The World's Highest Paid Athletes in 1994
Here is the top 10 list of the highest earning sports people from the 1994 calendar year, according to Forbes Magazine. Jordan is tops for the third year running. The highest ranked female athlete was tennis player Steffi Graf who was 19th with $8 million earnings.
These are the top 10 athletes from the annual Forbes top 40 List of top earning athletes list. Earnings include salary, prize money and earned incentive bonuses. Endorsements include licensing money, appearance and exhibition fees. Income from side businesses and equity partnerships are not counted. See also the top earning lists from other years.
| Name | Sport | Nationality | earnings ($ million) | previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Michael Jordan | Basketball | USA | 30.01 | 1 |
| 2. | Shaq O'Neal | Basketball | USA | 16.7 | 6 |
| 3. | Jack Nicklaus | Golf | USA | 14.8 | 13 |
| 4. | Arnold Palmer | Golf | USA | 13.6 | 11 |
| =5 | Gerhard Berger | Auto Racing | Austria | 13.5 | 30 |
| =5 | Wayne Gretzky | Ice Hockey | Canada | 13.5 | 22 |
| 7. | Michael Moorer | Boxing | USA | 12.1 |
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| 8. | Evander Holyfield | Boxing | USA | 12.0 | 12 |
| 9. | Andre Agassi | Tennis | USA | 11.4 | 20 |
| 10. | Nigel Mansell | Auto Racing | UK | 11.3 | 19 |
next on the list was Pete Sampras, Joe Montana, Charles Barkley, Greg Norman, George Foreman, Julio Cesar Chavez, David Robinson, Lennox Lewis, Steffi Graf and Jean Alesi.
References
- Forbes Magazine, Dec 19, 1994, Vol 154, No.14. The 40 top- earning athletes, p266.
Related Pages
- See the top earning lists from other years.
- Other world sport lists
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