Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Top ten highest paid male athletes





#10. Roger Federer Sport: Tennis Estimated Earnings: $35 million
one of the best tennis players in the world and has won 13 Grand Slam titles



#9. Valentino Rossi sport: Motorcycle Racing estimated earnings:$35 million
8 Grand Prix World Championship to his name



#8. Ronaldinho sport: soccer estimated earnings:$37 million
He is widely regarded as one of the most gifted footballers of his generation.



#7. LeBron James sport: basketball estimated earnings:$38 million
one of the best players in the game and in the history of the NBA.



#6. Kobe Bryant sport: basketball estimated earnings: $39 million
one of the most gifted and talented players the league has ever seen



#5. Kimi Raikkonen sport: auto racing Estimated Earnings: $44 million
He was the 2007 formula one world drivers champion.


#4. Phil Mickelson sport: golf estimated earnings:$45 million
His first majior championship win came at the 2004 Masters, where he won with a 18-foot final hole birdie putt, defeating Ernels Els in a Sunday back-nine duel in which the stars traded birdies and eagles back and forth.



#3. Michael Jordan sport: basketball estimated earnings:$45 million
Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s.



#2. David Beckham sport: soccer estimated earnings:$50 million
Beckham was the first British footballer to play 100 championship leauge matches. He was Google's most searched of all sports topics in both 2003 and 2004.



#1.
Tiger Woods sport: golf estimated earnings:$115 million
He has been awarded PGA player of the year a record nine times.


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