Cristiano Ronaldo has become football's first billionaire player.

Sean Byrne   BBC8 October 2025
The Bloomberg Billionaires Index, which tracks the world's richest people based on their net worth, has measured the 40-year-old Portuguese striker's wealth for the first time.

The valuation takes into account career earnings, investments and endorsements and says Ronaldo's net worth is $1.4bn (€1.2bn).