Highest Paid Athletes in the World - Timelapse (1990-2023)
This video shows a the richest Athletes between the years 1990 and 2023 (highest paid athletes according Forbes rankings).
The Ranking shows over 80 Athletes such as Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and many others, from 13 countries and 7 different sports across 29 years.
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Athletes on this chart:
Ayrton Senna
Buster Douglas
Kobe Bryant
Cristiano Ronaldo
David Beckham
Evander Holyfield
Floyd Mayweather
Jack Nicklaus
Kimi Räikkönen
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Lionel Messi
Manny Pacquiao
Michael Jordan
Michael Schumacher
Mike Tyson
Neymar
Oscar De La Hoya
Peyton Manning
Roger Federer
Sergei Federov
Shaq O'Neal
Tiger Woods
and many more.
Data Source: Forbes
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What's funny is Mayweather made all that money because people really wanted to see him lose.
Good Point👌
and he did 2 or 3 times but the judges were also earning part of that money lol
Exactly 👍
@@canalphi2673 he just didn't
@@canalphi2673lmaooo you are funny to think that
The way Ronaldo and Messi come to the list it was awesome
The way Penaldoggy got owned by Morocco in the quarter finals is more awesome 😂😂
@@Honest_Penaldo_fanYour stupidity is quite amazing. I'm impressed
@@Honest_Penaldo_fan 🤡🤡
@@IAmThe_RA 2018 WC : France gets 5 penalties , well deserved 2021 Euros : Penaldoggy is highest scorer with 4 out of 5 goals being penalties :Gets called goat. 2022 WC : Messi scored 4 pens from his 7 goals and also provided 3 assists Penaldogs: wOrLd CuP wAs RiGgEd 😭😭🤣
@@IAmThe_RA How tf was the WC rigged? 🤣🤣🤣 Delusional Penaldoggy fandogs never feel ashamed of calling the WC and all the awards rigged just bc Penaldoggy is finished and can't win them 😭😭😭😭🤣🤡💩. Cry harder kid, Penaldo needs to rebirth 20 more times to match the level of Messi's 🐐 greatness 😂😂😹😹🤣🤣🤣 🐐>>>>>🐪
November 2000 .. Ronaldinho was The first footballer entering the chat 😅
🤙😂🤙
And Messi (Argentina) was the only Latin American ever to top the chart.
Ronaldinho and david Beckham the only highest paid footballera in 2000.
It doesn't make sense to me
Zidane was bought for 78 million dollars in 2001.he had advertisments. Even ronaldo R9 was making money. How can they be excluded.
Ronaldo messi and Neymar on top 3 in 2018
so?
@@navneettyagi1159 just shows you how big football really is
it is not about big or small michael jordan is highest paid athlete despite it has 3billion fans today, baskteball was just 800 million when he was paid 33 million dollars in 1990's that accounts to 128 million dollars today inflation adjusted (for year) and at that time sports weren't paid this much. you know why? no because of sports being famous. i bet if you are from europe you only have heard of mj. no one else. basketball=mj not because of sports being famous but because of his brand ronaldo and messi are the goats of soccer any sports this famous will have the same basketball doesnot have goat currently playing so lebron is paid high always in top 5 but not that much the moment ronaldo messi retires, it will become like basketball@@enzymegamer7
@@enzymegamer7 this video shows the opposite
Mbappe be eyeing that al hilal deal after this video...🤣🤣🤣
Ayrton Senna died in May first, 1994... 01:35
Rest in peace ❤ 🕊️ 🪦
Messi 🐐 and Ronaldo 🐐
Michael jordan
never heard of him but Messi is the best@@deebo11029
Messi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> penaldo, pele, etc.
Messi >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> penaldo, pele, etc
Messi >>>>>> michael jordan@@deebo11029
The way Ayrton Senna dissappeared from the list and never appeared again 🥲
He died in may 1st 94..
Dale Earnhardt as well
Rise of football.
it was just the spread of purchase power around the whole globe, football was the most popular sport since the 60's already, it just needed the money.
Doesn't matter who made the most money- what matter is who has influenced and inspired the most- that is Cristiano and Messi - for me
Messi🇦🇷🐐 and Ronaldo🇵🇹🐐
Great video but this data is suspect. How is Peyton Manning on this list in 1994 when he was still in high school?!
