Who Is The Highest Paid Athlete In The World? Top 10 in 2015 [LIST]
It may or may not surprise you that nobody from football, baseball or hockey --three of America's most popular sports, have nobody on the list. Who do you think came in at #1?
Who are the highest paid athletes on earth? Let's begin.
The top two spots belonged to the two competitors in the biggest fight of the year, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao.
- 2
Manny Pacquiao
Boxing$160 million
- 3
Cristiano Ronaldo
Soccer$79.6 million
- 4
Lionel Messi
Soccer$73.8 million
- 5
Roger Federer
Tennis$67 million
- 6
LeBron James
Basketball$64.8 million
- 7
Kevin Durant
Basketball$54.1 million
- 8
Phil Mickelson
Golf$50.1 million
- 9
Tiger Woods
Golf$50.6 million
- 10
Kobe Bryant
Basketball$49.5 million