10 HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES IN THE WORLD!

10 HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES IN THE WORLD!

10. Lewis Hamilton

He had a total earning of $46 million along with salary and bonuses of $38 million. Hamilton is a Formula One racing driver who races for the Mercedes AMG Petronas. He is considered to be one of the best Formula One drivers in the history of the sport and has won the championship three times. He won the first title in 2008 with McLaren after which he won with Mercedes in 2014 and then again in 2015. There is no British driver to have victories greater than Hamilton in the history of Formula One.

9. James Harden

In this year he reported total earnings of $46.6 million with salary and bonuses of $26.6 million. He signed the biggest contract in the history of NBA this year in July. The professional American basketball player plays for Houston Rockets of the NBA. Harden played college basketball for Arizona state where he was a Pac 10 Player of the Year in 2009. He earned recognition as the NBA’s most prolific scorer and earned recognition as the best shooting guard.

8. Stephen Curry

Curry’s earnings are a total of 47.3 million dollars and he is a popular basketball player. His net worth stands at $60 million and his salary is $40 million. His first season with the Warriors was very successful but the second one was bombarded with injuries. In his most recent season, his fans saw him return to form. On June 2012, Stephen and the Warriors won another championship beating Cleveland Cavs in five games.

7. Rory McIlroy

With a total earning of $50 million from golf for Rory and Football for Andrew, both the players tie up for the 6th and 7th place on our list. Rory hails from Northern Ireland and the professional golfer has a net worth of $110 million. He is a star on the amateur golf circuit but turned professional in 2007. So far his total career earnings are $34 million. Rory has been criticised by fans and media for his comments about golf commentator Jay Towsend on Twitter.

6. Andrew Luck

Andrew Luck is an American football player who has a net worth of $40 million and an annual salary of $24 million. He played excellent football in his high school years and graduated as the top recruit. He attended Stanford University where he was named the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year and won multiple awards. Since he began his NFL career he has been a an NFL rookie more than once. He holds the record for the most passing yards by a rookie too.

5. Kevin Durant

From playing basketball, Kevin Durant has bagged $60.6 million this year. He is one of the best football players who has a net worth of $150 million. Durant played high school basketball for three different schools. He played basketball for the Longhorns at the University of Texas but decided to enter the NBA during his freshman year. Named the NBA rookie for the year 2007, he was also the top scorer for 2009-10 session. During 2015, he earned $88m in salary alone. A three time NBA star, Durant is one of the highest paid athletes in 2017.

4. Roger Federer

The famous tennis player earned a total of $62 million this year. He is a Swiss born professional player who has a net worth of 450 million dollars and a total career earning of 105 million as of July 2017. He began playing tennis at a very early age and quickly showed signs that he had great talent for the game. At the age of 13, he accepted an invitation by Switzerland’s national tennis training center. He eventually became a top ranked player in the world and held the number 1 position for 237 consecutive weeks.

3. Lionel Messi

One of the most famous football players, Lionel Messi earned a total of $80 million for playing football. He is an Argentinian born professional footballer who has a net worth of $340 million. He earned this as a striker ad winger of the FC Barcelona and the Argentina National Team.

2. LeBron James

Lebron James is American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $400 million. He earns around $25 million in salary every year. Among the top 100 athletes of the world were 32 NBA players. This number was 18 in 2017. The credit can be given to a new $24 billion contract which causes the salary cap to boost up by 34%. Baseball landed 22 players amongst 100 but none were in the top 25.

1. Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo is the star on social media with 277 million followers across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. His posts are over 1500 in number and generated 1.7 billion interactions. Of the highest paid athletes, 15 were from the area of football, which is the highest amongst other sportsmen numbers amongst the top 100. His net worth is $400 million and he earns a base salary of $40 million and an additional $40 million from endorsements.

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