Lol yea, and how is A Rod not at the top considering he signed a $240m deal with the Rangers in the early 2000’s.
They’ve got Michael Schumacher making $13.4 million in Jan 1990, as well, that’s before he even had his first F1 race. Complete nonsense?
I was coming here to say this. As well as Federov in the early 90s.
the rise of football has began!
ronaldo neymar messi top 3 in october,novmeber 2019
Looks like Mcgregor somehow managed to achieve his dream and make it to the top of this leaderboard. When did this happen? What is he getting paid for in 2022?
He sold his Whiskey company
Oh okay, but at that point it has nothing to do with sports anymore @@Sid_2007
His fight with mayweather
I mean a bunch of mid athletes can make a lot if a team or sponsors really believe in them like MJ wasn’t there for a while
LeBron James was nr.1 for 1 second 😁 for me, enough ❤
Ich vermisse Michael Schumacher. Mann waren das geile Rennen damals. Wenn es angefangen hat zu regnen und jeder wusste, jetzt kommt Michael und macht das komplette Feld nass. Das waren heilige Sonntage früher 👌🏻 Federer auch unfassbar gut, weil er seinen Sport verkörpert wie kein anderer. Sein Stil mit der einhändigen Rückhand ist einfach nur wunderschön anzusehen.
soccer ...hold my beer
Argentina, México y Brasil representando a latam 😎😎
Now it is Shohei Othani who is gonna be paid 700million in LA Dodgers as of 2024 as the highest paid athlete.
That’s over 10 years.
Roger Federer forever, when everythijg was halted in Corona period, he did nothing to top everyone.
it was interesting, good luck, how can i make a video like this, what is he name of this method
Messi could of had 1.6 billion if he took the contract to Saudi
yea . But it is not really worth it. he could earn like that when he is 50.
No actually he could earn 12.1 billion
@@bu.plane1132mbappe:
@@khulaifaumer8475What, that is not true
he got an offer from saudi for 1.2 B a year@@bryanng8629
Incredible graphic
Wow! Phil Mickelson a top earner for 3 decades..
Federer ❤ incredible
Everybody look at Pacquiao in 2012 hahahaha
What is impressive is the amount of time Ronaldo and Messi remain top 3 while others just peak and vanish.
It looks like they ‘vanish’ when they retire, because Jordan is a multi billionaire, way ahead of anyone else.
@@stevegriffey8255 nope
@@unidentifiedx4319 Yup
@@stevegriffey8255 Ronaldo signed a billion contract with NIKE alone. MJ is only big in basketball countries. You go to any remote impoverished country and ask them about Ronaldo and MJ and it would be obvious which name you will hear more and it's not even close.
@@IAmThe_RA Jordan makes $250+m every year just from shoe sales. Everyone wears Jordan’s all over the world and they easily the biggest selling shoe of all time, and he’s the reason Nike are where they are. He transcended sport, culture and fashion… Nobody is wearing football boots in the street, so yes Jordan dwarfs Ronaldo in terms of global reach, overall popularity and business.
What did you use to create the graphics?
He probably uses the Flourish Studio.
Thanks for that @danielsilvestre7881
The fall off of Conor McGregor is insane 😂
He didn’t have a fight. I guess selling whiskey and advertising doesn’t make as much as the top athletes, it makes sense
2:20 4 michaels being in the top 5 is crazy
Maybe some day we will se Schumi again . . . So sad , what a legend
If it has icons sport for them so it will become clear and more wonderful❤
You wanna get beaten up, but rich: choose boxing!
