Cristiano Ronaldo net worth: Superstar is world’s highest-paid athlete with incredible earnings and sponsorship deals

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Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the greatest footballers of all time and his career earnings make him one of the sport’s greatest earners too.

The Al Nassr superstar is arguably the face of football and he gets paid the money to prove it, raking in the cash with his wages and sponsorships. 

Ronaldo is one of football's greatest

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Ronaldo is one of football's greatest

Ronaldo is one of the most decorated players in history, winning 35 trophies in total after an incredible career playing for Manchester United, Real Madrid and Juventus

He is also one of the highest-ever goalscorers in professional football while his impact off the pitch is shown by being the most-followed person on Instagram with over 600million followers. 

All of his success has led to him earning an incredible amount of money and talkSPORT.com has taken a look at what he is worth…

Cristiano Ronaldo net worth

Ronaldo has an estimated net worth of around £500million.

He was reported to have earned a whopping £107m at the start of 2023, according to Forbes.

That made him the current world’s highest-paid athlete, sitting above rival Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappe and basketball icon LeBron James

However, this number would have increased massively since then, after he doubled his salary by joining Al Nassr in a move which made him the highest-earning player ever. 

The five-time Ballon d'Or winner's contract runs until 2025 and is estimated to be worth £177m-a-year, including £62m for his football salary as well as commercial bonuses. 

Ronaldo signed the most expensive contract ever to join Al Nassr

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Ronaldo signed the most expensive contract ever to join Al NassrCredit: Getty

Ronaldo is earning an astonishing £14.75m every month or £3.4m a week.

To break that down even further, the Real Madrid legend is pocketing £485k a day or £337 every minute.

Ronaldo’s major sponsorship deal is with Nike and he has a lifetime contract with the sportswear giants while NBA superstars James, Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant are the only other people to have one. 

He also has endorsement deals with Armani, Tag Heuer, Kickoff, Herbalife, Livescore, Clear, Binance, PokerStars and Castrol. 

As well as his partnerships, he also has his own brand and businesses. 

Ronaldo created CR7 which sells underwear, other clothing and leisure and home products. 

He also owns a range of hotels in Lisbon, New York, Marrakech and Madrid under the name Pestana CR7. 

As well this, he has a business venture in the hair transplant industry alongside his partner Georgina Rodriguez.

Ronaldo's personal CR7 brand is huge

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Ronaldo's personal CR7 brand is hugeCredit: Getty

Cristiano Ronaldo’s home and cars

Ronaldo’s earnings allow him to live a life of luxury and he has spent a lot of his cash on an incredible collection of properties. 

He owns a £500m villa in Madrid while also having a £15m apartment in New York as part of his portfolio. 

In 2023, Ronaldo and Rodriguez began to rent out the Madrid property for £8,800-a-month.

As well as that, he is reported to own private land on Madeira Island in his home country of Portugal. 

Ronaldo stayed in a hotel suite worth around £250,000-a-month in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia when he first made the switch, but now he has moved out into a house of his own.

Ronaldo and his family spent a number of weeks in the lavish hotel

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Ronaldo and his family spent a number of weeks in the lavish hotel

He also boasts and impressive, and rare, car collection

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He also boasts and impressive, and rare, car collectionCredit: Instagram @Cristiano

He also has an incredible car collection which he loves to show off on social media.

He boasts a limited edition £8.5m Bugatti Centodieci in his collection – one of only ten to have ever been made.

As well as that, he also owns a Bugatti Chiron, Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, plus a few Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce motors.

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