Curry: I earn 740 million a year, James: I earn 930 million, he: Please step aside

With the official end of 2024, Forbes recently released the top 10 highest-paid athletes of 2024, with three NBA players and five football players making the list. Let's take a look at which athletes made the cut.

First, let's look at the basketball field. The NBA has three players on the list, namely Curry, Antetokounmpo, and James. Curry's annual income in 2024 reached $102 m i l l i o n, e q u i v a l e n t t o a b o u t 744 m i l l i o n y u a n, r a n k i n g n i n t h o n t h i s l i s t . A m o n g t h e m, h i s s a l a r y f o r t h i s s e a s o n i s a s h i g h a s$ 102million,equivalenttoabout744millionyuan,rankingninthonthislist.Amongthem,hissalaryforthisseasonisashighas55.76 million, ranking first in the entire league, and his off-court commercial income also exceeds $40 million.

Antetokounmpo is slightly higher than Curry, ranking fifth on the list, with an annual income of $111 m i l l i o n, e q u i v a l e n t t o a b o u t 810 m i l l i o n y u a n . A m o n g t h e m, A n t e t o k o u n m p o^{'} s a n n u a l s a l a r y f o r t h i s s e a s o n i s$ 111million,equivalenttoabout810millionyuan.Amongthem,Antetokounmpo′sannualsalaryforthisseasonis48.78 million, ranking 12th in the league, but his off-court income exceeds $50 million. It can be seen how high Antetokounmpo's commercial value is now that he can have such an income in a small market like Milwaukee.

Next, James ranks fourth on this list with $128.2 m i l l i o n, e q u i v a l e n t t o a b o u t 935 m i l l i o n y u a n . A s t h e f a c e o f t h e N B A i n t h i s e r a, J a m e s^{'} a b i l i t y t o a t t r a c t m o n e y i s b e y o n d q u e s t i o n . E v e n a t t h e a g e o f 40, h e c a n s t i l l e a r n a s a l a r y o f$ 128.2million,equivalenttoabout935millionyuan.AsthefaceoftheNBAinthisera,James′abilitytoattractmoneyisbeyondquestion.Evenattheageof40,hecanstillearnasalaryof48.72 million, and his off-court income reaches $80 million. It is worth mentioning that this is also the 11th consecutive year that James has become the highest-paid player in the NBA.

In football, a total of five athletes made the list, with Benzema at $106 m i l l i o n i n e i g h t h p l a c e, N e y m a r a t$ 106millionineighthplace,Neymarat108 million in seventh, Mbappe at $110 m i l l i o n i n s i x t h, M e s s i a t$ 110millioninsixth,Messiat135 million in third, and Ronaldo leading by a landslide with $260 million, once again topping the list for the sixth time in the past decade.

The specific rankings are as follows:

Cristiano Ronaldo (Football) - $260 million
Jon Rahm (Golf) - $218 million
Lionel Messi (Football) - $135 million
LeBron James (Basketball) - $128.2 million
Giannis Antetokounmpo (Basketball) - $111 million
Kylian Mbappe (Football) - $110 million
Neymar (Football) - $108 million
Karim Benzema (Football) - $106 million
Stephen Curry (Basketball) - $102 million
Lamar Jackson (American Football) - $100.5 million