World's Highest Paid Athlete By Year

2011: Tiger Woods – $75M

2012: Floyd Mayweather – $85M

2013: Tiger Woods – $78.1M

2014: Floyd Mayweather – $105M

2015: Floyd Mayweather – $300M

2016: Cristiano Ronaldo – $88M

2017: Cristiano Ronaldo – $93M

2018: Floyd Mayweather – $285M

2019: Lionel Messi – $127M

2020: Roger Federer – $106.3M

2021: Conor McGregor – $180M

2022: Lionel Messi – $130M

2023: Cristiano Ronaldo – $136M

2024: Cristiano Ronaldo – $260M

2025: Cristiano Ronaldo – $275M

-Forbes