Ronaldo has pocketed an estimated €625 million in wages and bonuses since joining Al Nassr in January 2023, setting a new benchmark for contract earnings in football.
The breakdown includes a base salary of €595 million across three and a half years, €11 million in bonuses for his 124 goals, €1 million for 24 assists, €8.5 million across two Golden Boot awards, and a further €8.5 million tied to last season’s Saudi Pro League title.
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Ronaldo claimed back to back Golden Boots in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the first a record breaking 35 goal season that remains the most prolific in Saudi Pro League history, though Al Nassr finished second and third respectively in those campaigns.
🚨 Cristiano Ronaldo has already pocketed an incredible €625M in wages and bonuses since joining Al-Nassr. 💰🐐🤯🇵🇹
In under four years, the Portuguese icon has set a new benchmark for contract earnings, becoming the highest-paid footballer in the history of the game. 👑
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The long awaited title finally arrived in 2025-26, Ronaldo scoring twice in a 4-1 win over Damac on the final day to seal the championship by two points over Al Hilal, taking his career goal tally to 973 in the process.
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He also became the only player in football history to score 100 goals for four different clubs, reaching that mark for Al Nassr in the 2025 Saudi Super Cup final.
Since his arrival, Ronaldo has scored well over 100 goals in Saudi Arabia, a return that, combined with his enormous salary, underlines both his enduring output at 41 and the financial scale of the Saudi Pro League’s push to become one of the world’s leading competitions.
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