Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is earning double rival Lionel Messi after the world’s highest-paid footballers were announced.

The Al-Nassr star is said to pocket around £488,000 a day in his mega-money contract with the Saudi club.

That puts him among football’s biggest earners.

Forbes estimates Ronaldo to bank around £225 million ($300m) per season.

That totals £187m ($250m) from Al-Nassr and £37m ($50m) from his commercial deals.

His eye-watering salary is more than double that of rival Messi, who collects around £108m ($145m) per season.

Messi’s contract with MLS side Inter Miami pays him roughly £ 52 m a year ($70m), while his sponsorship money adds an extra £56m ($75m) annually.

Ronaldo and Messi, who scrapped for the title of world’s best footballer for over a decade, make up nearly half of the £706m generated by the top ten earners combined.

At No. 3 is Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappe, who makes around £75m a year after ending his £15m ($20m) a-year deal with Nike.

Fourth is Manchester City forward Erling Haaland at £64m ($84m) a year after banking extra cash from partnerships with firms such as Revolut and Nike.

Rounding out the top five is Madrid star Vinicius Jr, who earns around £56m ($76m) a year after signing a new deal worth £25m ($33m) per season.

Lamine Yamal's bumper new deal with Barcelona last year also appears in the rankings, after he came in sixth.

He earns around £41m ($55m) a year after agreeing a £33.5m ($45m) per-season deal with the Catalan giants.

While he didn’t have a prolific World Cup, scoring just one goal, he won the tournament with Spain, and his rising profile has led to a partnership deal with fashion brand American Eagle.

Yamal is joined by Al-Nassr forward and ex-Liverpool star Sadio Mané, worth £40m ($54m), and Jude Bellingham, worth £34m ($45m).

Bellingham, in particular, is becoming a heavyweight in the football world on and off the pitch after his exploits with England at the World Cup.

His wealth is boosted by deals with Adidas, as well as clothing brands Louis Vuitton and Skims.

In ninth, and making the list for the first time, is England captain and Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane.

Kane earns around £32m a year from his £400,000-a-week deal with the German club, plus deals with companies such as Skechers and Google Gemini.

Liverpool legend Mohamed Salah closes out the top ten with £30m a year after sealing a lucrative two-year contract with Trabzonspor worth £363,000 a week.

Salah left Anfield in the summer, so Haaland is the Premier League’s sole representative on the list.

However, including Bellingham and Kane gives the UK two players in the top ten for the first time since Wayne Rooney and David Beckham in 2013.