The Argentine player of Barcelona, Leo Messi, wins $ 44 million a year. Sports Illustrated's ranking is led by the tennis player Roger Federer.
The Argentine player of Barcelona, Leo Messi, wins $ 44 million a year. Sports Illustrated's ranking is led by the tennis player Roger Federer. According to the site of Sports Illustrated did a ranking of highest paid athletes in the world and Argentina's Lionel Messi appears in the sixth. Meanwhile, despite the scandal over his extramarital affairs and all the criticism (including some of its low sponsor), the American golfer Tiger Woods for the seventh consecutive season leads the list of athletes with higher profits.
Despite falling 10 percent in earnings over the previous year, Woods and $ 90.5 million, ruling in the ranking of the 50 U.S. athletes earners.
The list is completed.
Phil Mickelson (golfer, U.S. $ 61.5 million).
Floyd Mayweather Jr (Boxer, U.S. $ 60.2 million).
LeBron James (basketball player for the Miami Heat, U.S. $ 45.7 million).
Alex Rodriguez (Baseball New York Yankees, $ 37 million).
Shaquille O'Neal (basketball, U.S. $ 36 million).
Kobe Bryant (Lakers guard, $ 33 million).
Derek Jeter (baseball New York Yankees U.S. $ 31 million).
Peyton Manning (football player, U.S. $ 30.8 million).
Dwyane Wade (Miami basketball player, U.S. $ 27.7 million).
Among the foreign athletes (non-US), Swiss Roger Federer is on top with $ 61.7 million.
The second placement is for an Argentine: the Barcelona player Lionel Messi.
El Rosario receives $ 44 million per year, 3.5 million more than its colleague David Beckham Milan (40.5 million).
The Top Ten so close.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese footballer, U.S. $ 40 million).
Manny Pacquiao (Philippine boxer, U.S. $ 38 million).
Ichiro Suzuki (Mariners Japanese baseball, $ 37 million).
Valentino Rossi (Italian motorcycle racer, U.S. $ 35 million).
Yao Ming (Houston Chinese basketball player, U.S. $ 34.3 million).
Rafael Nadal (tennis player Spanish, U.S. $ 27.4 million).
Lewis Hamilton (British Formula One driver, U.S. $ 26.7 million).