McGregor and Álvarez revealed as the highest earners in sport according to new research

January 10, 2022

Conor McGregor only needs seven seconds to earn £1 million, as he earns £6,421,260.74 for every minute he spends in the ring, according to the data.

The top boxing and MMA fighters were revealed to have been paid a total of £39.88m for only 75 minutes of fighting!

The fastest earning athletes in the world:

Rank Never miss a Belfast story. Add Love Belfast as a preferred source on Google Add on Google	Athlete	Sport	On-the-field earnings	Minutes played	Earnings per minute	Time to earn $1m
1	Conor McGregor	Mixed martial arts	£16.25m	2.53	£6,421,260.74	7 seconds
2	Canelo Álvarez	Boxing	£23.63m	72	£328,197.45	2 minutes, 15 seconds
3	Dak Prescott	American football	£67.6m	300	£239,994.63	3 minutes, 5 seconds
4	Ronnie Stanley	American football	£34.7m	480	£72,306.32	10 minutes, 13 seconds
5	David Bakhtiari	American football	£35.45m	720	£49,229.91	15 minutes, 0 seconds

The top-paying sports:

Key findings:

Boxing and MMA were found to be the highest paying sports, with the athletes earning the highest amounts in the shortest period of time.
Even though Boxing and MMA had the highest earnings per minute, American Football was the sport discovered to have the highest on-field earnings of £556 million!
American Football has the biggest on-field earners in world sport with 8 of the 10 highest sports earners being American Football players.
Neymar was found to be the football player earning the highest amount of money on the field the fastest, taking just over 40 minutes to earn £1 million, followed closely by Messi and Ronaldo who also need less than an hour to make a million (43 minutes and 53 minutes respectively).
The 10 highest earning on-field athletes all take less than 25 minutes to make £1 million.