Where Data Tells the Story
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Elite sports earnings are increasingly concentrated among a small group of global superstars.
Across the 2025–26 season, the world’s 10 highest-paid athletes earned more than $1.4 billion combined from salaries, prize money, endorsements, appearance fees, licensing, and business ventures.
This visualization ranks the world’s 10 highest-paid athletes using data from Forbes, showing each athlete’s total earnings and how that income breaks down between on-field and off-field sources.
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