In any era, the highest paid athlete has always been a boxer. The richest athlete of all time, because of endorsements, is Michael Jordan. In the 1921, Jack Dempsey made $300,000 for a fight while the highest paid baseball player Babe Ruth made $10,000 with a signing bonus of around $10,000. At the time, there was no NFL football and NBA basketball. In 1975, Ali and Foreman made $5 million each in their fight. I googled it and the highest paid NBA player in 1976 was Bill Bradley with $325,000, highest in MLB was Hank Aaron at $240,000 (but I read that Reggie Jackson signed a 5-year contract in 1976 valued at $3 Million which was probably end-loaded). The NFL was not the financial juggernaut that it is today, but the highest paid in 1976 might’ve been O.J. Simpson at $733,000. Jack Nicklaus was the highest earner in the PGA at $266,000. Muhummad Ali was huge around that time, so I’m guessing that he must’ve been the highest paid in 1976, as he made $11 Million combined for the Thrilla in Manila and the Rumble in the Jungle in the two previous years. In the 1980s, was a Jeopardy question: “which sport had the top 4 richest athletes?” One contestant answered “football”. Nope, another answered baseball. Nope, it wasn’t basketball either. It was boxing. The top 4 boxers were making tens of millions of dollars and athletes of other sports couldn’t compare. Just a few years ago Mayweather made $300 million and Pacquiao made $200 million for 1 night’s work, the money came from PPV buys which sold 4.6 million PPVs at $100 a pop and tv broadcast rights from around the world.
Me watching the whole video knowing very well i earn $46 per month 😢
Good money bro.
Can someone explain to me the gigantic ups and downs of mayweather’s stats?
Pacquiao and McGregor fights
And who is he
@@quentincombeuil4973professional table tennis player
@quentincombeuil4973 an Mohammed Ali fan
@@slepk7898 no I m serious I dont know him
Tiger Woods is topper in the class holding the position 😅,
Comparison of national kits(Argentina,Uruguay and Italy) Argentina(striped blue) Uruguay(solid blue) Italy(all blue)
Im 100% sure, that >>50% of the US who are interessted in sports dont even know who Micheal schuhmacher is, or in which sports he was dealing!
How was Michael Schumacher on 12 mill before he debuted in F1
Yeah, and earning more as a rookie than multiple WC Ayrton Senna! What a load of bollocks!
@@ForARideand Senna still earning money well after May 1994…
Roger Federer deserves everything he's got. Class act on and off the court, and a real champion.
Up and downs in boxing are because the contracts are for specific fights. Different amounts of money. Numbers of fights in a year, pay per view money due that specific fight etc. If they don’t fight that year they don’t make money except for sponsors and stufff.
i guess in ufc its similar? considering mcgregors sudden rise near the end
Floyd cashed $300 mill against MC Gregor. Mc Gregor cashed $100 mill in that fight, that’s why the spike in value
Its annual income not total earnings so yea
Then, why is Buster Douglas earning between $24 million to $25 million from 1990 to 1998? After beating Tyson, Douglas was paid $25 million for fighting Holyfield. That’s it!! Douglas made real money for only one fight. Douglas was paid so much for Holyfield because it was a two fight deal. Supposedly, $25 million for Holyfield and $35 million rematch with Tyson, but he lost to Holyfield and a $35 million rematch with Tyson never happened.
Yeah, that’s right. McGregor made $100 million against Mayweather. Dana White can only dream of paying his fighters that much.
Idk how u pooped those stats but ronaldo and messi made way more than that and ronaldo was always ahead of messi
messi earned alot in psg
No messi was earning alot in psg dummy
Messi had more salary but ronaldo more money and net worth dummy
Nice
Schumacher ❤
Comparison of France,Italy and Mexico kits! Italy and Mexico:similar flags France(blue,white and red) Italy(lighter blue,shorter socks) Mexico(same as France but green)
When floyd mayweather wants more money, he just plays another game.
The GOAT CR7 siuu 🐐🐐
Why players are in football in 2023 Those who moved to the Saudi League, Karim Benzema and Kante, are not present
They are not paid as much as ronaldo or messi
they are
@@afrinkazmi15They paid Benzema almost same amount as Ronaldo
@@ajr2.086but ronaldo have companies, a lot of industries supporting him, buisness, etc, karim is just football
@@ajr2.086 b15zema has less no of sponsorships as compared to ronaldo
2:20 august 1996: the michael era
hang on a minute wasnt tiger woods worth like 800 million at some point, with like all the sport sponsors?
net worth and salary are two different things
@@riri3531 More like income instead of salary, but yeah income and net worth are two different things.
@@izilgur Yes sorry i got mixed up haha
And Patrick Mahomes signed a $500M deal with the Chiefs but he’s not on here somehow.
