American boxer Floyd Mayweather is recognized as the richest sportsman of 2017.

Forbes updated the rating, which was released on June 5, 2018. According to him, Mayweather over the past year earned $ 285 million. It is interesting that the main earnings of the boxer (275 million) are the prize money from the fight against Conor McGregor. Another 10 million Floyd earned thanks to advertising.

Recall that this duel took place on August 26, 2017. The fight ended with Mayweather's victory by TKO in round 10.

The second and third places in the ranking are the stars of world football Lionel Messi (Barcelona) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) respectively. For two, these players earned 219 million dollars. The fourth place was taken by McGregor - his profit was 99 million in American currency.

Closes the top five footballer French PSG - Neymar. His condition is estimated at $ 90 million. Interestingly, the richest sportsman at the expense of advertising was the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer.