Cristiano Ronaldo’s Net Worth and Salary (2024)

Cristiano Ronaldo’s net worth continues to grow as he sees out the latter stage of his career. The Portuguese superstar is enjoying the twilight period of his playing days in the Saudi Pro League at Al-Nassr. Such is the modern world, playing football in Saudi Arabia means one thing in particular: a hefty wage.

Granted, it means that Ronaldo, who has played for the likes of Real Madrid, Manchester United and Juventus, may not finish his career at the top level of football. But one thing is for certain: he will be nowhere near short of cash. While that can be attributed to the copious amounts of money his free-scoring habits have yielded since emerging on the scene as a fresh-faced teenager, there is much more to Ronaldo’s full bank account than meets the eye.

Inarguably still one of football’s poster boys at the ripe old age of 39, Ronaldo is continuing to rake in money outside the sport thanks to his businesses and sponsorship deals. But what is the net worth of the Madrid and Portugal icon? Let’s take a closer look into the sponsorship deals that bloat his bank balance, his hefty Al-Nassr wage and the houses and cars he has purchased along the way.

Cristiano Ronaldo – Senior Career Statistics

Club
Games
Goals
Assists
Yellow Cards
Red Cards

Real Madrid
438
450
131
55
6

Manchester United
346
145
64
51
4

Juventus
134
101
22
13
1

Al-Nassr
74
68
17
9
1

Sporting CP
31
5
6
1
0

Overall Net Worth

Forbes named him the highest-paid athlete in 2024

The relentless goalscorer has an estimated net worth around the £500m mark – which, on its own, is just simply outstanding, especially on the notion that he has reached the tail-end of his brilliant career. After earning an eye-catching £199m throughout the 2023/24 campaign Ronaldo retained his spot as Forbes’ highest-paid athlete in the world. Over the previous year, Al-Nassr’s skipper had ‘only’ amassed £107m.

Ronaldo’s overall earnings – and net worth – have been swollen by his arrival in Saudi Arabia. Doubling his salary when he joined, he became the highest-paid footballer in the world, but the Saudi Pro League outfit’s hefty expenditure has not been a universal success. Despite a slew of shattered scoring records, Ronaldo has delivered more tantrums than titles for Al-Nassr. After finishing a yawning 14 points behind Al Hilal at the end of the 2023/24 Saudi Pro League season, Ronaldo’s side lost to the Riyadh giants in the showpiece match of the Saudi Super Cup and King Cup.

Al-Nassr Wages

Ronaldo is football’s highest-earner

Thanks to his innate goalscoring exploits, Ronaldo was able to command an obscene wage at Al-Nassr following his arrival at the end of 2023. Not only that, but the widespread attention his name gives is incomprehensible – one that you cannot put a figure on. Ahead of the likes of Lionel Messi, Neymar, Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe as football’s highest-earner, Ronaldo’s £173 million-per-year contract with his current employers dwarfs that of the aforementioned quartet.

Most of the highest earners on the planet earn their corn in the Middle East, though they all fail to reach Ronaldo’s outrageously high wage – with Saudi Pro League star triumvirate Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mane and Moussa Diaby among those unable to hold themselves in the same regard as the Real Madrid cult hero.

His monstrous take home equates to £19,749 per hour, £473,972 per day, £3,326,923 per week and a ridiculous £14,416,667 per year. Just extraordinary. The five-time Ballon d’Or winner’s contract expires in the summer of 2025, by which point he will be 40 years of age. Whether Al-Nassr will be willing to prolong his stay is unknown, but given his status as a global icon, not just within the realms of football, and the financial benefits that come with it – extending his stint would be a wise decision.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Wage Breakdown

Per Hour
£19,749

Per Day
£473,973

Per Week
£3,326,923

Per Month
£14,416,667

Per Year

£173,000,000

Sponsorships

Portugal star has lifetime contract with Nike

Being one of football’s best-ever players comes with a great number of the biggest brands in the world wanting to be your sponsor – it’s as simple as that. As such, Ronaldo has been lucky enough to strike endorsement deals with Armani, TAG Heuer, Kickoff, Herbalife, Livescore, Clear, Binance, PokerStars and Castrol over the years – and he will continue to have sponsorship deals arrive in his box post-retirement.

That said, his most notable sponsorship deal is with the global sportswear brand, Nike. Joining the likes of basketball deity trio LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Kevin Durant, the former Manchester United striker is the only footballer to have a lifetime sponsorship pact with the sportswear giants after his arch-rival Messi parted ways with them to join Adidas almost a decade ago in 2005.

