The Highest Paid Athletes
Athletes are all over the world getting paid millions of dollars. The amount of money top athletes are getting paid is much more than it was 30 years ago. From looking at the top 20 paid athletes it is amazing how much their making in one year. All the top athlestes hard work really "pays" off
The following list is the top 20 paid athletes in the sports industry in 1 year:
#1. Floyd Mayweather
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $85 millionSalary/winnings: $85 million
Endorsements: $0
Sport: Boxing , Age: 35
#2. Manny Pacquaio
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $62 millionSalary/winnings: $56 million
Endorsements: $6 million (Monster Energy, Hennessy, Nike, Hewlett-Packard)
Sport: Boxing , Age: 33
#3. Tiger Woods
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $59.4 millionSalary/winnings: $4.4 million
Endorsements: $55 million (Nike)
Sport: Golf, Age: 36
Net Worth: $500 million – As of September 2010, according to Forbes
#4. LeBron James
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $53 millionSalary/winnings: $13 million
Endorsements: $40 million ( Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, State Farm and others)
Sport: Basketball, Age: 27
#5. Roger Federer
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.7 millionSalary/winnings: $7.7 million
Endorsements: $45 million (Nike, Rolex, Wilson, Credit Suisse)
Sport: Tennis, Age: 30
#6. Kobe Bryant
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.3 millionSalary/winnings: $20.3 million
Endorsements: $32 million
Sport: Basketball, Age: 33
#7. Phil Mickelson
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $47.8 millionSalary/winnings: $4.8 million
Endorsements: $43 million (Callaway, Barclay’s, KPMG, Exxon, Rolex, Amgen/Pfizer)
Sport: Golf, Age: 41
#8. David Beckham
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $46 millionSalary/winnings: $9 million
Endorsements: $37 million (Burger King, Sainsbury’s, Samsung)
Net Worth: £160 million ($260m) – As of April 2012, according to the Sunday Times Rich List
Sport: Football, Age:37
#9 Cristiano Ronaldo
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $42.5 millionSalary/winnings: $20.5 million
Endorsements: $22 million (Nike, Castrol, Konami and others)
Sport: Football, Age: 27
#10 Peyton Manning
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $42.4 millionSalary/winnings: $32.4 million
Endorsements: $10 million (Reebok, Sony, Wheaties, DirecTV, Gatorade, Papa John’s)
Sport: Football (NFL) , Age: 36
#11. Lionel Messi
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $39 millionSalary/winnings: $20 million
Endorsements: $19 million (PepsiCo, Herbalife, EA Sports, Cherry, Audemars Piguet, Dolce & Gabanna and others)
Sport: Football, Age: 24
#12 Haloti Ngata
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $37.3 millionSalary/winnings: $37.1 million
Endorsements: $200,000
Sport: Football (NFL)
#13 Larry Fitzgerald
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $36.8 millionSalary/winnings: $35.3 million
Endorsements: $1.5 million (Nike, EAS, University of Phoenix, AT&T and others)
Sport: Football (NFL)
#14 Ndamukong Suh
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $36 millionSalary/winnings: $35.5 million
Endorsements: $500,000
Sport: Football (NFL)
#15 Charles Johnson
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $34.4 millionSalary/winnings: $34.3 million
Endorsements: $100,000
Sport: Football (NFL)
#16= Rafael Nadal
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33.2 millionSalary/winnings: $8.2 million
Endorsements: $25 million ( Nike, Babolat, Kia Motors, Richard Mille and Bacardi)
Sport: Tennis, Age: 26
#16= Mario Williams
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33.2 millionSalary/winnings: $32.9 million
Endorsements: $250,000
Sport: Football (NFL)
#18. Alex Rodriguez
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $33 millionSalary/winnings: $31 million
Endorsements: $2 million (Nike, Rawlings, Topps and Vita Coco)
Sport: Baseball, Age: 36
#19 Fernando Alonso
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $32 millionSalary/winnings: $29 million
Endorsements: $3 million
Sport: Race Car (Formula One)
#20= Valentino Rossi
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $30 millionSalary/winnings: $17 million
Endorsements: $13 million
Sport: Motorcycle racing
I think that it is rediculous how much athletes are paid. Exceptional work Danny Boy.
ReplyDeleteI think that athletes are way over paid. They are paid more than doctors. Thats crazy because doctors do more work. Good Job.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that athletes are way over paid and all they get paid more than people who really deserve it. Good job at finding out all the athletes salary though.
ReplyDeleteI do agree that athletes are over paid. I think they should get paind 1-2 million a year. This was a very good blog and from what I saw no typos. It was really cool to read! Great job!:)
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