London: veteran Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi has become the highest-grossing player in 2019 in athletes around the world. Messi, who was second last year, topped the Forbes list for the first time with 127 million (about 8.81 billion rupees). Last year, the first-ranked boxer, Lloyd Mayweather, has been out of the top hundred.
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According to information from sources, Messi's tough rival Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo is second with 109 million (about 7.56 billion) and Brazil star Neymar is third with $105 million (about 7.28 billion). This is the first time that footballers have been captured in the top three places.
With this, Indian skipper Virat Kohli is the only cricketer and Indian player in the list of top hundred players for the third consecutive year. However, this time they have lost 16 places and have reached the hundreth number. Last year, he was ranked 83. This time, they have a total earning of 25 million (about 1.73 billion rupees). Of these, they earn about 27.75 crores from the salary and 1.45 billion from the agreement and advertisement. He was no. 89 in 2017.
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