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Tiger Woods who was the highest earning athlete from 2001-2011, landed third.
Mayweather got a huge payday amounting to a total of $85 million for his fights against Victor Ortiz with $40 million and Miguel Cotto with $45 million. He is part of the 4 biggest non-heavyweight pay-per-view events throughout the boxing history. He owns the Mayweather Promotions which he uses to promote his fight thereby increasing his earnings substantially.
The total earnings of the athletes are derived from their bonuses, salaries, appearance fees, prize money, endorsement and licensing from June 2011 until June 2012, according to Forbes. The athlete’s agent’s fees and taxes were not deducted from their earnings.
#1. Floyd Mayweather
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $85 million
Salary/winnings: $85 million
Endorsements: $0
Sport: Boxing , Age: 35
#2. Manny Pacquaio
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $62 million
Salary/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 million
Salary/winnings: $4.4 million
Endorsements $55 million (Nike)
Sport: Golf, Age: 36
#4. LeBron James
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $53 million
Salary/winnings: $13 million
Endorsements $40 million ( Nike, McDonalds, Coca-Cola, State Farm and others)
Sport: Basketball, Age: 27
#5. Roger Federer
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $52.7 million
Salary/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 million
Salary/winnings: $20.3 million
Endorsements: $32 million
Sport: Basketball, Age: 33
#7. Phil Mickelson
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $47.8 million
Salary/winnings: $4.8 million
Endorsements: $43 million (Callaway, Barclays, KPMG, Exxon, Rolex, Amgen/Pfizer)
Sport: Golf, Age: 41
#8. David Beckham
Total Earnings between June 2011 to June 2012: $46 million
Salary/winnings: $9 million
Endorsements: $37 million (Burger King, Sainsburys, 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 million
Salary/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 million
Salary/winnings: $32.4 million
Endorsements: $10 million (Reebok, Sony, Wheaties, DirecTV, Gatorade, Papa Johns)
Sport: Football (NFL), Age: 36
#11. Lionel Messi: $39 million - Football
#12 Haloti Ngata: $37.3 million - Football (NFL)
#13 Larry Fitzgerald: $36.8 million - Football (NFL)
#14 Ndamukong Suh: $36 million - Football (NFL)
#15 Charles Johnson: $34.4 million - Football (NFL)
#16 Rafael Nadal: $33.2 million – Tennis
#16 Mario Williams:$33.2 million - Football (NFL)
#18 Alex Rodriguez: $33 million – Baseball
#19 Fernando Alonso: $32 million - Formula One
#20 Valentino Rossi: $30 million - Motorcycle racing
#20 Michael Schumacher: $30 million - Formula One
#22 Darrelle Revis: $28.3 million - Football (NFL)
#23 Dale Earnhardt Jr: $28.2 million - Race Car
#24 Wladimir Klitschko: $28 million - Boxing
#24 Lewis Hamilton: $28 million - Formula One
#26 Maria Sharapova:$27.9 million - Tennis
#27 Sam Bradford: $27.8 million - Football (NFL)
#28 Tom Brady: $27.1 million - Football (NFL)
#29 Joe Mauer: $27 million - Baseball
#30 Eli Manning: $26.6 million - Football (NFL)
Selected Others
#31 Mahendra Singh Dhoni: $26.5 million - Cricket
#37 Wayne Rooney: $24.3 million - Football
#48 Luke Donald: $22.2 million - $13.2 million - Golf
#62 Novak Djokovic : Tennis
#63 Usain Bolt : Athletics
#73 Yaya Toure: Football and TOP AFRICAN
#78 Sachin Tendulkar: Cricket
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