Ronaldo, LeBron, Tiger and a handful of other athletes made at least $400 million during the past decade. None of them came close to “Money” Mayweather.
lockbuster TV contracts and soaring endorsement deals from battling shoe giants Nike and Adidas were a boon to the earnings of the world’s elite athletes over the past decade. Before the decade began, Tiger Woods was the only athlete on the planet to earn more than $80 million during the course of a year. Since 2010, more than a dozen could make that claim.
None made more than boxing champion Floyd Mayweather, who brought in $915 million in the past 10 years, $115 million more than any other athlete, without collecting a single paycheck from a team owner or an eye-popping sponsorship deal. His run for the money began in earnest in 2006 when he broke free from promoter Top Rank via an opt-out clause in his contract that cost him $750,000 to execute.
His paychecks skyrocketed, as much-anticipated bouts in 2015 and 2017 versus Manny Pacquiao and Conor McGregor lured in the masses, generating a combined 10 million pay-per-view buys that paid him more than $500 million, the two biggest one-night payouts in the history of sports. Boxers are never really retired, and the same holds true for Mayweather whose bout with McGregor, which ran his record to a perfect 50-0, was to be his last time in the ring as a pro. Yet, Mayweather posted on Instagram last month that he isA pair of global soccer icons follow Mayweather. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have traded Player of the Year awards, winning 11 of the last 12, and their respective soccer clubs pushed their salaries to dizzying heights.
in 2019 at $127 million, thanks to $92 million from Barcelona. Ronaldo nudged above him for the full 10 years with the help of endorsement earnings, primarily from Nike.’ annual rankings of top-earning athletes looks at salaries, prize money, bonuses, endorsements, appearance fees and licensing income. The top 10 for the decade, which includes a pair from boxing, soccer, basketball and golf, collectively made $6.1 billion. No baseball, football or hockey players made the cut.
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