Cristiano Ronaldo leads Forbes' Rich List of
sportsmen - but there's only one Englishman in the
Top 20.
The Real Madrid star striker earned £70m in the last
year - making him the highest-paid European sports
personality.
The former Manchester United footballer missed out
on the number one in the world of celebrity by just
£1m, being beaten into second place by Harry Potter
author JK Rowling in the top spot.
The figures, an estimate by Forbes, are calculated
before taxes and management fees are taken into
account - and Ronaldo's earnings are largely made up
of his Real Madrid contract and endorsement deals.
The highest paid English sports personality is Formula
One racing driver Lewis Hamilton - in 11th place on
the list of European celebrities, earning £32m in the
last year.
Half of the Top 20 is made up of sports stars - with
Wales and Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale putting in
an impressive display in 18th place, earning £25.5m.
He is actually joint-equal with Irish professional mixed
martial artist and professional boxer, UFC Lightweight
Champion Conor McGregor.
And Nothern Irish professional golfer Rory McIroy
beats Hamilton, in ninth place with £37m in the last
year - making him the only sportsman from the UK in
the Top 10.
Also featuring in the Top 20 from the sports world are
Swiss tennis star - and World No.2 - Roger Federer in
fifth place with £48m.
Also from Formula One, German driver Sebastian
Vettel is in 14th place with £28.9m, narrowly beating
tennis star Novak Djokovic from Serbia in 15th place
with £28.3m.
Spanish driver Fernando Alonso is in 17th place
earning £27 while Manchester United star Swede
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scrapes into 20th place with his
£24m earnings in the last year.
Cristiano Ronaldo leads
Forbes' Rich List of
sportsmen - but there's
only one Englishman in
the Top 20
Hamilton has much to celebrate - being the highest
earning English sports celebrity (Image: Getty)
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