While the very top few of the highest-paid athletes are not footballers, many of them are.
this could be a question of opinion. World class soccer players and Formula 1 racing drivers are some of the highest paid athletes in the world.
The highest paid soccer player in the world is currently Cristiano Ronaldo, a Portuguese soccer player, who now plays for Real Madrid. David Beckham is also known to be one of the highest paid players in the world.
Soccer players are some of the highest-paid athletes in the world, not only for the fixed sums they are paid each week but also because of various bonuses such as ones paid for scoring goals. However, the exact amounts in which they are paid depends on the individual players' contracts.
Highest is Zidane from AC Milan to Real Madrid
There are so many world famous athletes in soccer. Players like MESSI, CRISTIANO RONALDO, ROONEY, GARETH BALE, DAVID BECKHAM are hugely famous.
Ronaldinho must be the first highest payment in the world
Baseball And soccer (football) are the highest paid players in the world
There is no one particular amount that Professional players make. The amount varies from as little as $5000 per year to as much as 40+ million per year. This makes Soccer players some of the highest paid athletes in the world, amongst all sports. If you factor in the transfer payments that clubs make to purchase players from other clubs they would rank the highest amongst all sports on a consistent basis.
It can be argued that soccer is an endurance sport. Even though it's a timed team sport, players at the international level run up to 7 miles per match. Soccer players are some of the most fit athletes in the world.
depends which level you are competing at but the highest paid athletes are world cup soccer players theyre salaries shatter any Yankee baseball pro, or canuck hockey player by atleast 3 times at minimum
60,356 people are soccer players in the world.
Cristiano Ronaldo gets paid 21 million euros. He is the highest played soccer player in the world, and also one of the highest paid athletes.