Barcelona’s Lionel Messi beats Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid as world football’s top earner.<\/p>\n
The La Liga pair are still behind the likes of US golfers Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, but earn more than the Premier League’s top-paid star Wayne Rooney of Manchester United.<\/p>\n
Messi has been confirmed as the best-paid footballer in the world, having picked up $43.8-million (R297-m) in the last year, according to America’s Sports Illustrated ‘Fortunate 50’ list.<\/p>\n
The Argentinian, who is widely acknowledged as the greateat player on the planet, came out above Ronaldo and Rooney in the list, who earned \u20ac27.1-million (R263-m) and \u20ac23-million (R223-m) respectively.<\/p>\n
The \u2018Fortunate 50\u2019 takes into account the earnings, endorsements, bonuses and appearance fees of leading sports stars.<\/p>\n
Tiger Woods is leading the way \u2013 earning a staggering \u20ac46-million (R446-m) last year, though that was down \u20ac20m on his previous year\u2019s earnings.<\/p>\n
Despite being the highest earning footballer, Messi only came seventh on the overall sporting list, behind the likes of Formula One driver Fernando Alonso, who is a Real Madrid supporter himself.<\/p>\n
Below are the footballers who made the international top 20, with figures given from the recently-completed season.<\/p>\n
Rank, Player, Amount Earned (USD)
1 Lionel Messi, $43,800,000
2 Cristiano Ronaldo, $38,800,000
3 Wayne Rooney, $29,200,000
4 Kaka, $27,300,000
5 David Beckham, $26,800,000
6 Ronaldinho, $25,800,000
7 Carlos Tevez, $21,700,000
8 Frank Lampard, $20,100,000<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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