LeBron James Highest Paid Athlete In 2022, Worth IDR 1.85 Trillion: Beat Messi, Ronaldo And Canelo

JAKARTA - LeBron James is the highest-paid athlete in the world as of 2022. Followed by two of the best players in the history of football, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

The Los Angeles Lakers star failed to lead his team to the NBA play-offs this season due to injury.

However, Sportico has released a list of the 100 highest paid athletes this year with James being the top player.

Quoted by Marca, Friday, May 13, James reportedly earned a total of 126.9 million US dollars, as his salary was 36.9 million US dollars and he earned another 90 million US dollars from sponsorship support.

Meanwhile, Messi will get 122 million US dollars and Ronaldo will get 115 million US dollars at the end of 2022.

Canelo Alvarez (89 million US dollars) is the highest paid boxer. Meanwhile, no tennis player will earn more than Roger Federer ($85.7 million) and no golfer will earn more than Tiger Woods ($73.5 million) this year.

Here are the top 10 highest-paid athletes in 2022:

1. LeBron James 126.9 million US dollars (Rp 1.85 trillion)

2. Lionel Messi 122 million US dollars (Rp 1.78 trillion)

3. Cristiano Ronaldo 115 million US dollars (Rp 1.68 trillion)

4. Neymar 103 million US dollars (Rp 1.51 trillion)

5. Canelo Alvarez 89 million US dollars (Rp 1.30 trillion)

6. Stephen Curry US $ 86.2 million (Rp 1.259 trillion)

7. Kevin Durant 85.9 million US dollars (Rp 1.254 trillion)

8. Roger Federer $85.7 million

9. James Harden $76 million

10. Tiger Woods 73.5 million US dollars (Rp 1.07 trillion)