Messi’s commercial value is not as good as Ronaldo’s? Messi’s off-field income is 20 million US dollars more than Ronaldo’s!

October 17th. The famous business media Forbes recently announced the ranking of the highest-paid football players in 2025, and separated their income on and off the field. It is obvious that Messi is the top earner in football off the field and has the highest commercial value. However, some domestic media people once unilaterally believed that Ronaldo's commercial value exceeded Messi. I wrote an article to refute it at that time, citing last year's football income, Messi exceeded Ronaldo by tens of millions of dollars. This year is no exception.

C Ronaldo ranks first in total income, 280 million U.S. dollars, of which 230 million U.S. dollars comes from the salary given by Saudi Arabia. From the fact that Ronaldo and Neymar have 200 million U.S. dollars and 100 million U.S. dollars, but they have high salaries and low abilities, we can know that Saudi Arabia does not spend money based on strength, but reputation. They even offered Mbappe 700 million euros a year and Messi 1 billion euros a year, both from Riyadh Crescent. Neymar is their spare tire.

C Ronaldo’s off-field income is US$50 million. Messi earns US$60 million on the field and US$70 million off the field, ranking first in football and second only to James in ball sports. James is close to US$100 million and sometimes exceeds US$100 million.

Benzema’s salary is US$100 million, but his off-field salary is only US$4 million. Mbappe earns 70 million on the court and 25 million off the court. Haaland earns 60 million on the court and 20 million off the court. Vinicius has 40 million on the court and 20 million off the court. Salah is worth 35 million plus 20 million, and Mane is worth 50 million plus 4 million. Bellingham 29 million plus 15 million. Yamal is ranked tenth in football at the age of 18, with a salary of US$33 million and an off-field salary of US$10 million. Yamal is indeed very strong, and he may reach the top of the list in the future. However, Yamal's commercial value has yet to be developed, and he still needs to be stronger on the court.