Who else was waiting for Messi's entry
Tiger woods and luis Hamilton 1990 to 2023😂
Great 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
What are these stats based on? Because they're not even close to being correct. And is it career earnings or richest athletes? Because MJ would be atop the list nearly the entire time if it is. If not, some of these people have made a lot more money than this list suggests. You'd also have to throw in a bunch of MLB players with their insane contracts.
Cristiano Above All ❤
Penaldoggy 0 WC ko goal😹😹
@@Honest_Penaldo_fan Still the goat
@@alberteinstein2291 Penaldoggy is truly the GOAT Ghost of all time 👻🤮🤮🤣🤣🤣
@@alberteinstein2291 last time Penaldo scored a WC KO goal his newborn baby was alive 😭🤣
@@Honest_Penaldo_fan Honestly tho carrying a country like Portugal with no prior international trophy history to its first 2 international trophies is better than adding a wc to a country with already 2 wcs
The one and only Mr.Cristiano Ronaldo 😎😎😎 GOA7
This video is for casuals. If you know smth about sports you have to ask where is Ovechkin, where is Tyson Fury, where is Benzema
what if messi hadn't rejected 1.5 billion euro offer from al hilal 💀💀
Schumacher is the boss
And federer
@@davidcb4946 yes agreed
Conor McGregor shouldn't be listed at the top in 2021. He didnt earn that from fighting or sponsorships. That came from selling his shares of Proper 12 Whiskey.
Well its Brunei prince with 20 billion dollars he is brunei international football team player.
Funny how all the Mikes were dominating for a while
Every time ronaldo is the top👏
Mexico's flag looks like a cross between Italy and Japan! Golden emblem(meaning peace)
Look at Patrick Ewing. New York paid him all that money as a Jamaican. 😊
I skipped to the end. I'm assuming this is career earnings. If you account for sponsors and business investments it would look very different. RF is the goat
How could Schumacher have been earning more than Senna in 1991 when he was a rookie
And Senna was still earning money for several months after May 1994 according to this…
Messi and Ronaldo are tied for UCL hat tricks. Ronaldo had 7 with Madrid and 1 with Juventus. Messi has 8 with Barcelona.
Deadsonaldo 👻 0 WC KO goal+assist in 5 WC editions 🤮🤮
@@Honest_Penaldo_fan Bruh don’t act like Messi was lighting up the World Cup, he scored more penalties than open play goals.
@@BigBoss7777777 CERTAIN someone's Penalty Records: • Most Penalties in Football History. • Most Penalties in UCL History. • Most Penalties in Euro History. • Most Penalty Brace in Football History. . • Most Penalties for Real Madrid. • Most Penalties in a Serie A Season. • Most Penalties in a Season for Juventus. • Most Penalties for Portugal. • Most Penalties in consecutive seasons. • Most Penalties in Club Matches. . • First Goal in Europa League: Penalty • First Goal in a World Cup: Penalty • First Goal in 2023: Penalty • First Goal with Al Nassr: Penalty • First Goal in La Liga: Penalty . • First Goal for Real Madrid: Penalty • First Goal in 2006 World Cup: Penalty • First Goal in 2018 World Cup: Penalty • First Goal in 2022 World Cup: Penalty . • First Goal in El Clásico: Penalty • First Goal in Turin Derby: Penalty • First Goal in Carabao Cup: Penalty Without Penalty, his Life is nothing and his fans are trolling Messi for his world cup penalties 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 Pussinaldo is finished in my books 😭
@@BigBoss7777777 Messi in the WC: ➡Won the pott award (Golden ball) ➡Won 5 MOTMs ➡Had the most g+a ➡Had second most goals ➡Had most assists ➡Had most successful dribbles ➡Created most key passes ➡Highest rated player in the whole tournament ➡Provided 2 greatest assists in WC history. One was to Alvarez by destroying Gvardiol. Another one was that pass to Molina that broke through the 3men Dutch defence. ➡Was the captain, carrying whole Argentina ➡ Played full 90 mints of all the 7 matches including extra times and Penalty shootout Pussinaldo in WC: ➡Scored a single penalty goal against almighty Ghana 😭 ➡Tried to steal his own teammate's goal ➡Lost to Korea after assisting Korean players to score their match winning goal lol 😂😂🤣 ➡Got 5.4 rating in that match (Lowest rating as a striker) ➡Ghosted in all games ➡Got humiliated by Morocco ➡Returned to the airport crying 😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Messi>>>>> Pussiano Penaldoggy
@@Honest_Penaldo_fan Yawn with your copy and paste comments. How many World Cup KO goals does Messi have in open play? I’ll give you a clue, it’s not much. Messi was world famous for choking international finals for his entire career. It’s only until Di Maria decided to turn up that he won anything at international level. Stop overrating the midget.
