Tiger Woods...
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We have decided to unveil the world's highest paid athletes in parts, to you... Not many of us (especially the non sports lovers) know who these great men are... Well, now you know...Enjoy...
The World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes
#1 Tiger Woods
Total Earnings: $78.1 million
Salary/winnings: $13.1 million
Endorsements: $65 million
Tiger Woods has been the hottest golfer on the planet with six tournament wins over the past 12 months. His prize money has doubled and his off-course income is up thanks to sponsor bonuses with Nike and Rolex tied to his wins and a return to the top of the World Golf Rankings.
Woods has also been busy overseas collecting more than $10 million in appearance fees from stops in Abu Dhabi, China, Malaysia and Turkey. Woods’ golf course-design business has also picked up after multiple blowups. Developers broke ground on a new course in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, which is likely to be the first completed Woods-designed course.
Roger Federer...
#2 Roger Federer
Total Earnings: $71.5 million
Salary/winnings: $6.5 million
Endorsements: $65 million
Federer has the most impressive endorsement portfolio in sports, with 10 sponsors that collectively pay him more than $40 million annually, including long-term deals with Nike, Rolex, Wilson and Credit Suisse. The newest addition is champagne brand Moet & Chandon, which signed Federer to a five-year deal at the end of 2012.
Federer’s income surged after a barnstorming exhibition tour of South America that netted him $14 million for six events. Federer is widely perceived as the greatest tennis player ever. He holds the records for most singles Grand Slam wins (17) and career prize money ($77 million).
Kobe Bryant...
#3 Kobe Bryant
Total earnings: $61.9 million
Salary/winnings: $27.9 million
Endorsements: $34 million
Bryant had the highest salary in the NBA for the third straight year during the 2012-13 season. His $27.85 million salary is $7 million higher than any other player. Bryant made the All-NBA first team for the eighth straight year this season and passed Wilt Chamberlain for fourth on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Bryant is still a huge draw, particularly overseas where he had the NBA’s best-selling jersey during the 2011-12 season.
This year Bryant added Hublot to his endorsement roster, which already included Nike, Coca-Cola, Turkish Airlines, Lenovo, Panini and Mercedes-Benz.
Lebron James...
#4 LeBron James
Total Earnings: $59.8 million
Salary/winnings: $17.8 million
Endorsements: $42 million
King James had a memorable 2012 as he won his first NBA title, third MVP Award and a second Olympic Gold Medal. He joined an exclusive group of four Hall of Famers with his fourth MVP Award after the 2012-13 season. James is the NBA's biggest endorsement star, thanks to deals with Nike, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Samsung and others. Sales of his signature Nike shoes rose 50% to $300 million in the U.S. during 2012, according to research firm SportsOneSource. He outsold his nearest NBA competitor by a 6-to-1 margin in the U.S.
Drew Brees...
#5 Drew Brees
Total Earnings: $51 million
Salary/winnings: $40 million
Endorsements: $11 million
Brees signed a five-year, $100 million contract extension in July 2012 with the New Orleans Saints that included a $37 million signing bonus. Brees was rewarded for six Pro Bowl selections and a Super Bowl title since he joined the Saints in 2006. Brees is one of the NFL’s most successful pitchmen with a dozen endorsement deals, including Nike, Procter & Gamble, Verizon Wireless, PepsiCo and Wrangler. His foundation, Brees Dream Foundation, has contributed $17 million to charitable causes and academic institutions in New Orleans, San Diego and West Lafayette/Purdue communities.
Aaron Rodgers...
#6 Aaron Rodgers
Total Earnings: $49 million
Salary/winnings: $43 million
Endorsements: $6 million
Aaron Rodgers was arguably the NFL’s best player over the past two seasons, leading the NFL in passer rating and throwing 84 touchdowns and only 14 interceptions. This year he finally got the contract to match. Rodgers signed a five-year, $110 million deal in April that made him the highest-paid player in the NFL on an annual basis.
It included a $35 million signing bonus and $62.5 million in the first three years of the deal. Rodgers is one of the top-paid football guys in the Nike stable and his “Discount Double Check” commercials for State Farm are a national hit.
Phil Mickelson...
