Lionel Messi tops Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes

For the first time, the three highest earning athletes in a year are soccer stars. Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar are the world's highest earning athletes in 2019. The Barcelona and Argentina captain earned $127 million this past year in a combination of his salary and endorsements -- $18 million more than second-place Cristiano Ronaldo, who made a total of $109m. Neymar earned $105 million - $75 million in salary and 30 million in endorsements. Cristiano Ronaldo made the most from endorsements - $44 million, while Messi made $35 million.

Messi finished second to Floyd Mayweather last year, with $111 million last year. Floyd Mayweather who doesn't feature in the list this year topped last year with $285 million. The fourth highest-paid athlete was Mexican boxer Saul "Canelo" Alvarez. He earned the same salary as Messi ($92 million) plus $2 million in endorsements.

Fifth placed Roger Federer, with total earnings of $93.4m however leads in terms of endorsements ($86 million).

The next highest-earning soccer player on the list is Manchester United's Paul Pogba, ranked 46th. He is the highest-earning Premier League player. Andres Iniesta comes fifth with $32.5 million. Next is Manchester United's Alexis Sanchez, ranked 53rd, with earnings of $30.8 million. The sixth and seventh highest paid soccer players are PSG's Kylian Mbappe and Arsenal's Mesut Ozil, who earned $30.6 million and $30.2 million respectively.

The top-ten highest paid athletes of 2019 are:

1. Lionel Messi, soccer: $127m

2. Cristiano Ronaldo, soccer: $109m

3. Neymar, soccer: $105m

4. Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, boxer: $94m

5. Roger Federer, tennis: $93.4m

6. Russell Wilson, football: $89.5m

7. Aaron Rodgers, football: $89.3m

8. LeBron James, basketball: $89m

9. Stephen Curry, basketball: $79.8m

10. Kevin Durant, basketball: $65.4m

Serena Williams is the only female athlete in the top 100 highest-earning athletes list, ranked 63rd with total earnings of $29.2.

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