Kim Kardashian, Cristiano Ronaldo and Others Make List of 100 World's Highest-Paid Celebrities in 2016 (See Full List)

Want to know your favourite celebrities who earned the highest amount of money this year, then check out how much Kim, Ronaldo, Messi and many others who made the list earned this year.

Kim Kardashian, Taylor Swift, LeBron James, Jackie Chan and Melissa McCarthy–what do they all have in common? They’re members of this year’s edition of the FORBES Celebrity 100, the definitive accounting of the top-earning entertainers on the planet.

 

These stars pulled in a collective $5.1 billion pretax during our June-to-June scoring period. Regrettably, that’s more than the GDP of Belize, Gambia and Bhutan combined. Yet the list is surprisingly international in scope, ranging from Hollywood’s usual suspects like top-earning actor Dwayne Johnson (No. 19, $64.5 million) and cover star Kim Kardashian (No. 43, $51 million) to Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen (No. 99, $30.5 million) and Korean pop sensation Bigbang (No. 54, $44 million).

 

Here at FORBES we recognize that, although many readers will enjoy exploring the list through our gorgeous interactive lander or browsing through a gallery of the top 100, some folks would prefer the cold, hard numbers. So, without further ado, here they are:

 

The 2016 Celebrity 100

 

1 Taylor Swift $170,000,000 USA

 

2 One Direction $110,000,000 UK

 

3 James Patterson $95,000,000 USA

 

4 Dr. Phil McGraw $88,000,000 USA

 

4 Cristiano Ronaldo $88,000,000 Portugal

 

6 Kevin Hart $87,500,000 USA

 

7 Howard Stern $85,000,000 USA

 

8 Lionel Messi $81,500,000 Argentina

 

9 Adele $80,500,000 UK

 

10 Rush Limbaugh $79,000,000 USA

11 LeBron James $77,000,000 USA

 

12 Madonna $76,500,000 USA

 

13 Ellen DeGeneres $75,000,000 USA

 

13 Rihanna $75,000,000 Barbados

 

15 Garth Brooks $70,000,000 USA

 

16 Roger Federer $68,000,000 Switzerland

 

17 AC/DC $67,500,000 Australia

 

18 Rolling Stones $66,500,000 UK

 

19 Dwayne Johnson $64,500,000 USA

 

20 David Copperfield $64,000,000 USA

 

21 Calvin Harris $63,000,000 UK (Scotland)

 

22 Diddy $62,000,000 USA

 

23 Jackie Chan $61,000,000 China

 

24 Bruce Springsteen $60,500,000 USA

 

25 Paul McCartney $56,500,000 UK

26 Kevin Durant $56,000,000 USA

 

26 Novak Djokovic $56,000,000 Serbia

 

26 Justin Bieber $56,000,000 Canada

 

26 Kenny Chesney $56,000,000 USA

 

30 Ryan Seacrest $55,000,000 USA

 

31 U2 $55,000,000 Ireland

 

31 The Weeknd $55,000,000 Canada

 

31 Matt Damon $55,000,000 USA

 

34 Beyonce $54,000,000 USA

 

34 Gordon Ramsay $54,000,000 UK (Scotland)

 

36 Jay Z $53,500,000 USA

 

37 Tom Cruise $53,000,000 USA

 

37 Cam Newton $53,000,000 USA

 

37 Jordan Spieth $53,000,000 USA

 

37 Phil Mickelson $53,000,000 USA

 

37 Luke Bryan $53,000,000 USA

 

42 Kim Kardashian $51,000,000 USA

 

43 Kobe Bryant $50,000,000 USA

 

44 Muse $49,000,000 UK

 

45 Foo Fighters $48,500,000 USA

 

46 Johnny Depp $48,000,000 USA

 

47 Toby Keith $47,500,000 USA

 

48 Judy Sheindlin $47,000,000 USA

 

49 Jennifer Lawrence $46,000,000 USA

 

49 Lewis Hamilton $46,000,000 UK

 

51 Tiger Woods $45,500,000 USA

 

52 Eli Manning $45,000,000 USA

 

53 Joe Flacco $44,500,000 USA

 

54 Floyd Mayweather $44,000,000 USA

 

54 Tom Brady $44,000,000 USA

 

54 Bigbang $44,000,000 South Korea

 

57 Jerry Seinfeld $43,500,000 USA

 

58 Sofia Vergara $43,000,000 Colombia

 

58 Ben Affleck $43,000,000 USA

 

60 Rory McIlroy $42,500,000 UK (N. Ireland)

 

61 Russell Wilson $42,000,000 USA

 

61 Elton John $42,000,000 USA

 

63 Dr. Dre $41,000,000 USA

 

63 Sebastian Vettel $41,000,000 Germany

 

63 Katy Perry $41,000,000 USA

 

66 Jimmy Buffett $40,500,000 USA

 

67 Mumford & Sons $40,000,000 UK

 

68 Jennifer Lopez $39,500,000 USA

 

69 Drake $38,500,000 Canada

 

70 Philip Rivers $38,000,000 USA

 

70 Tiesto $38,000,000

 

72 Neymar $37,500,000 Brazil

 

72 Rafael Nadal $37,500,000 Spain

 

72 Zlatan Ibrahimovic $37,500,000 Sweden

 

75 Jason Aldean $36,500,000 USA

 

75 Fernando Alonso $36,500,000 Spain

 

77 Gareth Bale $36,000,000 UK (Wales)

 

78 Vin Diesel $35,000,000 USA

 

78 Marcell Dareus $35,000,000 USA

 

80 Derrick Rose $34,000,000 USA

 

80 Peyton Manning $34,000,000 USA

 

82 Ed Sheeran $33,500,000 UK

 

82 A.J. Green $33,500,000 USA

 

82 Kei Nishikori $33,500,000 Japan

 

82 Maroon 5 $33,500,000 USA

 

86 Shah Rukh Khan $33,000,000 India

 

86 Dave Matthews Band $33,000,000 USA

 

86 Robert Downey, Jr. $33,000,000 USA

 

86 Melissa McCarthy $33,000,000 USA

 

86 James Harden $33,000,000 USA

 

91 Usain Bolt $32,500,000 Jamaica

 

92 Clayton Kershaw $32,000,000 USA

 

92 Dwyane Wade $32,000,000 USA

 

94 Penn & Teller $31,500,000 USA

 

94 Brad Pitt $31,500,000 USA

 

94 Akshay Kumar $31,500,000 India

 

97 Carmelo Anthony $31,000,000 USA

 

97 Drew Brees $31,000,000 USA

 

99 Gisele Bundchen $30,500,000 Brazil

 

99 Britney Spears $30,500,000 USA