Forbes annual list revealed Roger Federer as highest paid athlete just after Osaka

Roger Federer At the top of the world's highest-paid  athlete: Forbes exclusive

Roger Federer is the first tennis player to top the yearly Forbes rundown of the world's most generously compensated competitors, surpassing footballer Lionel Messi.

Federer, 38, climbed four places in the wake of procuring £86.2m in the previous year - about £81m of it in supports.

Cristiano Ronaldo (£85m), Messi (£84m) and Neymar (£77.5m) come straightaway, while American b-ball player LeBron James (£71.5m) finishes the best five.

Fighter Tyson Fury was the most elevated gaining Briton in eleventh (£46.2m).

Recipe 1 best on the planet Lewis Hamilton came thirteenth with a profit of £43.7m.

Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka was uncovered to be the most generously compensated female competitor not long ago.

She is 29th by and large on the rundown, which was discharged on Friday.

"The coronavirus pandemic activated pay cuts for soccer stars Messi and Ronaldo,
making room for a tennis player to rank as the world's most generously compensated competitor
just because," said Kurt Badenhausen, senior manager at Forbes.

"Roger Federer is the ideal pitchman for organizations, bringing about an unrivaled underwriting arrangement of blue-chip brands worth $100m every year for the tennis extraordinary."

A week ago, double-cross Grand Slam champion Osaka, 22, finished Serena Williams' run of four years as the most generously compensated female competitor after acquiring £30.7m, £1.15m over 38-year-old Williams.