10 Top Sportsmen in the World

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  1. $78.1m-Tiger Woods
  2. $71.5m-Roger Federer
  3. $62m-Kobe Bryant
  4. $59.8m-LeBron James
  5. $51m-Drew Brees
  6. $49m-Aaron Rodgers
  7. $48.7m-Phil Mickelson
  8. $47.2m-David Beckham
  9. $44m-Cristiano Ronaldo
  10. $41.3m-Lionel Messi
As sports fanatics, we adore and worship so many of our sporting idols just because they perform some amazing feats in their respective sport fields. Ever pressed the pause button to stop and think how much they must be earning in return? One will be dumbstruck how a certain sporting career can pay you big dividends! It is a known fact that athletes never earned so much as they ear now 35-40 years ago. Times have changed and so has the amounts on those cheques. If you are a big football star, then you can be assured of earning lots of cash annually. Such are the times we live in. Even more surprising is the fact that you are paid the maximum if you are a golfer! If you wish to know why read on. Forbes released its annual calculation of the World’s Richest Sportsmen as of June 2013.

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