2010 SI Fortunate 50
Here are the top 10 of the Sports Illustrated Magazine's fortunate 50 list for the year 2010. This is the 7th year that the list has been published. As with all Fortunate 50 lists, it only includes athletes from the USA, sorted by total earnings (salary, winnings, endorsements and appearance fees).
Two golfers make up the top positions on the list, but Tiger continues to have the highest earnings, as he has on every SI Fortunate 50 list since it was first published in 2004. See also the 2010 International 20 for the top paid sports people from the rest of the world.
| Name | Sport | earnings (US$ million) | previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tiger Woods | Golf | 90.5 | 1 |
| 2. | Phil Mickelson | Golf | 61.7 | 2 |
| 3. | Floyd Mayweather Jr. | Boxing | 60.3 | - |
| 4. | LeBron James | Basketball | 45.8 | 3 |
| 5. | Alex Rodriguez | Baseball | 37.0 | 4 |
| 6. | Shaquille O'Neal | Basketball | 36.0 | 5 |
| 7. | Kobe Bryant | Basketball | 33.0 | 7 |
| 8. | Derek Jeter | Baseball | 31.0 | 9 |
| 9. | Peyton Manning | American Football | 30.8 | 10 |
| 10. | Dwyane Wade | Basketball | 27.8 | 12 |
Source
- List as published on SI.com
Related Pages
- About the Fortunate 50, and other Sports Illustrated Lists
- Other sporting lists, including the Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- More about the World of Sport
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