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One woman cracked Forbes' 2023 list of the world's highest-paid athletes -- tennis great Serena Williams, who brought in $45.3 million in her final year of competitive play. She retired from her...
Association football: Argentina: $130 million: $97 million: $33 million 3: Cristiano Ronaldo: Association football: Portugal: $120 million: $70 million: $50 million 4: Dak Prescott: American football: United States: $107.5 million: $97.5 million: $10 million 5: LeBron James: Basketball: United States: $96.5 million: $31.5 million: $65 million 6 ...
Prior to women's football teams having oversight from football federations, compensation was still paid for some transfers. The first compensated transfer of a female footballer was of Molly Walker , from Lancaster Ladies to Dick, Kerr Ladies in 1918; Walker was offered expenses paid as well as payment in lieu for joining the team.
As of the 2024 edition, players playing for 92 clubs have been selected. French club Lyon has had the most players in the Top 100 with 116 selections in total. In 2022, Barcelona became the first club other than Lyon to have the most players selected in a single year and retained the top spot the following two years.
Soccer players are the highest-paid athletes on this list. They occupy two of the top three positions. They occupy two of the top three positions. The reasons are simple.
Here are the highest-paid athletes in each of the top U.S. leagues and world's sports by average annual value, with contract information courtesy of Spotrac: NFL CONTRACTS: Cowboys QB Dak Prescott ...
United States women's national soccer team players Player Pos. Caps Goals Debut Last or most recent match Date Opponent Date Opponent Danesha Adams: MF 1 0 October 1, 2006 Chinese Taipei: October 1, 2006 Chinese Taipei: Michelle Akers [b] FW 155 107 August 21, 1985 Denmark: August 20, 2000 Canada: Korbin Albert * MF 11 0 December 5, 2023 China
The pandemic may have put a crimp in the earnings of the world's top athletes in recent years, but they can still bring home millions of dollars a year — into the hundreds of millions, in fact.