Forbes has released its top 10 highest paid list of 2021 this year. Although the UFC star Conor McGregor has topped the whole list by earning the highest money of $180 million by beating up the scorcher superstar Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the past year. And become the highest-paid atheist of the year.
The full list of the athletes are as follows –
| Rank | Name | Sports | Earning |
| 1 | Conor McGregor (Ireland) | MMA | $180 million |
| 2 | Lionel Messi (Argentina) | Soccer | $130 million |
| 3
| Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) | Soccer | $120 million |
| 4 | Dak Prescott (United States) | Football | $107.5 million |
| 5 | Lebron James (United States) | Basketball | $96.5 million |
| 6 | Neymar (Brazil) | Soccer | $95 million |
| 7 | Roger Federer (Switzerland) | Tennis | $90 million |
| 8 | Lewis Hamilton (United Kingdom) | Formula 1 | $82 million |
| 9 | Tom Brady (United States) | Football | $76 million |
| 10
| Kevin Durant (United States) | Basketball | $75 million |
Although, the factors focused on by Forbes are the salaries, price money, and several bones made by them between May 1, 2020, and May 1, 2021.
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The ten highest-paid athletes in the world took home pretax gross earnings of $1.05 billion during the past 12 months, 28% more than last year’s top earners. The combined haul falls just a few million short of the $1.06 billion records set in 2018, the 12-month window in which boxer Floyd Mayweather earned $285 million, almost all of it from his 2017 pay-per-view fight with Conor McGregor.
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