The world's highest paid athletes 1990-2019

[Disanthrope]

I got dizzy

 

[Blue_London]

Shocked neymar gets more than Federer

 

[The Lonious Monk]

You shouldn't be. Soccer is a bigger sport worldwide than tennis.

 

[Disanthrope]

Im surprised baseball never showed up.. they get the biggest guaranteed contracts

 

[Disanthrope]

Boxing used to dominate back in the day

 

[Blue_London]

You shouldn't be. Soccer is a bigger sport worldwide than tennis.

Federer is a bigger name than Neymar

 

[King Freeman]

Federer is a bigger name than Neymar

Federer probably maxes out around 80 per year.

 

[King Freeman]

Mayweather came on every other year and killed that shit. Damn. He did that shit. And he came out clean. Most these old boxing niggas fucked up.

 

[Hater Hearst Helmsley]

This is how much they made for that particular year correct?

Fuckin Michael shumaker was getting it in around the early 2000s lol

 

[wadupdoe!313]

for a 6 year stretch nobody was close to tiger

 

[King Freeman]

Federer probably maxes out around 80 per year.

Speak on it @Elzo69Renaissance

 

[Elzo69Renaissance]

Soeak on it @Elzo69Renaissance

I’ll dive in deeper later but start w the fact that Federer s UNIQLO deal pays him at a little bit more than 30 million per.....u can build on that ....Federer should be seeing more than 80 per

 

[King Freeman]

I’ll dive in deeper later but start w the fact that Federer s UNIQLO deal pays him at a little bit more than 30 million per.....u can build on that ....Federer should be seeing more than 80 per

Pretty sure this doesn't take endorsements into account.

 

[Mister]

Pretty sure this doesn't take endorsements into account.

How do you explain Lebron making $86M and Steph $77M, in 2019, if endorsements aren't being taken into account?

 

[ImaInfluenza]

3 and D players making more than iron mike

 

[King Freeman]

How do you explain Lebron making $86M and Steph $77M, in 2019, if endorsements aren't being taken into account?

You niggas better take the base out your voice.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

It's funny how no matter what happened to Tyson, he always managed to climb back up to the top. There was a period when I'm pretty sure he was washed but was still on that list.

 

[Disanthrope]

3 and D players making more than iron mike

Inflation like whoa

 

[Blue_London]

Forbes decade list

10 Lewis Hamilton: $400 million

The six-time F1 World Champion is the most marketable athlete in the sport and commands the biggest paycheck.

#9 Kevin Durant: $425 million

Durant’s annual earnings from his salary and endorsements jumped 400% during the course of the decade.

#8 Manny Pacquiao: $435 million

Pacquiao’s 25 pay-per-view fights have generated 20 million buys and an estimated $1.3 billion in revenue.

#7 Phil Mickelson: $480 million

Mickelson nabbed the biggest paycheck of his career in 2018 when he defeated his longtime rival Woods in an exhibition for a $9 million purse.

#6 Tiger Woods: $615 million

Tiger averaged only 10 PGA Tour events per year during the 2010s, but his endorsement earnings for the decade were tops among athletes.

#5 Roger Federer: $640 million

Federer, 38, is on the back end of his tennis career, but his earnings will stay high on the back of a 10-year, $300 million deal with Uniqlo inked in 2018.

#4 LeBron James: $680 million

James has made more than twice as much from endorsements during his first 16 years in the NBA, compared to his $270 million in playing salary.

#3 Lionel Messi: $750 million

Messi’s 2019 playing salary for Barcelona is the highest of any athlete across all team sports.

#2 Cristiano Ronaldo: $800 million

Ronaldo’s endorsement partners benefit from his massive Instagram and Facebook followings, which both rank as the biggest of any person on the planet.

#1 Floyd Mayweather: $915 million

Mayweather pocketed more than $500 million combined for his 2015 and 2017 fights versus Manny Pacquiao and Conor McGregor.