We are always curious to know about our favorite sports stars and about happenings with them. Apart from their form on the playing field, we also want to know that how much they earn from the sport they play and how he or she is competing with other sports persons as well. The renowned financial magazine Forbes always keeps an eye on every sports person of the world and their earning part and release an updated list time and again. Here is the latest list of the Highest Earning Male Athletes of the world for you released by Forbes recently.
The List of the Top 50 Earning Sports Persons of the World
| Rank | Player’s Name | Sport | Salary/Prize Money (in US$ Millions) | Endorsements
(in US$ Millions) |
Total Earnings
(in US$ Millions) |
| 1 | Floyd Mayweather | Boxing | 105 | 0 | 105 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Soccer | 52 | 28 | 80 |
| 3 | LeBron James | Basketball | 19.3 | 53 | 72.3 |
| 4 | Lionel Messi | Soccer | 41.7 | 23 | 64.7 |
| 5 | Kobe Bryant | Basketball | 30.5 | 31 | 61.5 |
| 6 | Tiger Woods | Golf | 6.2 | 55 | 61.2 |
| 7 | Roger Federer | Tennis | 4.2 | 52 | 56.2 |
| 8 | Phil Mickelson | Golf | 5.2 | 48 | 53.2 |
| 9 | Rafael Nadal | Tennis | 14.5 | 30 | 44.5 |
| 10 | Matt Ryan | Football | 42 | 1.8 | 43.8 |
| 11 | Manny Pacquiao | Boxing | 41 | 0.8 | 41.8 |
| 12 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Soccer | 36.4 | 4 | 40.4 |
| 13 | Derrick Rose | Basketball | 17.6 | 19 | 36.6 |
| 14 | Gareth Bale | Soccer | 25.4 | 11 | 36.4 |
| 15 | Radamel Falcao | Soccer | 32.4 | 3 | 35.4 |
| 16 | Neymar Jr. | Soccer | 17.6 | 16 | 33.6 |
| 17 | Novak Djokovic | Tennis | 12.1 | 21 | 33.1 |
| 18 | Matthew Stafford | Football | 31 | 1.5 | 33 |
| 19 | Lewis Hamilton | F1 Racing | 29 | 3 | 32 |
| 20 | Kevin Durant | Basketball | 17.9 | 14 | 31.9 |
| 21 | Fernando Alonso | F1 Racing | 29 | 2 | 31 |
| 22 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | Cricket | 4 | 26 | 30 |
| 23 | Dwyane Wade | Basketball | 18.9 | 11 | 29.9 |
| 24 | Carmelo Anthony | Basketball | 21.4 | 8 | 29.4 |
| 25 | Wladimir Klitschko | Boxing | 24 | 4 | 28 |
| 26 | Peyton Manning | Football | 15.1 | 12 | 27.1 |
| 27 | Amar’e Stoudemire | Basketball | 21.7 | 5 | 26.7 |
| 28 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | F1 Racing | 14.9 | 11 | 25.9 |
| 29 | Dwight Howard | Basketball | 20.5 | 5 | 25.5 |
| 30 | Cliff Lee | Baseball | 25.1 | 200K | 25.3 |
| 31 | Joe Mauer | Baseball | 23 | 1.8 | 24.8 |
| 32 | Miguel Cabrera | Baseball | 22.6 | 2 | 24.6 |
| 33 | Zack Greinke | Baseball | 24.4 | 50K | 24.5 |
| 34 | Maria Sharapova | Tennis | 2.4 | 22 | 24.4 |
| 35 | Derek Jeter | Baseball | 15.3 | 9 | 24.3 |
| 36 | Rory McIlroy | Golf | 4.3 | 20 | 24.3 |
| 37 | Chris Paul | Basketball | 18.7 | 5.5 | 24.2 |
| 38 | CC Sabathia | Baseball | 23 | 1.2 | 24.2 |
| 38 | Prince Fielder | Baseball | 23.5 | 400K | 23.9 |
| 40 | Darrelle Revis | Football | 23 | 0.8 | 23.8 |
| 41 | Li Na | Tennis | 5.6 | 18 | 23.6 |
| 42 | Jimmie Johnson | F1 Racing | 17 | 6.5 | 23.5 |
| 43 | Wayne Rooney | Soccer | 18.4 | 5 | 23.4 |
| 44 | Sergio Aguero | Soccer | 18.3 | 5 | 23.3 |
| 45 | Usain Bolt | Athletics | 200K | 23 | 23.2 |
| 45 | Dirk Nowitzki | Basketball | 22.7 | 0.5 | 23.2 |
| 47 | Blake Griffin | Basketball | 16.5 | 6.5 | 23 |
| 48 | Alex Rodriguez | Baseball | 22.6 | 300K | 22.9 |
| 49 | Johan Santana | Baseball | 22.5 | 400K | 22.9 |
| 50 | Mark Teixeira | Baseball | 22.5 | 200K | 22.7 |
