Neymar, the 32-year-old forward of Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia) and the Brazilian national football team, is the tenth athlete in history to earned at least $1 billion during his professional sporting career, Transfer News Live reports.
Neymar's total income—from salary, contracts with sponsors, and some other transactions—has reached $1.01 billion.
The respective top 10 is as follows:
1) Michael Jordan (USA, basketball): $2.7 billion
2) Tiger Woods (USA, golf): $1.85 billion
3) Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal, football): $1.57 billion
4) LeBron James (USA, basketball): $1.36 billion
5) Lionel Messi (Argentina, football): $1.36 billion
6) Roger Federer (Switzerland, tennis): $1.17 billion
7) Floyd Mayweather Jr. (USA, boxing): $1.14 billion
8) David Beckham (England, football): $1.13 billion
9) Phil Mickelson (USA, golf): $1.05 billion
10) Neymar (Brazil, football): $1.01 billion
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