ESPN has just posted their 25 Highest Paid Athletes in the World through their website and on top of all the highest earners are boxing icons Floyd Mayweather and our very own Manny Pacquiao.
Next were football players Messi and Ronaldo who has a close earnings for 2014 and 2015. Followed by Formula racers Vettel and Alonzo with $50M and $40M earnings respectively.
This list were compiled by ESPN's The Magazine 2015 survey. And below are athletes who are on the top list.
1 Floyd Mayweather (Boxing) - $250M
2 Manny Pacquiao (Boxing) - $150M
3 Lionel Messi (Football) - $56.3M
4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Football) - $50.2M
5 Sebastian Vettel(Formula racer) - $50M
6 Fernando Alonso (Formula racer) - $40M
7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Football) - $35.1M
8 Lewis Hamilton (Formula racer) - $31M
8 Clayton Kershaw (Baseball) - $31M
10 Justin Verlander (Baseball) - $28M
11 Zack Greinke (Baseball) - $27M
12 Wayne Rooney (Football) - $26M
13 Josh Hamilton (Baseball) - $25M
13 Ryan Howard (Baseball) - $25M
13 Cliff Lee (Baseball) - $25M
16 Felix Hernandez (Baseball) - $24.9M
17 Albert Pujols (Baseball) - $24M
17 Robinson Cano (Baseball) - $24M
17 Prince Fielder (Baseball) - $24M
20 Cole Hamels (Baseball) - $23.5M
20 Kobe Bryant (Basketball) - $23.5M
22 Amar'e Stoudemire (Basketball) - $23.4M
23 Joe Johnson (Basketball) - $23.2M
24 Mark Teixeira (Baseball) - $23.1M
25 Joe Mauer (Baseball) - $23M
25 CC Sabathia (Baseball) - $23M
You may get more details of the list through ESPN's website
Reference Source: Link
Image From: superrepo.org
Next were football players Messi and Ronaldo who has a close earnings for 2014 and 2015. Followed by Formula racers Vettel and Alonzo with $50M and $40M earnings respectively.
This list were compiled by ESPN's The Magazine 2015 survey. And below are athletes who are on the top list.
1 Floyd Mayweather (Boxing) - $250M
2 Manny Pacquiao (Boxing) - $150M
3 Lionel Messi (Football) - $56.3M
4 Cristiano Ronaldo (Football) - $50.2M
5 Sebastian Vettel(Formula racer) - $50M
6 Fernando Alonso (Formula racer) - $40M
7 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Football) - $35.1M
8 Lewis Hamilton (Formula racer) - $31M
8 Clayton Kershaw (Baseball) - $31M
10 Justin Verlander (Baseball) - $28M
11 Zack Greinke (Baseball) - $27M
12 Wayne Rooney (Football) - $26M
13 Josh Hamilton (Baseball) - $25M
13 Ryan Howard (Baseball) - $25M
13 Cliff Lee (Baseball) - $25M
16 Felix Hernandez (Baseball) - $24.9M
17 Albert Pujols (Baseball) - $24M
17 Robinson Cano (Baseball) - $24M
17 Prince Fielder (Baseball) - $24M
20 Cole Hamels (Baseball) - $23.5M
20 Kobe Bryant (Basketball) - $23.5M
22 Amar'e Stoudemire (Basketball) - $23.4M
23 Joe Johnson (Basketball) - $23.2M
24 Mark Teixeira (Baseball) - $23.1M
25 Joe Mauer (Baseball) - $23M
25 CC Sabathia (Baseball) - $23M
You may get more details of the list through ESPN's website
Reference Source: Link
Image From: superrepo.org
