Ranking the 50 highest-earning athletes in the U.S. 외

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1

Tiger Woods

Pro Golf

Last Year's Rank: 1

$22,902,706

$105,000,000

$127,902,706

With close to $800 million in total earnings on and off the course over his 13-year career, Tiger should become the first billion-dollar athlete in the next two years -- and he's still only 32. See Tiger's sponsors.

2

Phil Mickelson

Pro Golf

Last Year's Rank: 3

$9,372,685

$53,000,000

$62,372,685

Lefty's numbers jump thanks to an extra $2 million in FedEx Cup points in '07 and lucrative appearance fees for his first participation on the Asian Tour in Singapore and Shanghai. See Phil's sponsors.

3

LeBron James

Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 6

$12,455,000

$28,000,000

$40,455,000

King James has earned $167 million during his five seasons in the NBA, and has his eyes on serious entrepreneurship: He counts billionaire Warren Buffett as a role model and friend.

4

Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Boxing

Last Year's Rank: 21

$20,000,000

$20,250,000

$40,250,000

It's been a monster year for Pretty Boy, who made $20 million in purse and pay-per-view shares for his fight with Ricky Hatton and another $20 million for his foray into professional wrestling.

5

Kobe Bryant

Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 5

$19,490,625

$16,000,000

$35,490,625

How's that for a change of tune? He once criticized his teammates; last month Bryant bought each of them $9,000 Swiss watches as a thank you for helping him win his first MVP award.

6

Shaquille O'Neal

Phoenix Suns (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 4

$20,000,000

$15,000,000

$35,000,000

Shaq finally unloaded his 2.5-acre Miami estate last fall after having it on the market for more than two years. The buyer? Miami-native (and No. 7) A-Rod, for a reported $27 million.

7

Alex Rodriguez

New York Yankees (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 11

$29,000,000

$6,000,000

$35,000,000

Assuming A-Rod plays out his new mammoth 10-year, $275 million deal, he'll have earned $445 million in base salary alone over the course of what would be a 24-year career.

8

Kevin Garnett

Boston Celtics (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 7

$22,000,000

$9,000,000

$31,000,000

KG is the highest-paid of the Celtics' Big Three; at a total of $56.1 million in salary this season, the trio makes up 74 percent of the Eastern Conference champs' entire payroll in '07-08.

9

Peyton Manning

Indianapolis Colts (NFL)

Last Year's Rank: 12

$17,500,000

$13,000,000

$30,500,000

Hide the Lombardi Trophy. Football's leading endorser is still king of NFL pitchmen, but little bro Eli -- with whom he now regularly shares screen time in TV ads -- is creeping up fast.

10

Derek Jeter

New York Yankees (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 8

$22,000,000

$8,000,000

$30,000,000

The Yankee captain cut a deal with the tax man in February that allowed him to avoid paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes on his $13 million Trump World Tower condo.

11

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Auto Racing

Last Year's Rank: 10

$5,221,970

$22,000,000

$27,221,970

Maybe try one meeellion next time? Junior laughed off Eddie Gossage's $100,000 offer to race in the IndyCar series, calling him Dr. Evil: "His first estimate ... was a little underfigured."

12

Allen Iverson

Denver Nuggets (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 11

$20,109,375

$7,000,000

$27,109,375

The Nuggets are reportedly willing to sign A.I. to a multi-year extension (for less money) if he opts out of the last year of his six-year, $71 million contract -- he'd earn $21.9 million in '08-09.

13

Kevin Durant

Seattle SuperSonics (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$4,300,000

$21,650,000

$25,950,000

The 2007-08 Rookie of the Year will have to wait three more seasons for a giant contract, but his $7 million-a-year deal with Nike included a $12 million signing bonus.

14

Jeff Gordon

Auto Racing

Last Year's Rank: 16

$10,926,687

$15,000,000

$25,926,687

Despite a second-place finish in the NASCAR standings, Gordon collected a career-high in racing money in '07: $7.1 million in track winnings and another $3.3 million from the points fund.

