Mayweather Beats Ronaldo & Messi To Top List Of Highest-Paid Sports Person!

Floyd 'Money' Mayweather has been named the highest earning athlete by Forbes for the second year running.

Forbes’ latest 100-man list, is made up of players from ten different sports. Baseball with 27 players, basketball 18, football 16 and soccer 15 make up three-quarters of the list combined.

While puting up the list, Forbes took into consideration their salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearances fees, as well as income from endorsement in the past 12 months.

Check out the top ten list below:


1. Floyd Mayweather (Boxing)

2. Manny Pacquaio (Boxing)

3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Football)

4. Lionel Messi (Football)

5. Roger Federer (Tennis)

6. LeBron James (Basketball)

7. Kevin Durant (Basketball)

8. Phil Mickelson (Golf)

9. Tiger Woods (Golf)

10. Kobe Bryant (Basketball)