Forbes list of highest paid athletes

[Islandman]

I wonder if Usain would make this list if we had more details of his contracts?

He was not in the top 50 even though athlete #50 supposedly will earn about 18 million.

Rank Name Age Earnings (in millions) Sports
1 Tiger Woods 35 $75 Golf
2 Kobe Bryant 32 $53 Basketball
3 LeBron James 26 $48 Basketball
4 Roger Federer 29 $47 Tennis
5 Phil Mickelson 40 $46.5 Golf
6 David Beckham 36 $40 Soccer
7 Cristiano Ronaldo 26 $38 Soccer
8 Alex Rodriguez 35 $35 Baseball
9 Michael Schumacher 42 $34 Racing
10 Lionel Messi 23 $32.3 Soccer
11 Fernando Alonso 29 $32 Racing
12 Rafael Nadal 24 $31.5 Tennis
13-14 (tie) Valentino Rossi 32 $31 Racing
13-14 (tie) Tom Brady 33 $31 Football
15 Lewis Hamilton 29 $30 Racing
16 Derek Jeter 36 $29 Baseball
17 Dale Earnhardt Jr. 36 $28.5 Racing
18 Yao Ming 30 $27.7 Basketball
19 Dwight Howard 25 $27.6 Basketball
20 Dwyane Wade 29 $26.2 Basketball
21 Peyton Manning 35 $26.1 Football
22 Ichiro Suzuki 37 $26 Baseball
23 Carmelo Anthony 26 $25.1 Basketball
24-25 (tie) Kaka 29 $25 Soccer
24-25 (tie) Manny Pacquaio 32 $25 Boxing

Full list:

http://businesstips.ph/the-worlds-hi...etes-for-2011/

[Jangle]

Bolt needs to get himself on that list.

[Sickko]

How? You have any great marketing ideas?

[Skeng DX]

if BOLT was more liked in the AMERICAN market it woulda happen

him fi keep doing what him doin but at the same time TRY TO GET A cross ova in a US cuz like it or not thats where the money is for the most part

but one of the problem he is going to face is that he is seen as competition to them BUT i think he can break that barrier

[Sickko]

You realise that track and field athletics is not even in the top 10 most watched sport in the world, right?

While Bolt is the break through athlete in the sport, it will take more like him over an extended period to drag track and field out of the backwaters of global sports

[Skeng DX]

mi know dat TRUE but it ago even harder for a person like him fi break into dat market nuh matter what

[Karl]

There is an article somewhere that says Messi is the highest paid footballer.

[Islandman]

Was it referring to earnings from football or total earnings?

Nonetheless while these lists are useful as a general reference, I get the impression that they are somewhat biased towards athletes in North American professional sports becuase, well, all sports lists compiled in the US are, and also because I really don't think they spend a lot of effort figuring out all the earning streams of someone like a Bolt or even some of the Indian cricketers. I saw a list that had Dhoni making about US $10 million in a year some time ago and Tendulkar not far behind.

[Time]

How popular can a track and field events be when most events are over in a few seconds or a few minutes? Imagine pay top dollars to see Bolt run the 100 and the race over in 10 or 20 seconds.

[Peter R]

How Beckham still on the list? and so high up?

[Karl]

I'll search for the article. Hope I find it.

[Skeng DX]

How Beckham still on the list? and so high up?

BECKHAM also is likw sum MODEL n d gurl dem luv him suh HIM will always make money FROM him in d public eye

it have little to do with his footballing skills I THINK

[Lionpaw]

BECKHAM also is likw sum MODEL n d gurl dem luv him suh HIM will always make money FROM him in d public eye

it have little to do with his footballing skills I THINK

what footballing skills?

[Me]

you think MLS signed him for his football ability?

[Peter R]

Have the Galaxy and MLS gotten value for their money in your estimation?