French sportsmen: the highest salaries 2018

In 2018, Antoine Griezmann, football player for Atletico Madrid, was the highest paid French sportsmen with an annual salary which amounted to 33 million euros. Born in Mâcon, Antoine Griezmann won the 2017 Europa League with its club and the 2018 FIFA World Cup with the France national football team. That same year he was considered as one of the most valuable French football players with a market value of 100 million euros. Basketball players vs Football players In 2018, the top three best-paid French sportsmen were all football players. Antoine Griezmann was followed by Kylian Mbappé and Paul Pogba, respectively playing in 2018 for Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester United. Mbappé, who had an estimated transfer value of 186.5 million euros as of June 2018, earned more than 24 million euros compared to 22.1 million euros for Paul Pogba. But this ranking also shows that French basketball players in the NBA were some of the highest-paid French athletes. Nicolas Batum, currently playing for the Charlotte Hornets, earned more than 20.9 million euros in 2018. European football on top of the world of sports Despite the impressive revenue of the NBA, the European football leagues keep having one of the highest revenue in the sports industry. With a revenue of more than 16 billion euros for the season 2018/2019, the “Big Five” of European football remain the financially most successful and probably the most popular sport clubs worldwide. Footballers playing in the big clubs of European football leagues are part of the world’s highest-paid sports teams and players like Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo are some of the most valuable athletes in the world.

2018年，安东尼·格里兹曼，作为马德里竞技队的足球运动员，成为年收入高达3300万欧元的法国最高薪酬运动员。出生于马孔的安东尼·格里兹曼，凭借其俱乐部赢得了2017年的欧洲联赛冠军，以及法国国家队在2018年FIFA世界杯的冠军。同年，他被认为是最具价值的法国足球运动员之一，市场价值高达1亿欧元。
篮球运动员与足球运动员的比较
2018年，法国前三位最高薪酬的运动员均为足球运动员。安东尼·格里兹曼之后是基利安·姆巴佩和保罗·博格巴，他们分别在2018年效力于巴黎圣日耳曼和曼联。截至2018年6月，姆巴佩的转会估值约为1.865亿欧元，他的收入超过2400万欧元，而保罗·博格巴的收入为2210万欧元。然而，这一排名也显示，NBA中的法国篮球运动员是收入最高的法国运动员之一。目前效力于夏洛特黄蜂队的尼古拉·巴图姆，2018年收入超过2090万欧元。
欧洲足球在体育世界的巅峰
尽管NBA的收入令人印象深刻，但欧洲足球联赛仍保持着体育产业中最高的收入之一。在2018/2019赛季，欧洲足球的“五大联赛”收入超过160亿欧元，这些俱乐部不仅是全球最成功的，也是最受欢迎的体育俱乐部。在欧洲足球联赛的大俱乐部效力的足球运动员，是世界最高薪酬体育队伍和球员之一，如莱昂内尔·梅西或克里斯蒂亚诺·罗纳尔多，他们也是世界上最宝贵的运动员之一。