Top 20 Highest Paid Celebrities (2018)

1. Floyd Mayweather
Profession: Mixed martial artist and promoter
Annual earnings: $285 million (£216.04 million)

2. George Clooney
Profession: Actor
Annual earnings: $239 million (£181.2 million)

4. Judy Sheindlin
Profession: Prosecution lawyer, court judge and TV personality
Annual earnings: $147 million (£111.45 million)

5. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson
Profession: Actor
Annual earnings: $124 million (£94.01 million)

6. U2
Profession: Musicians
Annual earnings: $118 million (£89.45 million)

7. Coldplay
Profession: Musicians
Annual earnings: $115.5 million (£87.56 million)

8. Lionel Messi
Profession: Football player
Annual earnings: $111 million (£84.15 million

9. Ed Sheeran
Profession: Singer
Annual earnings: $110 million (£83.39 million)

10. Cristiano Ronaldo
Profession: Football player
Annual earnings: $108 million (£81.88 million)

11. Bruno Mars
Profession: Singer
Annual earnings: $100 million (£75.82 million)

12. Conor McGregor
Profession: Mixed martial artist
Annual earnings: $99 million (£75.06 million)

13. Neymar
Profession: Football player
Annual earnings: $90 million (£68.23 million)

14. Howard Stern
Profession: Radio show host
Annual earnings: $90 million (£68.23 million)

15. Ellen DeGeneres
Profession: Talk show host
Annual earnings: $87.5 million (£66.34 million)

16. James Patterson
Profession: Author
Annual earnings: $86 million (£65.2 million)

17. LeBron James
Profession: Basketball player
Annual earnings: $85.5 million (£64.82 million)

18. Rush Limbaugh
Profession: Radio show host
Annual earnings: $84.5 million (£64.06 million)

20. Robert Downey Jr
Profession: Actor
Annual earnings: $81 million (£61.4 million)