Saturday, June 14, 2014

Highest-earning athletes in the last 12 months

English: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at the DeWalt e...
English: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. at the DeWalt event on June 29, 2011. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hundred best-paid athletes in the world have won a total of 2.75 billion dollars in the last 12 months, which is 5% higher than a year earlier, informs Forbes. Increase due to the growth of 9 percent in wages and earnings from prize money of elite athletes in a decrease of 5 percent to 741 million dollars of their sponsorship contracts. The last athlete in the rankings (Luis Suarez) received 17.3 million dollars for the 12 months to June 1, 2014 leading position in the ranking is occupied by Floyd Mayweather - junior, earned $ 105 million from its two boxing matches in this period. See also: How is spending money best paid athlete in the world recall that Tiger Woods is top rankings in 11 of the last 12 years before Mayweather to occupy the top in 2012 only Woods and Floyd Mayweather have won more than 100 million dollars annually. Boxer, however, is the only athlete in the world who were not signed advertising contracts. The top 100 best-paid athletes included people carrying 10 different sports. Most are baseball (27), followed by basketball (18) football (17) football (15) and others. 60% of those present in the list are Americans, and here present more athletes from 27 countries. Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo holds the second position after Floyd Mayweather $ 80 million ahead of the wing of the Miami Heat LeBron James. Basketball has an income of 72.3 million dollars over the past 12 months, since it ranks Lionel Messi 64.7 million and Kobe Bryant. Basketball player was injured almost all of last year, but did not want to add to your account 61.5 million. Do not miss: how they live and spend their money Lionel Messi golfer Tiger Woods ranks sixth with 61.2 million dollars, while Roger Federer is seventh with 56.2 million dollars. Golfer Phil Mickelson, tennis star Rafael Nadal and quarterback Matt Ryan Atlanta round out the top 10.

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