2015 YEAR-END LISTS

[HairOfTheDog]

FORBES' TOP EARNING ATHLETES IN THE WORLD -- 2015



It's interesting to me how some of them made as much or more in endorsements as they did in salaries & winnings, especially Tiger Woods (and other golfers).

USD Total Earnings/Salary & Winnings/Endorsements

#1 Floyd Mayweather $300 M /$285 M /$15 M /Boxing
#2 Manny Pacquiao $160 M /$148 M /$12 M/ Boxing
#3 Cristiano Ronaldo $79.6 M / $52.6 M /$27 M / Soccer
#4 Lionel Messi $73.8 M /$51.8 M/ /$22 M/ Soccer
#5 Roger Federer $67 M /$9 M /$58 M/ Tennis
#6 LeBron James $64.8 M /$20.8 M /$44 M/ Basketball
#7 Kevin Durant $54.2 M /$19.1 M /$35 M/ Basketball
#8 Phil Mickelson $50.8 M /$2.8 M /$48 M/ Golf
#9 Tiger Woods $50.6 M /$0.6 M /$50 M/ Golf
#10 Kobe Bryant $49.5 M /$23.5 M /$26 M/ Basketball
#11 Ben Roethlisberger $48.9 M /$46.4 M /$2.5 M/ Football
#12 Rory McIlroy $48.3 M /$16.3 M /$32 M/ Golf
#13 Novak Djokovic $48 M /$17.2 M /$31 M/ Tennis
#14 Zlatan Ibrahimovic 39.1 M /$33.1 M /$6 M / Racing
#16 Ndamukong Suh $38.6 M /$38.2 M /$400 K/ Football
#17 Fernando Alonso $35.5 M /$34 M /$1.5 M/ Racing
#18 Gareth Bale $35 M /$25.5 M /$9.5 M/ Soccer
#19 Jon Lester $34.1 M /$33.7 M /$400 K/ Baseball
#20 Derrick Rose $33.9 M /$18.9 M /$15 M / Basketball

Top 100 Rankings: http://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/#tab...r:position