Rory McIlroy is up to number 12 on the latest Forbes list of the World's Highest Paid Athletes. Tiger Woods comes in at number 9 des...
Rory McIlroy is up to number 12 on the latest Forbes list of the World's Highest Paid Athletes.
Tiger Woods comes in at number 9 despite only earning $0.6 million and Phil Mickelson pips him at number 8 for the first time I can remember.
Not surprisingly Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao top the list. Golf, basketball and soccer each have three representatives in the top-15.
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Tiger Woods comes in at number 9 despite only earning $0.6 million and Phil Mickelson pips him at number 8 for the first time I can remember.
Not surprisingly Floyd "Money" Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao top the list. Golf, basketball and soccer each have three representatives in the top-15.
Rank
|
Name
|
Pay
|
Salary/Winnings
|
Endorsements
|
Sport
|
#1
|
Floyd
Mayweather
|
$300
M
|
$285
M
|
$15
M
|
Boxing
|
#2
|
Manny
Pacquiao
|
$160
M
|
$148
M
|
$12
M
|
Boxing
|
#3
|
Cristiano
Ronaldo
|
$79.6
M
|
$52.6
M
|
$27
M
|
Soccer
|
#4
|
Lionel
Messi
|
$73.8
M
|
$51.8
M
|
$22
M
|
Soccer
|
#5
|
Roger
Federer
|
$67
M
|
$9
M
|
$58
M
|
Tennis
|
#6
|
LeBron
James
|
$64.8
M
|
$20.8
M
|
$44
M
|
Basketball
|
#7
|
Kevin
Durant
|
$54.1
M
|
$19.1
M
|
$35
M
|
Basketball
|
#8
|
Phil
Mickelson
|
$50.8
M
|
$2.8
M
|
$48
M
|
Golf
|
#9
|
Tiger
Woods
|
$50.6
M
|
$0.6
M
|
$50
M
|
Golf
|
#10
|
Kobe
Bryant
|
$49.5
M
|
$23.5
M
|
$26
M
|
Basketball
|
#11
|
Ben
Roethlisberger
|
$48.9
M
|
$46.4
M
|
$2.5
M
|
Football
|
#12
|
Rory
McIlroy
|
$48.3
M
|
$16.3
M
|
$32
M
|
Golf
|
#13
|
Novak
Djokovic
|
$48.2
M
|
$17.2
M
|
$31
M
|
Tennis
|
#14
|
Zlatan
Ibrahimovic
|
$39.1
M
|
$33.1
M
|
$6
M
|
Soccer
|
#15
|
Lewis
Hamilton
|
$39
M
|
$36
M
|
$3
M
|
Racing
|
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