Sir David Beckham is Britain's first billionaire sportsman after he and wife Victoria doubled their wealth in the last year, according to the Sunday Times Rich List.The celebrity couple now have a combined fortune of £1.185 billion, a significant increase from the £500million estimated net worth they had on the 2025 list.The major uptick in wealth is attributed to Sir David's investments in the US, as the signing of Lionel Messi to Inter Miami until 2028 has lifted the value of his stake in the club, and a vast property development adjoining Inter's home has provided another windfall.Meanwhile revenues at Lady Beckham's eponymous fashion line have topped £100million.It came in the year that Beckham received his knighthood - but the family also suffered the heartbreak of their very public estrangement from their eldest son Brooklyn. The Sunday Times Rich List reveals that there is one more billionaire than last year, taking the total in the UK to 157. Sports promoters Barry and Eddie Hearn and Labour donor Gary Lubner have also joined the UK's billionaire club for the first time. However, the number in this select group is now 20 fewer than four years ago and one in six on the Rich List two years ago have had to be removed because they have left the UK since Labour took office.The billionaire Hinduja family tops the annual list for the fourth consecutive year, following the death of patriarch Gopi Hinduja last year. His children Sanjay and Dheeraj Hinduja and their family now inherit the top spot, with the list putting their wealth at £38 billion, up from £35.3billion last year.The crypto billionaire bankrolling the Reform Party, Christopher Harborne, Tyson Fury as well as Liam and Noel Gallagher are also among the new faces on the list.Sir James Dyson is still in the top 20 richest Britons at £12billion - but this is down an extraordinary £8.8billion in just 12 months from £20billion. There has been a 13.5 per cent decline in revenues at Dyson's consumer electricals group, partly due to Donald Trump's tariffs. INEOS and Manchester United chief Sir Jim Ratcliffe's net worth is also down to £15.194billion, from £17billion.Elsewhere on the Rich List, entrepreneurs with blooming fortunes include Revolut co-founder Nik Storonksy with a wealth of £16.4billion, taking him to seventh place and making him the biggest riser of 2026. His personal wealth has ballooned with average gains of £25.8million a day since last year's list. Sir David Beckham is Britain's first billionaire sportsman, according to the Sunday Times Rich List