"I made 220,000 yuan in one hour!" The 40-year-old football star Cristiano Ronaldo has reached the top for three consecutive years and has become the most profitable sports player in the wor

Portuguese national football forward Cristiano Ronaldo (40) has become the most profitable sports player in the world.

Royce has been at the top of the list for three consecutive years in this regard, and it is also the fifth time he has been at the top of the list.

After the American Economic Magazine Forbes calculated its revenue in the past 12 months, the "2025 World Sports Player Income Ranking" published on the 16th showed that Ronaldo received a total of US$275 million (about RMB 1.9 billion), which means he earned RMB 220,000 per hour, ranking first. Ronaldo's revenue increased by $15 million from last year's announcement ($260 million).

According to Forbes, Ronaldo, who won the two-year contract with Saudi Arabian Professional League in December 2022, won US$225 million in game revenue and US$50 million in off-court revenue.

After Ronaldo, NBA star Stephen Curry (Golden State Warriors) ranked second with $156 million.

Curry's revenue exceeded LeBron James' (Los Angeles Lakers)'s record of basketball players with an NBA highest of $128.2 billion last year, but was $119 million away from Ronaldo.

However, Curry, whose game revenue was $56 million, had an off-court revenue of $100 million, leading Ronaldo.

ranked third with former heavyweight boxing world champion Tyson Fury, who announced his retirement in January this year.

NFL quarterback Prescott ($137 million) and MLB outfielder Juan Soto ($114 million) set the highest annual salary records in the NFL and MLB, ranking fourth and seventh respectively.

Forbes reported that after last year, the top 10 players made more than $100 million this year, and the total revenue of the 10 players hit a record high of $1.4 billion.