Conor McGregor Is The Highest Paid Athlete In The World | Forbes

For much of 2020, the world’s leading athletes were sidelined, working for reduced pay, playing to empty seats or isolated in competitive bubbles designed to thwart a pandemic that has sapped billions of dollars from professional sports.

But despite that, the ten highest-paid athletes in the world took home pretax gross earnings of $1.05 billion during the past 12 months, 28% more than last year’s top earners. At the top of that list is Irish mixed-martial artist Conor McGregor, with a total of $180 million over the last 12 months.

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