Max Verstappen ahead of Lewis Hamilton in world’s top-earning athletes rich list
But Lewis Hamilton earne💎d more ಌthan Max Verstappen away from the F1 circuit
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton are the only F1 drivers included in a new rich list.
Forbes’ rank of the 50 highest-earning athletes in the world for 2024 ha🌊s laid bare the inc👍ome for F1’s two biggest stars.
Verstappen is named the 17th biggest-earner of the year, and Hamilton is 21st.
Forbes track every athꦜletes’ income between May 1, 20⛎23, and May 1, 2024.
The list includes ‘on-field’ earnings - prize money, salary, bonuses - and ‘off-field’ earnings - estimated sponsorship deals, appearance fees, memorabilia an﷽d licensing.
Verstappen pocketed $81m in total ($76m was his salary and prize money after wi꧃nning last year’s F1 championship).
Hamilton earned a total of $69m ($57m was his salary but,🐠 in the past 12 months, bonuses for performಞances and results were hard to come by).
Notably, Hamilton earn✨ed $12m for sponsorships and other fees unrelated to his on-track performance.
Hamilton’s star power is a huge reason that he is able to ear🐈n more than double the amouꦦnt of Verstappen away from the F1 circuit.
17th-placed Verstappen and 21st-placed Hamilton are separated in the rich list by NFL star Aaron Rodgers, golfer Rory McIlroy, and aܫnother NFL player in Justin Herbert.
No other F1 driver - or any representꦗative from motorsport - features on a list which is 🥂largely dominated by footballers, golfers and NFL or NBA players.
Next year, it will be intriguing to 🔜see how Verstappen and Hamilton’s earning✨s soar.
🅷Verstappen can count on another hefty bonus incoming if he completes a fourth consecutive F1 championship win, as he is expected to do.
Hamilton will switch Mercedes for Ferrari next year which will result in a salary increase - and liܫke🍎ly also huge sponsorship deals.
The Forbes top 10 earners in 2024 were:
Cristiano Ronaldo ($260) - football
Jon Rahm ($218m) - golf
Lionel Messi ($135) - football
LeBron James ($128.2m) - basketball
Giannis Antetokou ($111m) - basketball
Kylian Mbappe ($110m) - football
Neymar ($108m) - football
Karim Benzema ($106m) - football
Stephen Curry ($102m) - basketball
Lamar Jackson ($100.5m) - American football
Jame🌞s was a sports journalist at Sky Spꩵorts for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
