The net worth of footballer Lionel Messi is estimated to be around 600 million dollars (545 million euros).
According to Forbes, the total income of his career is 1.28 billion dollars in 2023, writes Goal, broadcasts Klan Kosova.
The World Cup winner came second on the Forbes 2023 list of the world’s highest-paid athletes in 2023, with reported earnings of $130 million, a figure that saw him just behind Cristiano Ronaldo, passing which in Saudi Arabia helped him top the list.
Interestingly, Messi topped the 2022 list, with his earnings also reported at $130 million that year, with basketball superstar and Liverpool part-owner LeBron James coming second.
Forbes ranked Messi first among athletes in their list of the 100 highest-paid athletes of 2019, putting his earnings for the year at $127m (£115m) and fourth overall , making him the highest-paid footballer and athlete in the world.
His position fell to third place on the Forbes 2020 list, behind Ronaldo and tennis star Roger Federer, in a year that saw many industries hit by the global Covid-19 pandemic.
However, Ronaldo was again on the Forbes 2021 list, with total earnings of $120 million.
Former UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor topped the list with $180 million in earnings.
How much is Lionel Messi’s salary?
Inter Miami will pay Messi between $125 million and $150 million over the course of his two-and-a-half-year contract with the club. His annual salary, then, is roughly between $50 million and $60 million (50 million and 54 million euros), which is a slight improvement on what he was reportedly earning at PSG.
If Messi’s salary is $50 million a year, that’s just under $1 million a week (€909,000) and if it’s $60 million a year, it would be just over $1 million a year (1 million euros).
