Justin Birnbaum

Forbes ranks the highest-paid footballers in the world, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Here are the top soccer player salaries and endorsement deals.

Forbes' list of the Ryder Cup's highest-paid golfers features Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and three other players earning big money on and off the course.

The barnstorming organization is generating more than $100 million in revenue—but owner Jesse Cole is more concerned with chasing a billion fans than a billion-dollar valuation.

The top 20 owners on The Forbes 400 are worth $607 billion, up 20% from 2024. And with the cutoff rising to $10.1 billion, the club is more exclusive than ever.

Jim Irsay’s daughters have inherited an NFL team that has been in their family for 53 years and is now worth $5.9 billion—making them among the richest female owners in sports.

A new funding round values the franchise at more than $10 million as the racket sport takes on pickleball in the U.S. with a faster-paced game and a growing fan base in Europe.

Lucrative endorsements and a stake in shoe brand On have made the Swiss star just the seventh athlete in the three-comma club—and a food tech investment may serve up another payday.

Dumb jock? Think again. The four-time Super Bowl champion has turned his larger-than-life personality into a winning brand that earns him an estimated $10 million a year—and he’s only getting bigger.

Jump, co-founded by Alex Rodriguez, raises $23M to modernize ticketing and fan experiences, aiming to become the Shopify for sports teams.

The partnership is among the richest in a sport where women’s shoe contracts usually run in the mid-five figures per year—but the paychecks are rising fast.