US cyclist Floyd Mayweather has defended his crown
in the Forbes parade of the world's highest-paid athletes. He earned $ 275m (£
205m) in his boxing match in August against UFC star Conor McGregor, who ranks
fourth in the US trade list. Cristiano Ronaldo who was listed for the first
time in the last 2 years is now third with Lionel Messi taking second place in
the minor division.
Ironically, there are no women on that list after
the only woman on the list is Serena Williams. The top 100 players earned a
total of $ 3.8bn, a 23 percent increase from the previous year, Forbes said
F1 car driver Lewis Hamilton is the highest paid
English athlete at $ 51m at No. 12. Mayweatjher whose nickname is Money-boosted
his sports revenue by $ 10m
"The great match between him and McGregor 2017
helped Mayweather and McGregor earn a gross profit of $ 400m '', said Kurt
Badenhausen, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Media.
"But basketball players have dominated the list
of 100 athletes following their salary increase from a $ 24bn television show
contract.
He added: "Forbes' list of top-earning players
is full of men. But there has been one female player who qualified after the
list was added to 50 names in 2010.
The 10 richest athletes in the world.
Floyd Mayweather - Boxing ($ 285m)
Lionel Messi - Football ($ 111m)
Cristiano Ronaldo-list ($ 108m)
Conor McGregor - Karate, judo and Boxing ($ 99m)
Neymar - football ($ 90m)
LeBron James - Baskets ($ 85,5m)
Roger Federer - tennis ($ 77.2m)
Stephen Curry - Baskets ($ 76.9m)
Matt Ryan - American Football ($ 67.3m)
Matthew Stafford - American Football ($ 59.5m)
Floyd Mayweather, Cristiano Ronaldo and Tiger Woods
- ranked 16 this year are the top three players on the list of the richest
athletes left in the list for the past 18 years.
2018 revenues were $ 22.9m, up from 1.5m a year ago
due to an increase in salaries for NBA players
11 athletes from different sports are listed on the
list and from 22 nations
The NBA basketball star leads the list with 40
players among the 100 richest.
American football was the second most presented game
with 18 players, followed by a baseball game with 14 players and football
presented only 9 players.
The United States topped the list with 66 athletes
while the UK had 5th overall with F1 driver Lewis Hamilton at number 12 with
revenue of $ 51m.
The Dominican and Spanish nations have 3 athletes,
including Argentina, Brazil, France, Japan and Venezuela with two.
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