Cristiano Ronaldo top the World's highest paid Atheles list 2017

Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo  

Latest Champions League and Laliga winner, Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo retained his top spot as the world's highest-paid athlete as Forbes released its annual ranking of the world's 100 highest-paid athletes.

With earnings of £71.8million ($93m) the 32-year-old Portuguese is top of the pile for the second consecutive year.

Before Ronaldo, the best-paid sports star was either Tiger Woods or Floyd Mayweather for 15 years in a row.

WORLD'S TOP 10 HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETES IN 2017

Rank	Athlete	Sport	Salary (£m)	Endorsements (£m)	Total Earnings (£m)
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Football	44.8	27	71.8
2	LeBron James	Basketball	24.1	42.5	66.6
3	Lionel Messi	Football	40.9	20.9	61.8
4	Roger Federer	Tennis	4.6	44.8	49.4
5	Kevin Durant	Basketball	20.5	26.3	46.8
6	Rory McIlroy	Golf	12.4	26.3	38.6
6	Andrew Luck	American Football	36.3	2.3	38.6
8	Stephen Curry	Basketball	9.5	27	36.5
9	James Harden	Basketball	20.5	15.5	36
10	Lewis Hamilton	Formula One	29.4	6.2