Here’s the top-20:

1. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (boxing): $300 million
2. Manny Pacquiao (boxing): $160 million
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (soccer): $79.6 million
4. Lionel Messi (soccer): $73.8 million
5. Roger Federer (tennis): $67 million
6. LeBron James (basketball): $64.8 million
7. Kevin Durant (basketball): $54.1 million
8. Phil Mickelson (golf): $50.8 million
9. Tiger Woods (golf): $50.6 million
10. Kobe Bryant (basketball): $49.5 million
11. Ben Roethlisberger (football): $48.9 million
12. Rory McIlroy (golf): $48.3 million
13. Novak Djokovic (tennis): $48.2 million
14. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (soccer): $39.1 million
15. Lewis Hamilton (racing): $39 million
16. Ndamukong Suh (football): $38.6 million
17. Fernando Alonso (racing): $35.5 million
18. Gareth Bale (soccer): $35 million
19. Jon Lester (baseball): $34.1 million
20. Derrick Rose (basketball): $33.9 million



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