Roger Federer, the king: the reason Cristiano, Messi and Neymar envy him

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi had marked an era playing soccer. During the last decades they were, with no doubts, the best players in the world and distributed international awards and prizes between them. Robert Lewandowski arrived with a tremendous 2020, to put an end to that reign.

But despite if it will still be lasting or not, both attackers had made a fortune playing soccer. Neymar has been the other player near to them, when considering the money won playing professionally. Here we have to consider the multimillionaire contracts signed with clubs, the transfers made and the sponsorships.

During 2020, the three soccer idols were the best paid athlete from the world. Cristiano was the no. 1, earning $105 million during all the year, while Messi ended second, gaining just a million less, and Neymar was third, as he had reported income of $95.5 million. A complete fortune for the kings of soccer.

But, when compared to the no. 1 from the ranking, Cristiano, Messi and Neymar are all humiliated by equal. Roger Federer ended as the highest paid athlete from 2020, earning $106.3 million. The ranking was made by Forbes and the six other athletes on the top 10 are LeBron James ($88.2m), Stephen Curry ($74.4m), Kevin Durant ($63.9m), Tiger Woods ($62.3m), Kirk Cousins ($60.5m) and Carson Wentz ($59.1m).