Where Does Connor McGregor Rank On The Top 50 Highest Paid Athletes Of All Time List?

Did he crack the top 30? Top 40? Where does the Irishman fall?

According to a Sportico analysis, McGregor earned $615 million in total over his career, placing him tied for No. 33 among the 50 highest-paid athletes of all time. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ($620 million) is ahead of McGregor, 34, by one slot, and is tied with Magic Johnson ($615 million). McGregor was the lone mixed martial artist to crack the top 50, with Floyd Mayweather coming in at No. 8 ($1.41 billion), and only seven fighters made the list, all boxers.

With a lifetime income of $3.3 billion, Michael Jordan came in first place. At $2.5 billion, Tiger Woods was the next highest earner.

Sportico claims that their statistics were derived from "conversations with industry experts. studies from Sportico and previous projections in publications like Forbes and Sports Illustrated. Salaries, bonuses, prize money, purses, endorsements, licensing, royalties, memorabilia, book agreements, media, appearances, and fees for designing golf courses are all examples of earnings. Cash "acquired from stock shares in sponsor firms, such LeBron James' part in Beats Electronics, Kevin Durant's portion of Postmates, and James Harden's piece of BodyArmor" was included in the calculation.

The conventional investment income was not taken into account by Sportico. Through 2022, Sportico incorporated incomes from playing careers and retirement and factor in inflation. All revenues are before taxes and any costs for attorneys and agents.

According to the standards, it's right to assume that a significant amount, if not the majority, of McGregor's career earnings, have come from two main sources: a 2017 boxing spectacle with Mayweather and his Proper Twelve whiskey, which was introduced shortly after the Mayweather fight.

The projected 4.3 million pay-per-view viewers for Mayweather vs. McGregor gave the former UFC two-division champion his most lucrative fight-related compensation of roughly $100 million (Mayweather reportedly made about five times that). When he sold the majority of his ownership in Proper Twelve in April 2021, McGregor earned an estimated $150 million. He is still the brand's spokesperson.