#7 Phil Mickelson
Total Earnings: $48.7 million
Salary/winnings: $4.7 million
Endorsements: $44 million
Mickelson was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame last year, reflecting a stellar career that includes 41 PGA victories (ninth all-time), $70 million in career prize money (second all-time) and four major titles (tied for second-most during the past 20 years). Mickelson earns more than $30 million annually from endorsement partners: Callaway, Barclay's, KPMG, Exxon, Rolex and Amgen/Pfizer. He picked up a deal to promote psoriatic arthritis drug Enbrel after he was diagnosed with the disease in 2010 and used the drug for his treatment.
David Beckham...
#8 David Beckham
Total Earnings: $47.2 million
Salary/winnings: $5.2 million
Endorsements: $42 million
Beckham announced his retirement from soccer after a five-month stay at Paris Saint-Germain, where Becks won his tenth league title to put a bow on his decorated 21-year career. Beckham donated his $5.3 million salary at PSG to a children’s charity. He can afford it.
The British icon banked $42 million from commercial endorsements with sponsors like Adidas, Coty, H&M, Sainsbury’s, Samsung and his newest partner, Breitling. Beckham will be busy in retirement. He signed a multi-year deal to become an ambassador for the Chinese Super League, a role which will see him make three trips in 2013 to the country and play an exhibition game. He also plans to buy an MLS team, a contractual right he was granted when he joined the league in 2007.
Cristiano Ronaldo...
#9 Cristiano Ronaldo
Total Earnings: $44 million
Salary/winnings: $23 million
Endorsements: $21 million
Ronaldo was runner-up in 2012 in voting for the world's best player of the year after notching 60 goals in 55 games. Contract extension talks with Real Madrid stalled prior to the start of the 2012-13 season over the player's share in his image rights. He currently splits them 60-40 with the club, known for usually taking 50% of a player's rights. The Portuguese winger has a lot at stake -- he currently earns nearly half of his $44 million income from sponsors. His current contract with Real runs through the 2014-15 season.
Lionel Messi..
#10 Lionel Messi
Total Earnings: $41.3 million
Salary/winnings: $20.3 million
Endorsements: $21 million
After scoring 91 goals in all competitions last year to break a 40-year-old world record held by Gerd Muller, Messi won FIFA’s world player of the year award for a record fourth year in a row. Barcelona rewarded the 25-year old who started his career as a youth at the club with a record contract extension through 2018 that will pay him more than $20 million annually. Adidas launched his icon signature line in 2013. It is only the second time the company has done so for one of its brand ambassadors (the first was with David Beckham).
Tom Brady...
#11 Tom Brady
Total Earnings: $38.3 million
Salary/winnings: $31.3 million
Endorsements: $7 million
Brady signed a contract extension with the New England Patriots in February. The deal included a $30 million signing bonus and ties the Patriots to Brady through the 2017 season when the quarterback will be 40 years old. Brady was lauded for taking a below-market deal to stay with the Patriots and help the team’s salary cap situation. In 2012, Brady became just the second quarterback after John Elway to lead his team to five Super Bowls.
Derrick Rose...
#12 Derrick Rose
Total Earnings: $37.4 million
Salary/winnings: $16.4 million
Endorsements: $21 million
Rose debuts on the top earners list after signing a 13-year shoe deal with Adidas that is expected to be worth at least $185 million. Adidas sold $25 million of his signature shoes in the U.S. in 2012, according to research firm SportsOneSource. The 2011 NBA MVP missed the entire 2012-13 season recovering from ACL surgery, but collected his entire Chicago Bulls’ salary of $16.4 million. It was the first year of a five-year, $95 million extension he signed at the end of 2011.
Joe Flacco...
#13 Joe Flacco
Total Earnings: $36.8 million
Salary/winnings: $35.9 million
Endorsements: $850,000
The Super Bowl MVP joined the upper echelon of quarterbacks in 2013 with a title and a new $20 million-a-year contract. Flacco led the underdog Baltimore Ravens to a 34-31 win over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII by throwing for 287 yards and three touchdowns. He was rewarded with a six-year, $120.6 million extension with the Ravens in March, including a $29 million signing bonus. Flacco will likely have his deal restructured in 2016 when his salary cap number jumps to $28.6 million.
Floyd Mayweather...
