According to the Forbes list for 2022, Neymar is the fourth highest-paid athlete in the world, behind Ronaldo and Lionel Messi of Argentina.
It’s interesting to note that Neymar has played football with Messi both at Barcelona and PSG.
According to Forbes, Neymar’s net worth includes USD 70 million from his PSG salary and on-field bonuses for the calendar year starting on May 1, 2021, through May 1, 2022.
His endorsement deals with Puma and Red Bull were primarily responsible for his estimated USD 25 million in earnings off the field. He was also the focus of the Netflix documentary Neymar: The Perfect Chaos during this time, which was published on January 25, 2022.
According to a 2018 article in The Sun, Neymar had 35 endorsement deals at the time, making him the most recognized footballer in the world. These deals included ones with Nike, Qatar National Bank, and Beats. As a result, at the time, his endorsements may have even outnumbered those of Ronaldo and Messi.
In August 2020, Nike and Neymar’s contract came to an end. A year later, the business ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ that it had terminated the agreement because the player had refused to assist with an inquiry into an alleged sᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴀssᴀᴜʟᴛ by Neymar on a Nike employee in 2016. Neymar has refuted the accusation.
Outside of football, Neymar devotes time to his nonprofit organization, Instituto Projeto Neymar Jr., which helps Praia Grande families who are economically disadvantaged, less educated, or affected by ᴄʀɪᴍᴇ or ᴅʀᴜɢs.
Expensive things Neymar owns
Luxury yacht
While still representing Santos in 2012, Neymar purchased a used yacht for about USD $8 million.
The yacht, which bears his mother Nadine’s name, is reportedly an Azimut 78-style boat. The yacht is 25 meters long and has three or four suites as well as at least one living room. Neymar would prefer a completely luxurious boating experience, so it has plush interiors and comfortable sofas.
Forbes stated that the yacht would lose value at a rate of 5–10% per year and would require annual maintenance costs of USD 120,000 when he purchased it.
Thus, some reports claimed that the yacht’s value was about USD $4 million when, four years later, a Brazilian court ordered the seizure of approximately USD 42 million of his assets, including his yacht and private jet, in a tax evasion case.
Private jet
When the plane carrying Neymar, his girlfriend Bruno Biancardi, and his sister Rafaella Santos had to make an ᴇᴍᴇʀɢᴇɴᴄʏ landing in the Brazilian city of Boa Vista, they barely made it out alive. The footballer’s agency stated in a statement that the plane had a “small problem in the windshield wiper” following the incident.
His company, Neymar Sport E Marketing, owns the jet, a Cessna Citation Sovereign (Model 680), which is valued at about $17.5 million. According to some reports, the private plane was purchased in 2016.
According to reports, the Brazilian footballer also owned a Phenom 100 by Embraer, a local manufacturer of aircraft. In June 2015, Neymar also shared a photo of himself on the airstair of the aircraft. On the tail of the six-seater small business jet in the photo are his initials, “NJR.” On the body, the word “Power” was also inscribed.
The aircraft was one of the assets that the court had mandated be seized in connection with the tax evasion case, but it is unclear what happened to it. This aircraft reportedly cost around USD $4 million.
Airbus H145
Neymar owns a personal Airbus H145 helicopter in addition to his own private plane. He had the helicopter specially designed to resemble a Batcopter, which is one of the many vehicles that Batman has been depicted using in comic books, animated series, and movies, according to reports.
The Daily Mirror reports that Neymar is thought to be a huge DC Comics fan. At some events, he has particularly dressed up as the Dark Knight. According to several reports, the interior of Neymar’s Airbus H145 was designed by Mercedes-Benz.
It’s interesting to note that Airbus and Mercedes-Benz jointly introduced an exclusive VIP version of the aircraft in 2015 for upscale private and business operations.
Prior to the 2019 Copa America, Neymar, Richarlison, Ederson, and Fernandinho of the Brazil national team arrived in the helicopter for practice. Neymar posted a photo of himself posing with the helicopter in July 2021. Neymar reportedly paid around USD 13 million for the plane.
In a higher-density configuration, a standard H145 is a four-tonne, twin-engine rotorcraft that can transport up to 10 passengers and two pilots. Its top speed is 260 km/h, and its range is roughly 650 km. The helicopter has a long in-service time and incurs low maintenance costs, according to Airbus.
Primarily used for civilian purposes, such as air ambulance roles and local law enforcement duties, in several countries, military variants of the aircraft are in the fleet of Royal Thai Army, German Air Force and Royal Air Force, among others.
Ferrari and Maserati
Aside from his own private jets and helicopters, Neymar owns a variety of vehicles to satisfy his need for speed and extravagance. While the PSG forward doesn’t appear to have as many vehicles in his garage as Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar’s vehicles are unquestionably some of the most expensive and coveted vehicles.
The Ferrari 458 Italia, one of the finest vehicles ever produced and a favorite of well-known celebrities like Rihanna, Floyd Mayweather, and Kylie Jenner, is the star of his fleet. Neymar reportedly paid more than USD 200,000 for the vehicle. The vehicle’s 4.5-liter V8 engine allows it to reach a top speed of 337 km/h. Reports suggest that the car appears to be Neymar’s favourite, as he has often been seen driving it.
Neymar also owns a Maserati MC12, of which only 50 units worldwide are known to exist. The vehicle’s top speed is over 330 km/h, and it is known as “Stradale” on the road. The car, which was manufactured in the early 2000s, cost about USD 750,000 at the time. Only 50 of them were ever produced, so its current resale value is in the ᴍɪʟʟɪᴏɴs.
A 2005 model MC12 was on Sotheby’s auction lot in 2019. Despite not selling, the car was anticipated to sell for between USD 2.6 and USD 3.5 million.
Three Audis
According to The Sun, Neymar owns three Audi vehicles: an Audi RS7, an Audi Q7, and an Audi R8 Spyder. When he was playing for Barcelona, a team that Audi sponsored until 2019, he was seen driving a blue RS7 to the practice facility.
It’s unclear when Neymar purchased the vehicles, but the RS7 and R8 Spyder are two of the more pricey models.
The 8-speed V8 twin-turbo engine in the 2023 RS7 models can accelerate the vehicle from 0 to 96 km/h in 3.2 seconds. According to reports, the car costs about USD 120,000.
The most recent R8 Spyder edition costs about USD 200,000. With its naturally aspirated V10 engine, it has a 3.2-second 0 to 100 km/h time.
A seven-seater luxury SUV is called the Q7. The cost of the car in 2023 is approximately $90,000.
Lykan Hypersport and Lamborghini Veneno
One of the all-time fastest vehicles is the Lykan Hypersport, with its Boxer Type, 228.6 in3, 3756 cc Flat 6 twin-turbocharged engine capable of reaching top speeds of about 355 km/h. The car, made by W Motors in the UAE, is extremely rare because only seven have ever been made.
However, the car’s 0-100 km/h acceleration time of 2.9 seconds is not its greatest feature; rather, the Lykan Hypersport’s 440 diamond-lined LED headlights are. Additionally, it is the first automobile in the world to feature an interactive motion control holographic mid-air display system.
Neymar is ʀᴜᴍᴏʀᴇᴅ to be one of the owners of a Lykan Hypersport, a car that cost USD 3.5 million and appeared in one of the Fast & Furious movies.