50 Highest Earning Athletes in the US

[samwise]

First Baseball player is A-Rod at 7th.

 

50 Highest Earning Athletes in the US

Assuming A-Rod plays out his new mammoth 10-year, $275 million deal, he'll have earned $445 million in base salary alone over the course of what would be a 24-year career.

 

 

[homer]

I don't know why but the fact that Tiger makes 5 times more in endorsement than he does playing golf continually boggles my mind.

[craigharmann]

I don't know why but the fact that Tiger makes 5 times more in endorsement than he does playing golf continually boggles my mind.

He could quit golf today and his great-great-great-great grandkids would still be financially set for life.

 

[Patrick425]

I don't know why but the fact that Tiger makes 5 times more in endorsement than he does playing golf continually boggles my mind.

I know why. Because it's mind-boggling.

[JoeHova]

They should add in all the international guys as well. I know Valentino Rossi would rank somewhere between 10-20 and I'd have to think some F1 guys would be up there, along with maybe some soccer players from the Premier League, Serie A, and La Liga too.

 

 

edit: never mind, I see they have a separate list for international guys. I thought it was determined that Beckham's contract with the LA Galaxy was phony in terms of the huge dollars?

[jwill535]

I remember reading that Michael Schumacher made something like 80 mil.

 

**Edited when I researched it to be in 2004**

[bork]

I knew baseball players made nothing in endorsements compaired to other sports, but it really jumped out in that list.

[T B0NE 10]

Jamarcus Russell?

[JoeHova]

I knew baseball players made nothing in endorsements compaired to other sports, but it really jumped out in that list.

 

 

Yeah, judging from that list, the sport to go into is definitely basketball. 26 of the top 50 earners are NBA guys. The only problem is that there are even fewer spots available in the NBA then there are in MLB or the NFL.

[endaround]

Well they included all of Russell's signing bonus on one year. Next year he won't be on the list.

[paul253]

Wouldnt it be nice to be able to buy a house for $27 million and still have a couple million left over.....from that years earnings. You keep hearing how much money they make, but it doesnt really sink in until you read stuff like this. Unbelievable.

[razzzorsharp]

Michael Finley made 21.6 million dollars playing basketball alone. Crazy.

[paul253]

Then you look at someone like Spreewell and say.....%@$? Spreewall probably wasnt top 50 in his day, but he was raking it in. How could you possible lose that much, that fast without being an absolute moron?

[jwill535]

Then you look at someone like Spreewell and say.....%@$? Spreewall probably wasnt top 50 in his day, but he was raking it in. How could you possible lose that much, that fast without being an absolute moron?

Spree isnt broke, he is just lazy on paying for things. Like others have pointed out, a lot of rich people just let items go into foreclosure then worry about making payments or trying to sell things they dont want. Spree's rim shop and patents on spinners probably makes him about what he was making in the NBA.

 

[theavrock]

How does Floyd Mayweather pull down more in endorsements than Kobe Bryant? That is just crazy to me.

[Fatter than Joey]

How does Floyd Mayweather pull down more in endorsements than Kobe Bryant?

 

Kobe's rape troubles

[jwill535]

Like it states in the article, the 20 mil was from his Wrestling appearance. I am not sure why that isnt salary but oh well. Boxers get a purse and some of the bigger ones demand a cut of the PPV.