The World's Highest Paid Athletes List 2011
Here are the top 10 of the highest earning sports people from 2011, taken from the list 'The World's 50 Highest-Paid Athletes' published by Forbes magazine in May. Tiger was again the top ranked athlete, though he took a $30 million hit on his earnings compared to the previous year, and his reign of 10 consecutive top positions may be coming to the end. The highest paid female athlete was Maria Sharapova ranked 29th with 24.2 million dollars in earnings.
Earnings totals (US dollars) are derived from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income in the 12 months from May 1, 2010 to May 1, 2011. Taxes or agents' fees are not factored into the figures. See also the top earning lists from other years. See also the top 10 highest paid in 2011 according to Sports Illustrated and the Richest Sporting Events In The World for 2011.
| Rank | Name | Sport | Nationality | earning ($ million) | previous year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiger Woods | golf | USA | 75 | 1 |
| 2 | Kobe Bryant | basketball | USA | 53 | 3 |
| 3 | LeBron James | basketball | USA | 48 | 7 |
| 4 | Roger Federer | tennis | Switzerland | 47 | 6 |
| 5 | Phil Mickelson | golf | USA | 46.5 | 4 |
| 6 | David Beckham | soccer | UK | 40 | 5 |
| 7 | Cristiano Ronaldo | soccer | Portugal | 38 | 13 |
| 8 | Alex Rodriguez | baseball | Dominican | 35 | 12 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | F1 racing | Germany | 34 | >20 |
| 10 | Lionel Messi | soccer | Argentina | 32.3 | >20 |
Next on the list were: Fernando Alonso, Rafael Nadal, Valentino Rossi, Tom Brady, Lwis Hamilton, Derek Jeter, Dale Earnhardt, Yao Ming, Dwight Howard, Dwayne Wade, Peyton Manning ...
References
- Http://blogs.forbes.com/kurtbadenhausen/2011/05/31/the-worlds-highest-paid-athletes/
- Forbes Magazine?
Related Pages
- See the top earning lists from other years.
- See also the top 10 highest paid in 2011 according to Sports Illustrated
- The Richest Sporting Events In The World for 2011.
- Other world sport lists
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- What about floyd maywealther? (from TURNINGSTAR TUNDE OLOJEDE, Nov 2012)
- What about M S DHONI (May 2012)
- What about Michael Jordan? (from Jane Vanhulsentop, April 2012) - This list only includes those currently playing sport.
- Where is Manny Pacquiao? I thought he makes money more than Kobe and LeBron. (from Mc Alister, Nov 2011) - Manny tops the list for 2012
- Where is Fernando Alonso? (from Krishh, Aug 2011) - He was 11th
- Where is Rafael Nadal? (from R.Abishek, Aug 2011) - He was 12th
- Where is Usain Bolt? he is the toppest as of now (from louiz jackson, July 2011)
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