point mark.
He received the title of most valuable player of the 2013-14 season and ranked 4 times the top scorer in the league.
In addition, he was a two-time champion for the Golden State Warriors, in 2017 and 2018, and currently plays for the Brooklyn Nets.
Tiger Woods is the highest paid athlete in the world golf and considered the greatest golfer of all time.
Woods and Bobby Jones, another golfer, were the only ones to win 13 major golf titles before the age of 30.
In addition, he is a record holder on the PGA Tour and recognized as an important figure in promoting golf to less involved classes in the sport, such as racial minorities and youth.
Kirk Cousins is one of the greatest football players in the history of the sport.
He has important records for the Washington Redskins, the team in which he played from 2012 to 2017, the first professional team of his career.
In 2018, the player was signed for three years by the Minnesota Vikings, with a millionaire contract.
Carson Wentz started his career in 2016 with the Philadelphia Eagles. In a few years of career, the player already has titles and records for the team.
In 2019, he became the record holder for yards thrown in a single season and the first quarterback surpassing the Eagles' 4,000 yards.
Furthermore, in 2017, he helped the club win the 2017 Super Bowl by defeating the heavily favored New England Patriots.
Tyson Fury is one of the greatest boxers in history and is currently a two-time world heavyweight champion.
His career numbers are impressive, with 21 wins by knockout and 31 overall.
At age 20, he won his first super-heavyweight title. In 2020, Fury was ranked the best active heavyweight in the world by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and BoxRec.
Russell Westbrook is the first and only player in NBA history to average a triple-double per three consecutive years, that is, the player reaches a number equal to or greater than 10 in three questions in the match.
The player played for the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2008 to 2019 and for the Houston Rockets since 2019.
Russell was named Most Valuable Player in both 2015 and 2016 All-Star Games, in which he appeared eight times.
Lewis Hamilton is the second most champion of the Formula 1 title, behind only Michael Schumacher by 1 title.
Hamilton, with 6 Formula 1 world awards, is tracing an incredible history in the sport, with only 35 years and great victories.
Hamilton's biggest idol is the great Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna.
Rory McIlroy began his professional golf career aged just 18 in 2007, becoming the youngest player in the world's Top-50 golfers.
The Irishman has won all four major golf championships in the world.
Jared Goff started his professional career in 2016 for the Los Angeles Rams, the team he plays for.
The player has already been selected twice for the Pro Bowl, the game of stars of the National Football League (NFL).