15

Ben Roethlisberger

Pittsburgh Steelers (NFL)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$22,700,000

$2,500,000

$25,200,000

It's the gift that keeps on giving. Big Ben rakes in $20.2 million of his $25.2 million signing bonus during calendar-year '08; the rest is due next season, plus a $3 million roster bonus.

16

Dwyane Wade

Miami Heat (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 40

$13,041,250

$12,000,000

$25,041,250

D-Wade just raised the bar for sons everywhere: For Mother's Day, the Heat star bought his Baptist pastor mom, Jolinda, her very own church on the South Side of Chicago.

17

Tracy McGrady

Houston Rockets (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 13

$19,014,187

$6,000,000

$25,014,187

T-Mac is reportedly looking to graduate from his 18,000-square foot home in suburban Houston, which boasts seven bedrooms, 8½ bathrooms, an elevator, a boat dock and an indoor court.

18

Carmelo Anthony

Denver Nuggets (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$13,041,250

$9,500,000

$22,541,250

Construction got underway last month on the Carmelo K. Anthony Basketball Center practice facility at Syracuse University, thanks to a $3 million donation from its famous namesake alum.

19

Tim Duncan

San Antonio Spurs (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 18

$19,014,187

$3,500,000

$22,514,187

Duncan reportedly accepted $10 million less than what he was eligible for in his two-year, $40 million extension signed in October so the Spurs would be able to chase free agents.

20

Manny Ramirez

Boston Red Sox (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 20

 

21

Michael Finley

San Antonio Spurs (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 19

$21,698,750

$500,000

$22,198,750

The only active player who's still under the same contract from 2005's "amnesty clause," Finley earned $18.6 million this season from the Mavericks in addition to $3.1 million from the Spurs.

22

Dwight Howard

Orlando Magic (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$6,061,273

$15,500,000

$21,561,273

Howard makes his debut thanks to a heavy bonus from his multi-year deal with Adidas; his salary jumps to $13 million next season, the first of his five-year, $85 million extension.

23

Jason Giambi

New York Yankees (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 19

$21,000,000

$500,000

$21,500,000

So was he worth all that dough? Giambi, in the final year of his $120 million deal with the Yanks, has never matched his 2000 AL MVP numbers during his seven seasons in pinstripes.

24

Jason Kidd

Dallas Mavericks (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 25

$19,728,000

$1,500,000

$21,228,000

Re-acquiring the All-Star point guard gave Mark Cuban the highest payroll in the NBA this past season ($105 million) and puts him on the hook for Kidd's $21.4 million salary next year.

25

Stephon Marbury

New York Knicks (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 26

$19,012,500

$2,000,000

$21,012,500

The honeymoon between Steph and his hometown team is long over, but he's a huge asset as a tradeable, expiring contract next season, the last of his four-year, $77 million deal.

26

JaMarcus Russell

Oakland Raiders (NFL)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$20,275,000

$600,000

$20,875,000

Besides that fat $19.9 million bonus check he got in March, Russell can earn as much as $30 million more in incentive bonuses over his six-year deal for taking most of the Raiders' snaps.

27

Jermaine O'Neal

Indiana Pacers (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 27

$19,728,000

$750,000

$20,478,000

The Pacers All-Star bought a $3.6 million home just outside Las Vegas so he could be close to the Abunassar Impact Basketball facility, where he's been rehabbing his injured left knee.

28

Torii Hunter

Los Angeles Angels (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$18,500,000

$500,000

$19,000,000

Hunter rejected offers from the White Sox, Rangers and Royals last November in favor of the Angels' monstrous proposal, the most lucrative he received: five years for $90 million.

29

Baron Davis

Golden State Warriors (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 32

$16,440,000

$2,500,000

$18,940,000

A budding independent-film producer, Davis reportedly may opt out of the final year of his six-year, $84 million deal to become a free agent; he'd be leaving $17.8 million on the table.

30

Jimmie Johnson

Auto Racing

Last Year's Rank: 31

$15,663,920

$3,000,000

$18,663,920

The back-to-back Nextel Cup champion collected a points-fund award of $7.3 million on top of his '07 on-track winnings; he's earned nearly $60 million during his eight-year NASCAR career.

