cristiano ronaldo is the wealthiest footballer in the world with a personal fortune of £152m   some £7m more than his rival lionel messi after an outstanding 2014 which saw ronaldo inspire real madrid to champions league success and win the ballon d'or, he has increased the wealth gap to the barcelona and argentina star according to the goalcom rich list, released on thursday, ronaldo and messi enjoy fortunes considerably higher than any other footballer currently playing professionally real madrid superstar cristiano ronaldo tops the 2015 goalcom rich list with a £152m fortune  ronaldo celebrates after scoring real madrid's fourth goal in last season's champions league final  the portuguese retained his ballon d'or accolade in zurich back in january  barcelona's lionel messi was second on the rich list with a personal wealth of £145m  1 cristiano ronaldo £1523  2 lionel messi £145m  3 neymar £979m  4 zlatan ibrahimovic £761m  5 wayne rooney £746m  6 kaka £696m  7 samuel eto'o £631m  8 raul £616m  9 ronaldinho £602m  10 frank lampard £58m  source: goalcom  their totals, which take into account sponsorship revenue as well as wages and bonuses, are well above that of neymar, who comes third in the list with a fortune of £979m zlatan ibrahimovic of paris saint germain and sweden is worth £761m, while manchester united's wayne rooney is the highest ranked englishman on the list in fifth on £746m brazilian star kaka, about to start his career with orlando city in major league soccer, is sixth in the rankings on £696m, followed by samuel eto'o (£631m), raul (£616m) and ronaldinho (£602m) former england midfielder frank lampard, currently playing for manchester city ahead of his move to new york city in the mls, rounds out the top 10 with a personal fortune of £58m other english players in the top 20 are rio ferdinand (12th, £522m), steven gerrard (14th, £464m) and john terry (20th, £406m) barcelona and brazil star neymar comes in third on the list with an estimated fortune of £979m  psg's striker zlatan ibrahimovic is the fourth wealthiest footballer, worth £761m  manchester united's wayne rooney comes fifth on the list and is the highest placed englishman  there are two other man city players listed, with yaya toure in 15th on £449m and sergio aguero 19th on £42m last year's goal rich list revealed ronaldo had a personal wealth of £122m, with messi close behind on £1205m
ronaldo annual goalcom rich list £1523m barcelona lionel messi second £145m last 12 months 2014 the champions league neymar third zlatan ibrahimovic fourth wayne rooney fifth
ronaldo tops annual goalcom rich list with fortune of £1523m . barcelona's lionel messi is second with personal wealth of £145m . the gap between the two rivals has increased in last 12 months . 2014 saw ronaldo win the champions league and the ballon d'or . neymar comes third, zlatan ibrahimovic fourth and wayne rooney fifth 