Here's your Forbes Daily Briefing for Saturday, May 17th.

Today on Forbes, the world's 10 highest paid athletes 2025.

For the third year in a row and the fifth time overall, Cristiano Ronaldo is the world's highest paid athlete.

But at age 40, the Portuguese soccer superstar is reaching new highs.

Over the past 12 months, counting both his playing salary at Saudi Arabia's Al-Nasar and his off-field

business endeavors, Ronaldo collected an estimated $275 million before taxes and agent fees,

the third best year by an active athlete ever measured

by Forbes. On that all-time list, Ronaldo is surpassed only by boxer Floyd Mayweather, who earned

$300 million in 2015 and $285 million in 2018. And when it comes to the 2025 leaderboard, Ronaldo has a $119 million

advantage over number two, Golden State Warriors Guard, Stefan Curry. The gap is especially

impressive, considering that Curry's $156 million total is also a record for his sport, beating the NBA mark of $128.2 million

set last year by LeBron James. And there are plenty of other eye-popping paydays among this

year's 10 highest-paid athletes, starting with James, who notched a personal best $133.8 million

to land at number six.

Meanwhile, Dallas Cowboys quarterback, Dak Prescott, at number four with $137 million,

and New York Mets outfielder Juan Soto, at number seven with $114 million, broke records for the

NFL and MLB.

Combined, the 10 highest paid athletes brought in $1.4 billion, up slightly from last year's

$1.38 billion, and the largest total since Forbes began ranking athlete earnings in 1990.

This year is also only the second time, after 2024, that every member of the top 10 made

at least $100 million.

In fact, heavyweight boxing champion Alexander Yusick, with $101 million, and golfer John

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