31

Steve Francis

Houston Rockets (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 46

$16,800,000

$1,400,000

$18,200,000

The man they once called "The Franchise" will earn a total of $31 million from the Blazers, who bought out the rest of his contract last July; he has a two-year, $6 million deal with the Rockets.

32

(Tie)

Vince Carter

New Jersey Nets (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 23

$13,000,000

$5,000,000

$18,000,000

Vinsanity donated $2.5 million to his high school in Daytona Beach, Fla., which went toward a new athletic center. Recently unveiled out front was, of course, a life-size statue of the star.

32

(Tie)

Tom Brady

New England Patriots (NFL)

Last Year's Rank: 47

$8,000,000

$10,000,000

$18,000,000

Live under Brady's roof, just don't expect him to be there for the Super Bowl party: Pats QB sold two of the units in his Boston brownstone condo building he bought for $6.2 million in '06.

34

Paul Pierce

Boston Celtics (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 37

$16,360,095

$1,500,000

$17,860,095

Pierce's reign as the Celtics' highest-paid player lasted exactly two seasons, but he'll start outearning Kevin Garnett in '09-10 by $3.4 million, when he's set to make $19.8 million.

35

Larry Fitzgerald

Arizona Cardinals (NFL)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$17,100,000

$250,000

$17,350,000

Of the wideout's new four-year, $40 million deal signed in March, $30 million is guaranteed, including the $15 million signing bonus and a $5 million option bonus payable in '09.

36

Shawn Marion

Miami Heat (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 42

$16,440,000

$600,000

$17,040,000

One and done? The Matrix has a player option for next season, the final year of his contract. If he declines the $17.2 million salary, he's free to close the book on his 16 games with Miami.

37

Todd Helton

Colorado Rockies (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 35

$16,600,000

$300,000

$16,900,000

Currently in the fifth year of his nine-year, $121 million deal, the first baseman's '08 salary is more than $7 million higher than his next closest teammate, '07 NLCS MVP Matt Holliday.

38

Ray Allen

Boston Celtics (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 43

$16,000,000

$750,000

$16,750,000

Once upon a time, Allen was part of another "Big Three" in Milwaukee, along with Glenn Robinson and Sam Cassell. All three combined earned a paltry $24.2 million in '01-02.

39

Rashard Lewis

Orlando Magic (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$15,600,000

$1,075,000

$16,675,000

Lewis joins the 50 this year thanks to the sign-and-trade deal he inked with Seattle last summer before the Sonics shipped him to Orlando: a six-year contract worth $118 million.

40

Antawn Jamison

Washington Wizards (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 45

$16,360,095

$270,000

$16,630,095

Falling dominoes in D.C.? Jamison is officially a free agent now that his six-year, $80 million contract is up. Teammate Gilbert Arenas says he'll opt out if the Wiz don't re-sign his pal.

41

(Tie)

Albert Pujols

St. Louis Cardinals (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 44

$13,000,000

$3,500,000

$16,500,000

The Cards' four starting infielders, Pujols, Adam Kennedy, César Izturis and Troy Glaus will cost the team about $32 million in '08 -- or around one-third of St. Louis' entire payroll.

41

(Tie)

Carlos Delgado

New York Mets (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 48

$16,000,000

$500,000

$16,500,000

The Marlins are reportedly paying $4 million of Delgado's salary this year as part of the '05 trade that sent him to the Mets -- more than any current Florida player earns.

41

(Tie)

Andy Pettitte

New York Yankees (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 38

$16,000,000

$500,000

$16,500,000

Five years ago, Pettitte was part of a five-man Yankee rotation earning a combined $45 million. Now, he and Mike Mussina (at $11 million) are the only ones making more than $4 million.

44

Jared Allen

Minnesota Vikings (NFL)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$16,250,069

$150,000

$16,400,069

The talented defensive end's off-the-field troubles didn't scare off the Vikings, who signed Allen to a six-year, $72 million deal, including a $15.5 million up-front signing bonus.

