The Sportico international site made a ranking with the athletes who kneaded the most fortunes during their career. The Argentine just appears in fifth place.
Neither the Argentine Lionel Messi, nor the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo – Two of the best players in football history – are the athletes who earned the most money in their careers. According to a new ranking update, the Throne is for the NBA legend, the American Michael Jordan.
The exclusive list was made by the Sportico International Site, together with information from the Forbes and Sport Illustrated media. Thus, the American is the absolute owner of the top, having done with U $ 4,150 million.
Michael Jordan, the richest athlete of all time
The Sportico International Site updated its ranking of the best payments in history. Behind Jordan, the Top 3 is completed by the golfer Tiger Woods and Ronaldo himself, who obtained profits for US $ 2,790 YU $ S2.230 million respectively.
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To find the Argentine we must go to fifth place, with figures that are around US $ 1,850 million.
The ranking also shows other data such as Boxing is sport with more representatives. For its part, tennis player Serena Williams is the only woman athlete who integrates the list, in 40th place, with US $ 660 million.
The Top 50 of the athletes who earned the most money in history
- Michael Jordan – $ 4.15b
- Tiger Woods – $ 2.79b
- Cristiano Ronaldo – $ 2.38b
- LeBron James – $ 1.88b
- Lionel Messi – $ 1.85b
- Arnold Palmer – $ 1.82b
- Jack Nicklaus – $ 1.75b
- David Beckham – $ 1.61b
- Roger Federer – $ 1.59b
- Floyd Mayweather – $ 1.52b
- Phil Mickelson – $ 1.49b
- Michael Schumacher – $ 1.39b
- Shaquille O’Neal – $ 1.27b
- Neymar – $ 1.17b
- Greg Norman – $ 1.14b
- Kobe Bryant – $ 1.11b
- Kevin Durant – $ 1.07b
- Lewis Hamilton – $ 970m
- Mike Tyson – $ 965m
- Stephen Curry – $ 950m
- Tom Brady – $ 820m
- Alex Rodriguez – $ 795m
- Manny Pacquiao – $ 775m
- Rory Mcilroy – $ 770m
- Peyton Manning – $ 750m
- Rafael Nadal – $ 735m
- Canelo Álvarez – $ 730m
- George Foreman – $ 730m
- Jeff Gordon – $ 730m
- Valentino Rossi – $ 725m
- Oscar de la Hoya – $ 705m
- Derek Jeter – $ 695m
- Novak Djokovic – $ 690m
- Fernando Alonso – $ 690m
- Ernie Els – $ 685m
- Magic Johnson – $ 675m
- Gary Player – $ 670m
- Give Earnhardt Jr. – $ 665m
- Russell Westbrook – $ 665m
- Serena Williams – $ 660m
- Kevin Garnett – $ 655m
- Evander Holyfield – $ 650m
- James Harden – $ 640m
- Andre Agassi – $ 635m
- Aaron Rodgers – $ 620m
- Chris Paul – $ 615m
- Kimi Raikkonen – $ 590m
- Dwyane Wade – $ 585m
- Drew Brees – $ 585m
- Carmelo Anthony – $ 570m
Source: Ambito
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