Portuguese international earned a staggering R71 500 for every minute he stood on the pitch in 2015/16.
In the 2015/16 season, Real Madrid’s Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo played 48 games for the La Liga club, scoring 51 goals in the process.
On his current salary of £18.98 million (R318 million), he would have earned a staggering R71 500 for every minute that he stood on the pitch – or R6.4 million for every 90-minute match!