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Forbes Top 100 Best-Paid Athletes In The World


American boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather has again come out on top of the list of the world’s top-paid sports stars. The undefeated 37-year-old star fought just twice in the last 12 months, but despite his lack of endorsements he raked in enough from the bouts against Canelo Alvarez and Marcos Maidana to collect an astonising $105 million – or £66m. No wonder he’s nicknamed himself ‘Money’, and constantly flouts his wealth with pictures on Instagram.

  1.             Floyd Mayweather          £65.6m Boxing


2.       Cristiano Ronaldo             £50.0m Football

3.            LeBron James    £45.2m Basketball

4.            Lionel Messi       £40.4m Football

5.            Kobe Bryant       £38.4m Basketball
6.            Tiger Woods       £38.3m Golf

7.            Roger Federer   £35.1m Tennis

8.            Phil Mickelson   £33.3m Golf

9.            Rafael Nadal       £27.8m Tennis

10.          Matt Ryan           £27.4m NFL

11.          Manny Pacquiao              £26.1m Boxing

12.          Zlatan Ibrahimovic           £25.3m Football

13.          Derrick Rose       £22.9m Basketball

14.          Gareth Bale        £22.8m Football

15.          Radamel Falcao £22.1m Football

16.          Neymar                £21.0m Football

17.          Novak Djokovic £20.7m Tennis

18.          Matthew Stafford           £20.6m NFL

19.          Lewis Hamilton £20.0m Racing

20.          Kevin Durant      £19.9m Basketball

21.          Fernando Alonso             £19.4m Racing

22.          Mahendra Singh Dhoni  £18.8m Cricket

23.          Dwyane Wade  £18.7m Basketball

24.          Carmelo Anthony            £18.4m Basketball

25.          Wladimir Klitschko           £17.5m Boxing
26.          Peyton Manning              £16.9m NFL

27.          Amar’e Stoudemire        £16.7m Basketball

28.          Dale Earnhardt, Jr.           £16.2m Racing

29.          Dwight Howard £15.9m Basketball

30.          Cliff Lee                £15.8m Baseball

31.          Joe Mauer          £15.5m Baseball

32.          Miguel Cabrera £15.4m Baseball

33.          Zack Greinke      £15.3m Baseball

34.          Maria Sharapova              £15.3m Tennis

35.          Derek Jeter        £15.2m Baseball

35.          Rory McIlroy      £15.2m Golf

37.          Chris Paul            £15.1m Basketball

37.          CC Sabathia        £15.1m Baseball

39.          Prince Fielder    £14.9m Baseball

40.          Darrelle Revis    £14.9m NFL

41.          Li Na      £14.8m Tennis

42.          Jimmie Johnson                £14.7m Racing

43.          Wayne Rooney £14.6m Football

44.          Sergio Aguero   £14.6m Football

45.          Usain Bolt            £14.5m Track
45.          Dirk Nowitzki     £14.5m Basketball

47.          Blake Griffin       £14.4m Basketball

48.          Alex Rodriguez  £14.3m Baseball

48.          Johan Santana   £14.3m Baseball

50.          Mark Teixeira    £14.2m Baseball

51.          Matt Kemp         £14.1m Baseball

52.          Joe Johnson       £14.1m Basketball

53.          Geno Atkins       £14.0m NFL

53.          Ryan Howard     £14.0m Baseball

55.          Aaron Rodgers  £13.8m NFL

55.          Serena Williams                £13.8m Tennis

57.          Chris Bosh           £13.6m Basketball

57.          Pau Gasol            £13.6m Basketball

59.          Yaya TourĂ©          £13.6m Football

60.          Robinson Cano  £13.4m Baseball

60.          Adrian Gonzalez               £13.4m Baseball

62.          Joe Haden           £13.4m NFL

63.          Fernando Torres              £13.3m Football

64.          Henrik Stenson £13.3m Golf

65.          Vernon Wells     £13.2m Baseball

66.          Canelo Alvarez  £13.1m Boxing

66.          Drew Brees        £13.1m NFL

66.          Eli Manning         £13.1m NFL

69.          Julius Peppers   £13.0m NFL

70.          Cole Hamels       £12.9m Baseball

70.          Jason Peters      £12.9m NFL

70.          Justin Verlander               £12.9m Baseball

73.          Tim Lincecum     £12.9m Baseball

74.          Carl Crawford    £12.8m Baseball

75.          Matt Cain            £12.8m Baseball

75.          Barry Zito             £12.8m Baseball

77.          Felix Hernandez               £12.7m Baseball

77.          Albert Pujols      £12.7m Baseball

79.          Deron Williams  £12.5m Basketball

80.          David Ortiz          £12.4m Baseball

81.          Robin van Persie              £12.2m Football

82.          Russell Westbrook          £12.0m Basketball

83.          Sebastian Vettel               £11.9m Racing

84.          Carlos Dunlap    £11.8m NFL

84.          Zach Randolph  £11.8m Basketball

86.          Steven Gerrard £11.7m Football

86.          Jeff Gordon        £11.7m Racing

88.          Rudy Gay             £11.6m Basketball

89.          Larry Fitzgerald £11.6m NFL

89.          Mesut Ozil          £11.6m Football

91.          Branden Albert £11.5m NFL

92.          Franck RibĂ©ry     £11.4m Football

93.          Alfonso Soriano                £11.3m Baseball

94.          Jairus Byrd          £11.3m NFL

95.          Adam Scott         £11.1m Golf

96.          Terrell Suggs      £11.0m NFL

97.          Brandon Marshall            £10.9m NFL

97.          Jayson Werth    £10.9m Baseball

99.          Matt Holliday     £10.9m Baseball

100.        Luis Suarez          £10.8m Football

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