De La Hoya was up there for awhile
Schumacher first f1 race was in 1991, how can he be top eight in 1990?
It's a sin to see Tom Brady so underpaid for so long. GOAT.
He did it to win. I think it worked out!
Yea bro why not take a paycut to be surrounded by a better team when you’re married to Giselle. He did it on purpose
@cjschlunk5652 Haha. If they spent the saving on even better players they may have won even more
@@rkwjunior2298 that’s what they did buddy lmao
@cjschlunk5652 Randy moss, the one player that didn't need Brady to look good. Everyone else Brady made look good.
Michael Jordan is like gearing up , going upward and upward and then stopped, it's surprising.by the way thanks for the informative video.😇❤️👍
The list is only active athletes…. That’s why he disappearedIf If it were all athletes including retired Jordan would be miles ahead of everyone.
It mentions when talking about Jordan that in 2016 he became the first athlete to pass the $1 billion mark. Conor McGregor's time at the top is a bit of a misconception. That year he sold his shares of Proper 12 Whiskey for $150 million. He didn't earn that much from fighting or sponsorships.
Thanks for the information, ☺️
Фёдоров в январе 90 года получал 600 советских рублей,это не больше 1000$Смешно вообще на этот список смотреть,теперь понятно как они их составляют!😂
What about baseball players? Myke trout, Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper…
I guess this is ONLY from playing sports and not endorsement etc? Cuz MJ made $260m from Nike last year, and has been making $100m/yr from Nike for close to a decade now at least. Brilliant video tho, love seeing it visualized
Being that Roger Federer is still in the list while not playing anymorr I would say all revenues included. This video made many errors I wpuld say
Impressive how americans dominate the list throughout the entire timeline
Who taught a Portuguese road cleaner will be at top
How could the Manning brothers be earning that much money before going pro?
Cristiano Ronaldo became the 3rd Sports Athlete,and the first Football Player to become a Billionaire in 2020 according Forbes Magazine. Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods were the other 2 Sports Billionaires.
Phil Mickelson 1991- 2023😮.Is that the same guy?
Floyd Mayweather is monster, taking all effects of holding the position, new era legends is coming after surpassing him.
RONALDO AND MESSI ALWAYS
Iron Mike Tyson dominating for almost two decades
Okay... what in the world is this data representing? It's not even close to accurate for annual salary or pay for most of these guys/years, and off by a factor of 10+ for net worth over time.
Inflation be ruining the whole point of this video💀
Ronaldo n1 king
Lionel Messi the GOAT OF SPORTS
MESSI is GOD OF THE GAME 🐐
Maybe he doesnt. Then why he lived under Ronaldo?
@@lalnghaklianahnamte24 bro whaat?
@@lalnghaklianahnamte24 according to this clown money is gonna decide who's a better footballer lmfao 😂😂😂😂
how exactly? money? popularity?
Conor McGregor 2022 1st. 🥶
yeah, what did he even do? Pretty confused... but looks like he achieved his dream
@@morniclegreen3534 sold his shares in some company.
Was that because of his fight with Mayweather which he made $100 million?
I think they have no problems with money
"It's not about the numbers or statistics!"
Sena 🇧🇷
04:00 I doubt that Mike Tyson had this earnings in 2001!
Mike Tyson used to make $40 million a fight.
Waited entire video for Virat Kohli or Sachin Tendulkar to come up!
You can see the world has changed when 7 are not US citizens and the top 3 are football players
Football is more stable while the US athletes are not so stable making money
Virat Kohli ❤
Cricket is the sport of Elites....
If you wanna be on this list, become a boxer, footballer, or a golfer.
or become Michael Schumacher
All the atheletes came and went but when Ronaldo and messi entered the list they just overtook all..
One sport. One color. Is easier.