Cristiano Ronaldo and i believe David Beckham
While the very top few of the highest-paid athletes are not footballers, many of them are.
Go to Forbes .com for list.
Tiger Woods was/is the highest paid athlete. $ 60 million in 2008.
According to Forbes list of highest paid athletes, the highest paid footballer in the world is David Beckham.In 2013 his salary was $5.2 million dollars and his endorsements earned him $42 million for a total of $47.2 million dollars.
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In 2010 Tiger Woods, the golfer, got paid $110 million and was the highest of that year.
Bolt
The only country in the world who's athletes don't get paid.
I have to say Micheal Jordan.
1.A-Roid 2.Kevin Garnett
Tiger Woods See the Related Links for "Forbes: The Celebrity 100" and 'Highest Paid Athletes in 2006' to the left for the answer.
this could be a question of opinion. World class soccer players and Formula 1 racing drivers are some of the highest paid athletes in the world.