LeBron James, highest paid basketball player in the world

NBA — Fourth highest paid sportsman on the planet according to Forbes, by adding salary and extra-sports income, the Lakers player is ahead of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant in basketball.

Like every year, specialized sites such as Forbes draw up their ranking of the highest paid sportsmen in the world and, here again, it is LeBron James who leads the dance among basketball players with no less than 119.5 million dollars earned over the fiscal year (it ends in mid-April in the United States).

In detail, the billionaire accumulates 44.5 million dollars in salary and 75 million dollars in extra-sports income.

Taking into account all the athletes, the “King” of Lakers is however “only” fourth, at the foot of the podium, and he is behind three footballers: Cristiano Ronaldo (136) and Lionel Messi (130) of course, but also the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé (120), who has become an NBA partner one year ago.

In this Top 10, we also find a boxer, two golfers and a tennis player, not to mention two other basketball players: Stephen Currypresent in 8th place thanks to its 100.4 million dollars

(48.4 + 52), as well as Kevin Durantpresent in 10th place thanks to its 89.1 million dollars (44.1 + 45).

Top 10 highest paid athletes on the planet

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (football) — 136 millions de dollars
2. Lionel Messi (soccer) — $130 million
3. Kylian Mbappé (soccer) — $120 million
4. LeBron James (basket) — 119.5 millions de dollars
5. Canelo Alvarez (boxing) — 110 million dollars
6. Dustin Johnson (golf) — 107 millions de dollars
7. Phil Mickelson (golf) — 106 millions de dollars
8. Stephen Curry (basket) — 100.4 millions de dollars
9. Roger Federer (tennis) — 95.1 million de dollars
10. Kevin Durant (basketball) — $89.1 million