Roger Federer tops the Forbes list for the first time - with $ 106 million in annual earnings!
Roger Federer has taken the top position on the Forbes list of the highest earning athletes for the first time. Lean 106.3 million US dollars have been in the Swiss box office over the past 12 months.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: May 29, 2020, 10:47 pm
Federer is at the top of all athletes in the 2020 Forbes list with $ 106.3 million. All earnings were calculated between June 1, 2019 and May 31, 2020.
The top 100 had raised a total of $ 3.6 billion, 9 percent less than in 2019, reports the financial magazine .
Federer comes to this gigantic sum mainly thanks to his sponsorship income, 100 million US dollars come from a total of 13 brands for which the 38-year-old advertises - including Uniqlo, Rolex, Wilson, Credit Suisse, Moet & Chandon, Barilla, Rimowa and Mercedes Benz. After Tiger Woods, he is only the second athlete to break the 100 million mark with income from advertising contracts alone. 6.3 million, however, come from prize money. Federer had made headlines in summer 2018 with a rumored 300 million deal over ten years with the Japanese clothing company Uniqlo .
Novak Djokovic in 23rd place, Naomi Osaka in 29th place
Federer is behind Cristiano Ronaldo with $ 105 million (40 million advertising money, 65 million salary), Lionel Messi with $ 104 million (32 + 72), Neymar with $ 95.5 million (25 + 70.5 ) and Lebron James with $ 88.2 million (60 + 28.2).
Tennis players only reappear from 20th place. Novak Djokovic is in 23rd place (44.6 million, 32 + 12.6), Rafael Nadal in 27th place (40 million, 26 + 14), Naomi Osaka in 29th place (37.4 million, 34 + 3.4) ), Serena Williams in 33rd place (36 million, 32 + 4) and Kei Nishikori (32.1 million, 31 + 1.1).
Federer first tennis player at the top
Federer is also the first tennis player to top the Forbes list. In 2013 he once took second place.
However, this time there are also missing the strong boxers who are usually at the top. Like in 2016, when the cash registers of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao rang as loud as never before thanks to their $ 400 million pay-per-view fight.