Jon Rahm watches a shot during the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.
Jon Rahm watches a shot during the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Ky.
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No athlete made a bigger leap in Forbes’ annual World’s Highest-Paid Athletes ranking than Jon Rahm. We’ll give you one guess why.
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Rahm, the 29-year-old Spaniard, came in at No. 2 on the recently released list, with his total earnings over the past 12 months estimated at $218 million. According to Forbes, $198 million of that came from his on-course earnings/contracts, while $20 million came off the course through things such as endorsements.
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To compile its ranking, Forbes tracked income from May 1, 2023, to May 1, 2024. For LIV players who received guaranteed contracts, Forbes calculated those sums via conversations with industry sources and estimated that top LIV players received half of their guarantees upfront, with remaining signing bonus money to be paid through the course of the contracts.
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Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo topped the list, with $260 million in earnings.
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