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Top 25 Highest Paid Athletes In 2016 (Revealed)

April 1, 2016 By totalsportek2

Floyd Mayweather ended highly successful 2015 calendar year as the highest paid athlete in the world with total earnings of around $300 million from his two fights. He made around $260 million from Manny Pacquiao fight alone which was the biggest purse in history of boxing while he made another $40 million with his career’s last bout against Andre Berto. Mayweather has topped the highest paid athlete list for last 4-5 years and but since he is retired we are likely to see the likes of Ronaldo and Messi making it to the top.

Highest Paid Athletes 2016
We take a look top 25 athletes according to their earnings in 2015. Total earnings include both their professional sports contracts/winning and the endorsement deals.

Top 25 Highest Paid Sportsmen In The World
NO# ATHLETES EARNINGS DETAILS
1 USAFloyd Mayweather  $300m Made $250m in Pacquiao fight another $40 million against Berto. Mayweather don’t have endorsement deals
2 Philippines sports flag 2Manny Pacquiao $130m $120 million earned from Mayweather fight plus another $10 million from endorsement deals (he was stripped of lucrative endorsement deals after homophobic comments)
3 PortugalCristiano Ronaldo  $79.6m Highest paid footballer with lucrative $408,000 a week after tax contract with Real Madrid plus multiple high profile endorsement deals earning him around $27 million a year.
4 argentinaLionel Messi  $72.3m Messi also have after tax contract with Barcelona earning home around $400,000 a week plus number of lucrative endorsement deals like Adidas, EA Sports, Turkish Airlines to name a few.
5 SwitzerlandRoger Federer  $67m  Earned around $9 million from his winnings in major tennis events in 2015 plus his lucrative deals with Nike, Rolex and Credit Suisse etc earning him massive $58 million in sponsorship money.
6 USALeBron James  $64.8m $20.8 million in salary plus his biggest endorsement deal history with Nike earning him around $40 to $50 million range.
7 USAKevin Durant $54.1m $19.1 million in salary plus 10 year endorsement deal with Nike worth $285 million earning him around $28.5m a year.
8 USAPhil Mickelson $50.8m Only $2.8 million in golf winnings but oldest man in the list still making a massive $48m in sponsorship money with incredible contracts with blue-chip companies like Callaway, Barclays, KPMG etc.
9 USATiger Woods $50.6m Only made around $600,000 from his actual winning in golf last year but living off well with lucrative deals and being the face of Nike, EA Sports Golf. Nike still pay him around $20 million being part of nike golf.
10 USAKobe Bryant $49.5m $23.5m salary with LA Lakers and a $26m worth of endorsement deals with Turkish Airlines, Nike, Lenovo, Hublot and Panini plus his own Kobe Inc in full flow.
11 USABen Roethlisberger $48.9m Signed a massive $87.4 million contract over period of 4 years with Pittsburgh Steelers with a $31.1m signing bonus. He also signed couple of sponsorship deals worth $2.5m
12 Northern IrelandRory McIlroy $48.3m Earned impressive $16.3m in 2015 in his golf winnings and combine that with his lucrative sponsorship deals where he takes home as much as $32 million.
13 SerbiaNovak Djokovic $48.2m Highly successful 2015 ended with Novak taking home career best earnings of $17.2m in one year. He also have highly lucrative deal japan company with Uniqlo plus other deals earning him in region of $32m
14 SwedenZlatan Ibrahimović $39.1m $355,000 a week salary with PSG takes his yearly earnings to $31 million plus a another $5 to $6 million in endorsements.
15 England cricket flagLewis Hamilton $39m Signed financially improved deal with Mercedes after winning 2015 title where he will earn $36m a year guaranteed for next three years. Another $3m a year in sponsorship deals with IWC and Bombardier.
16 USANdamukong Suh $38.6m Signed a massive 6 year deal with Dolphins worth $114.3m in total. His base yearly salary is around $35m. He also got $25m in signing bonus.
17 SpainFernando Alonso $35.5m One of the highest paid F1 driver with his current deal with McLaren which runs out in 2017. He can earn around $40m ($30 guaranteed plus $10m potential performance bonuses)
18 WalesGareth Bale $35m $25.5 million a year with his Real madrid contract plus sponsorship deals with adidas and other companies.
19 USAJon Lester $34.1m Signed historic 6 year deal with Chicago Cubs a deal worth $155 million over six years.
20 USADerrick Rose $33.9m Signed a 5 year deal back in 2012 with Chicago Bulls worth around $94.3m. With base salary of $18,8m a year.
21 GermanySebastian Vettel $33m Signed the biggest deal in Formula 1 history back in 2013 where he earned $50m in first year and guaranteed $30m plus bonuses in remainder of the 3 year contract.
22 SpainRafael Nadal $32.5m Only around $2m in tennis winnings during 2015 but his sponsorship deals with companies like Nike, Tag heuer etc earns hom cool $25m to $30m a year.
23 IndiaMS Dhoni $31m Only $4.5m in salary with national indian team and domestic IPL contract. Majority of his income comes from massive list of endorsement deals in India.
24 BrazilNeymar $31m Already a household name and one of the most marketable athlete in the world. Neymar earns around $14m with his Barcelona contract plus another $16m to $18m in sponsors.

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