#14 Floyd Mayweather
Total Earnings: $34 million
Salary/winnings: $34 million
Endorsements: $0
The top earner on Forbes' 2012 highest-paid athletes list falls into a tie with fellow pugilist Manny Pacquiao at No. 14 after only fighting once between our June 2012-June 2013 time frame. But Mayweather still cashed in with a blockbuster 30-month, six-fight deal with Showtime in February.
The deal is expected to net Mayweather roughly $200 million, if he fights six times, and potentially much more depending on pay-per-view sales. His first fight of the contract resulted in a lopsided unanimous decision over Robert Guerrero in May that had disappointing PPV sales and limited Mayweather’s final take on top of his $32 million guarantee. But a September bout with Canelo Alvarez is expected to be a PPV hit.
Manny Pacquiao...
#15 Manny Pacquiao
Total Earnings: $34 million
Salary/winnings: $26 million
Endorsements: $8 million
Pacquiao lost his second straight bout in December against Juan Manuel Marquez. The fight attracted 1.1 million PPV buys and netted Pacquiao an estimated $26 million, including his income from the telecast in his native Philippines. Pacquiao’s endorsement deal with Hewlett-Packard expired last year, but his partners still include Nike, Monster Energy, Hennessy, Wonderful Pistachios, San Miguel Beer and several others in the Philippines.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni...
#16 Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Total Earnings: $31.5 million
Salary/winnings: $3.5 million
Endorsements: $28 million
The captain of India’s national cricket team is arguably the nation’s biggest celebrity. Nearly half of Dhoni’s 25 endorsements pay more than $1 million annually, including a three-year deal with former billionaire Vijay Mallya’s United Breweries Group worth more than $5 million over three years. Mahi has also shown an ear for business by taking equity stakes or key roles with companies he endorses and his own Supersport World Championship motorcycle racing team.
Kevin Durant...
#17 Kevin Durant
Total Earnings: $30.9 million
Salary/winnings: $16.9 million
Endorsements: $14 million
The three-time NBA scoring champ has three years left on the five-year, $85 million contract he signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2010. His seven-year deal with Nike generates the bulk of his $14 million annual off-court income. Other partners include Sprint, Gatorade, Panini and 2K Sports. He added BBVA and Degree for Men to his endorsement portfolio in 2013. Durant made headlines when he donated $1 million in May to the Red Cross to help with the relief efforts after the devastating tornadoes in Oklahoma.
Alex Rodriguez...
#18 Alex Rodriguez
Total Earnings: $30.3 million
Salary/winnings: $29.8 million
Endorsements: $500,000
A-Rod signed the two biggest contracts in baseball history, $252 million with the Texas Rangers in 2000 and $275 million with the New York Yankees in 2007. The Yankee deal includes $30 million in additional compensation if he reaches certain home run targets. A-Rod, who was sidelined for the start of the 2013 season after hip surgery, is owed $89 million from the Yankees after this season.
Rodriguez's endorsement deals with Nike and Rawlings used to be among the game's highest. He still uses the products, but no longer gets paid for it. A-Rod scored with the sale of his Miami Beach home for $30 million this year. He bought the property for $7.4 million in 2010 and then poured millions more into the home.
Fernando Alonso...
Total Earnings: $30 million
Salary/winnings: $28 million
Endorsements: $2 million
Alonso remains the highest-paid driver in F1, earning close to $30 million annually from his salary with Ferrari in a deal that runs through 2016. The Spaniard sits near the top of the 2013 F1 standings and is gunning for his third World Championship after placing second to Sebastian Vettel in two of the last three seasons.
Peyton Manning...
#20 Peyton Manning
Total Earnings: $30 million
Salary/winnings: $18 million
Endorsements: $12 million
Manning shined during his first season with the Denver Broncos after 14 years in Indianapolis. The QB led the Broncos to the best record in the NFL while throwing 37 touchdowns and only 11 interceptions, but lost in the playoffs in double overtime to the Baltimore Ravens.
His jersey was the third-best selling ever in the NFL in 2012. The four-time NFL MVP landed in Denver with a five-year, $96 million contract that requires him to pass an annual physical in order to get paid. Manning is the NFL's top product endorser, earning $12 million annually off the field from companies like Reebok, Buick, Wheaties, DirecTV, Gatorade and Papa John's. Manning became a Papa John's pizza franchisee last year when he signed a deal to own 21 stores in the Denver area.
To Be Continued...
Culled from The Forbes Magazine...
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Simply Cheska...
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