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Conor mcgregor breaks into the top 25! A long way from his 60G's BABY moment! Rory McIlroy also up very high. The small island of Ireland well represented :)



Ka-pi96 said:
Most surprising thing imo is that Tiger Woods can still be the 17th highest paid athlete in the world despite not really doing much for.... well quite awhile now!

Also kinda surprised that Federer is up in #4, yet Djokovic who has been much more succesful in recent years doesn't make the top 10.

I'm assuming the list is from the last 12 months? Federer won a Grand Slam and I think 3 Masters this year, and Djokovic didn't win that much besides Roland Garros last year, and I think he's won nothing this year thus far.

Federer is making a comeback baby!



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It's amazing how much basketball has exploded in popularity around the globe since the end of the 21st century and and the '92 Dream Team.
LeBron, K.D., Steph, and all those guys wouldn't even be sniffing a fraction of that money had it not been for guys like Magic, Bird, and, of course, Michael paving the way, breaking through, and becoming as big of icons as they did.

And Steph is making just 12 million a year right now off his current contract with the Golden State Warriors, which expires THIS offseason.



Ruler said:
Who cares we dont see any of that money

Not sure if serious



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Cirio said:
Andrew Luck ROFL

Exactly my thoughts. 



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I know for a fact that 6 of them own a ps4 and an other 2 have a ps3 but none of them own a wii U or Nintendo switch



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NewGuy said:
Michael Jordan should be number one if they included retired athletes.

He will always be number one every year. His endorsement with nike is just ridiculous. He retired almost 20 years ago 



How on earth is Wayne Rooney still making more money than Luis Suarez?

How he's still on £300k a week sat around boggles the mind.



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VGPolyglot said:
How does Lebron get paid so much? The NBA has a soft salary cap, so a lot of it has to be from sponsorships, and not from the Cavaliers themselves.

Just like with all the people in the top a lot of that money is from endorsements.