According to Tasnim news agency, Lionel Messi, winner of seven Ballon d’Ors, striker of Inter Miami club and Argentina national team, has been the most interesting athlete in the world among the financial sponsors of 2023.
According to the Sport Pro report; LeBron James, the player of the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, has taken the second place in this list, and Alex Morgan, the forward of the American national team, is in the third place. American national team player Megan Rapinoe and Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe and the French national team are also among the top 10.
The interesting point is that; Cristiano Ronaldo, the winner of five Ballon d’Ors, the striker of Al-Nasr Club and the Portuguese national football team, is nowhere among the top 20 athletes in the world in terms of attracting financial sponsors. He topped this ranking last year. Erling Holland, the Manchester City striker, could not make it to the top 20 athletes. Ronaldo ranks 27th and Holland ranks 33rd.
The 10 most popular sports sponsors in 2023 are as follows:
1. Lionel Messi, soccer, 36 years old
2. LeBron James, basketball, 38 years old
3. Alex Morgan, football, 34 years old
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo, basketball, 28 years old
5. Megan Rapinoe, soccer, 38
6. Mikayla Shiffrin, alpine skiing, 28 years old
7. Lewis Hamilton, Formula One, 38 years old
8. Simone Biles, gymnast, 26 years old
9. Kylian Mbappe, soccer, 24 years old
10. Max Verstappen, Formula One, 26 years old