45

Ben Wallace

Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 36

$15,500,000

$750,000

$16,250,000

The Cavs shot-blocker's new sneaker, which was released last November, is manufactured by Stephon Marbury's discount "Starbury" brand -- the "Big Ben" retails for $15.

46

Jason Schmidt

Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)

Last Year's Rank: 41

$16,000,000

$250,000

$16,250,000

Schmidt, Rafael Furcal and Andruw Jones -- the Dodgers' three highest-paid players at a combined $43 million in '08 -- have each spent at least two weeks on the DL this season.

47

Elton Brand

Los Angeles Clippers (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$15,344,000

$500,000

$15,844,000

Rescue Dawn, the $10 million indie film starring Christian Bale that Brand co-produced, couldn't break even in theaters -- but is a cult hit on video. It's made around $20 million in DVD sales.

48

Amaré Stoudemire

Phoenix Suns (NBA)

Last Year's Rank: 50

$13,260,000

$2,500,000

$15,760,000

From one Valley of the Sun celeb to another: Amaré bought Cardinals QB Matt Leinart's home for $1.9 million last November, to add to his three other Phoenix-area properties.

49

Jim Furyk

Pro Golf

Last Year's Rank: NR

$4,754,046

$11,000,000

$15,754,046

Furyk becomes the first golfer to break the Tiger-Phil duopoly on the 50 thanks to endorsement deals that include Marquis Jet, Johnny Walker Collection and electric-utility company Exelon.

50

Eli Manning

New York Giants (NFL)

Last Year's Rank: NR

$8,450,000

$7,000,000

$15,450,000

The Fortunate 50's Mr. Irrelevant? Hardly. After his Super Bowl XLII MVP performance, Eli's handlers say he has opportunities on the table to more than double his endorsement portfolio.

1

David Beckham

Los Angeles Galaxy (MLS)
Great Britain

Last Year's Rank: 5

$48,200,000

2

Kimi Räikkönen

Auto Racing
Finland

Last Year's Rank: NR

$46,000,000

3

Ronaldinho

FC Barcelona (Soccer)
Brazil

Last Year's Rank: 2

$37,500,000

4

Lionel Messi

FC Barcelona (Soccer)
Argentina

Last Year's Rank: NR

$35,800,000

5

Roger Federer

Tennis
Switzerland

Last Year's Rank: 3

$35,130,620

6

Fernando Alonso

Auto Racing
Spain

Last Year's Rank: 1

$35,000,000

7

Valentino Rossi

Motor Sports
Italy

Last Year's Rank: 4

$34,000,000

8

Yao Ming

Houston Rockets (NBA)
China

Last Year's Rank: 6

$31,762,775

9

Cristiano Ronaldo

Manchester United (Soccer)
Portugal

Last Year's Rank: NR

$30,300,000

10

Ichiro Suzuki

Seattle Mariners (MLB)
Japan

Last Year's Rank: 7

$27,602,149

11

Lewis Hamilton

Auto Racing
Great Britain

Last Year's Rank: NR

$27,600,000

12

Thierry Henry

FC Barcelona (Soccer)
France

Last Year's Rank: 9

$26,100,000

13

Maria Sharapova

Tennis
Russia

Last Year's Rank: 8

$21,758,550

14

John Terry

Chelsea (Soccer)
Great Britain

Last Year's Rank: 19

$21,600,000

15

Michael Ballack

Chelsea (Soccer)
Germany

Last Year's Rank: 10

$21,500,000

16

Ronaldo

AC Milan (Soccer)
Brazil

Last Year's Rank: 10

$20,800,000

17

Johan Santana

New York Mets (MLB)
Venezuela

Last Year's Rank: NR

$20,750,000

18

Dirk Nowitzki

Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
Germany

Last Year's Rank: 13

$20,360,095

19

Kaká

AC Milan (Soccer)
Brazil

Last Year's Rank: NR

$20,100,000

20

Hideki Matsui

[One way]

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[I am the king]

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[NuggetsFan]

루키 오브 더 이어여서 나이키가 보너스 12 mil. 을 두란트 한테 주었음 내년에는 더 조금 받을것같은데

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[No.3 Ariza]

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