Having broken many records in his career, Cristiano Ronaldo has now achieved a special milestone after becoming football's first official billionaire, and is the first-ever athlete to do so in a team sport.
Click through the gallery above to see the highest-paid players in 2020, and what they earn annually, according to Forbes!
The Juventus superstar overtook longstanding rival Lionel Messi to regain the crown as football's highest-paid player, Forbes announced last week.
The business magazine has now also confirmed that Ronaldo's earnings of $105 million (R1.84 billion) took his total career income to more than $1 billion (R17 billion).
Forbes pointed out that the 35-year-old has received $650 million (R11.1 billion) in salary during his 17-year career so far, and is expected to reach $765 million (R12.9 billion) when his current contract ends in June 2022.
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The other $350 million (R5.9 billion) to take his total income to more than $1 billion comes from sponsorship and endorsement deals.
No other footballer has come close to Ronaldo's earnings, not even David Beckham, who ended his career with an estimated income of $500 million (R8.5 billion), half of which came from endorsement deals.
Ronaldo's $105 million income in 2020 is based on basic salary and win bonuses worth $60 million (R1.05 billion), plus another $45 million (R1.05 billion) from sponsorship deals with the likes of Nike and Herbalife, as well his own "CR7" brand.
Scroll through the gallery below to see the richest footballers in the world:
