Two boxers entered the list of the twenty highest paid athletes in the world in 2022. For many years, the biggest star of fisticuffs remained Saul Alvarez (58-2-2, 39 KOs) who may consider this season less successful in terms of sporting performance, but financially Canelo has nothing to complain about. However, like Tyson Fury (33-0-1, 24 KOs), who had two fights in British stadiums in 2022.
Among the richest athletes, of course, footballers rule the roost. They are closely followed by NBA basketball players. List of the 20 richest athletes in 2022 according to Forbes:
1. Lionel Messi - Football ($130 million)
2. LeBron James - basketball ($121.2 million)
3. Cristiano Ronaldo - Football ($115 million)
4. Neymar - football ($95 million)
5 Stephen Curry - Basketball ($92.8 million)
6. Kevin Durant - basketball ($92.1 million)
7. Roger Federer - tennis ($90.7 million)
8. Canelo Alvarez - Boxing ($90 million)
9. Tom Brady - American football ($83.9 million)
10. Giannis Antetokounmpo - basketball ($80.9 million)
11. Russell Westbrook - basketball ($79.2 million)
12. James Harden - basketball ($74.4 million)
13. Matthew Stafford - American football ($72.3 million)
14. Aaron Rodgers - American football ($68 million)
14. Tiger Woods - golf ($68 million)
16. Josh Allen - American football ($67 million)
17. Lewis Hamilton - Formula One ($65 million)
18. Tyson Fury - boxing ($62 million)
19. Naomi Osaka - Tennis ($59.2 million)
20. Damian Lillard - basketball ($57.4 million)