Joining on a lifetime deal when he moved to the Premier League for his first spell with the Red Devils, Ronaldo became the third sportsperson to become part of Nike’s limited roster, with his sponsorship deal coming just 12 months after James’. During his career, he has worn more than 60 different kinds of boots from Nike after signing a deal worth $1 billion. On the back of his multitude of endorsements, it is believed that Ronaldo earned a huge £45.8m from his work off the field alone.

Businesses

Ronaldo has made waves in fashion and hotels

His sponsorship deals do, however, cover just a fraction of what the forward earns. Like many other footballers, Ronaldo has ventured into the business world and may join the likes of Michael Owen, Louis Saha and Mathieu Flamini as footballers who have become richer after retirement thanks to an array of business initiatives.

That said, given how much he currently earns on the field, it seems unfathomable that more money will come his way once he hangs up his boots – but his businesses will be a regular flow of income when he decides to call time on his trophy-laden playing days. Back in 2006, Ronaldo opened a fashion boutique under his moniker ‘CR7’ on the island of Madeira and then opened a second in the Portugal capital two years later. ‘CR7’ not only sells clothing including underwear, but also leisure and home products. Across the years, he has also managed to own a range of hotels – under the name Pestana CR7 – in a series of cities from all corners of the globe: Lisbon, New York, Marrakech and Madrid.

Ronaldo and his partner Georgina Rodriguez, named as the second-richest couple in world football, also have a hair transplant clinic setup in Marbella, Spain. Combining forces with a leading specialist in the field, Dr Miguel Paiva, the clinic offers an array of treatments, which are believed to be the latest and most advanced.

Social Media Earnings

Ronaldo is the most-followed Instagram user

Ronaldo is just on a completely different planet than any other athlete, across all sports, when it comes to media value for his sponsors – and brands know this, hence how highly sought-after he is. Back in February 2021, the Portuguese talisman became the first person in the world to reach 500 million followers across social media sites Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, once again proving his global attraction.

According to CNN, Ronaldo is the top earner on Instagram. Making an eye-catching $3.23m (£2.47m) per post on the aforementioned social media site. The centre forward is the most popular user on the platform, too, with more followers than the populations of the USA, Russia, UK and Portugal combined. With more followers comes more revenue. His social media presence reportedly generated $474m (£362m) in value for Nike in 2018. If their partnership has plateaued at that rate, or even better, grown with momentum, it would have taken them around the two-year mark to regain their initial investment.

Ronaldo ventured into the world of YouTube in August 2024. Despite producing a slew of short videos which offer no insight into the player, his personal life or professional career, UR Cristiano racked up one million subscribers in just 90 minutes, breaking all manner of records for the platform. For every million views, creators on YouTube can expect to earn somewhere between $1,200 and $6,000 (£917 and £4,600). Considering Ronaldo’s unrivalled reach, he has opened up another lucrative revenue stream.

Cristiano Ronaldo’s Social Media Followings

Social Media Site
Followers

Facebook
170 million

Twitter
113 million

Instagram
638 million

YouTube
59 million

Total
980 million

Home and Car Collection

So, it’s all well and good having this money sloshing around in your bank account, but what exactly do high-profile footballers – and Ronaldo, in this particular case – splash the cash on? From his time spent playing for Los Blancos, he owns a Madrid-based villa worth a whopping £500m – one which he rents out to those affluent enough to spend £8,800-a-month.

The highest goalscorer of all time also boasts a £15m apartment in New York as part of his assembly of properties, while it is reported by talkSPORT that he also owns private land on Madeira Island in his native country of Portugal. Before finding him and his family a new house in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Ronaldo was forced to find a stop gap – and that he did. Ronaldo was spending £250,000-a-month on a lavish hotel suite for him and his family upon his arrival in Saudi Arabia, though – after weeks of searching – he eventually found a home.

His love affair with motor vehicles, much like his obsession for the top houses, takes up a large chunk of his week-to-week spending, with his car collection impressive enough to make you weak at the knees. Somehow, he boasts a collection headed by ‘a one of only 10’ Bugatti Centodieci, worth a hefty £8.5m. Alongside his limited-edition car, he owns a Bugatti Chiron, Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, which is just the tip of the iceberg. His whole collection also includes a few extra Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Rolls-Royce motors.