Face of Nation : London-Team India captain Virat Kohli has once again become the only cricketer to make the top-100 list of Forbes’ highest earning players. From June 2018 to June 2019, their earnings are Rs 7 crore annually. ($ 1 million) increased to 173.5 million rupees ($ 2.5 million). Despite this, they reached 100th place from the last 83rd position.
For the first time, Argentine footballer Lionel Messi reached the top of Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo. His last year’s earnings is 881.72 crore rupees ($ 12.7 million). Ronaldo earned 756.35 crores ($ 10.9 million) during this period. In this case, there was a gap of about five times in the Mossi and the last position at the top spot of the top-100 and Kohli’s earnings. Forbes added players’ earnings, earnings from his endorsement and advertising, in the tournament, along with his salary.
Forbes list includes athletes from 25 countries this time The highest earning athletes are from 25 countries this time compared to the players in 22 countries. Their earnings were about $ 4 billion (Rs 27,763 crore), which was 5% higher than the last time. The last time American boxer Floyd Mayweather was at No. 1 with annual earnings of 1978 crores. That is, their earnings were more than that of Messi and Ronaldo’s combined earnings (1638.07). The special thing is that for the first time in the list, in the top-3 in three footballer rankings.
