50 Highest paid American athletes

Jun. 12th, 2007 by Shaun

Sports Illustrated has come out with this years list of the top 50 paid athletes in the U.S. The list is comprised not only of salary but bonuses, endorsements, winnings and anything else related to their career. Tiger Woods took the number one spot again this year cashing in at an amazing $111,941,827. The best pound for pound boxer out there, Oscar De La Ho took this years second place making a cool $55,000,000. Here is the remainder of the list:

 Tiger Woods

  1. Tiger Woods, golf, $111,941,827
  2. Oscar De La Hoya, boxing, $55,000,000
  3. Phil Mickelson, golf, $51,256,505
  4. Shaquille O’Neal, NBA, $35,000,000
  5. Kobe Bryant, NBA, $33,718,750
  6. LeBron James, NBA, $30,828,089
  7. Kevin Garnett, NBA, $29,000,000
  8. Derek Jeter, MLB, $29,000,000
  9. Alex Rodriguez, MLB, $28,000,000
  10. Dale Earnhardt Jr., auto racing, $27,111,735

Check out the detailed list at Sports Illustrated.

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Comment by MrGPT

June 11th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

I officially hate Tiger Woods.

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Comment by Nomar

June 12th, 2007 at 6:17 am

omfg, what an amounts !!

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Comment by adrian

June 12th, 2007 at 9:17 am

i hate ronaldinho and tiger woods! :D

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Comment by Randall Cornett

June 13th, 2007 at 11:28 pm

I already knew that Tiger Woods was the highest paid, didn’t know Oscar was second though. That is really insane. good post! Keep up the great work.

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