Floyd Mayweather, the boxer, is the highest paid athlete in the world for 2014. He has an estimated net worth of $280 million.
Highest paid athlete
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The highest paid athlete is Tiger Woods
The highest paid athlete is Tiger Woods
I believe Tiger Woods was the highest paid athlete in 2005.
No, but in 2012 he was listed as Forbes' 8th highest paid athlete and in March 2015, the 2nd highest paid retired athlete.
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Tiger Woods or A-Rod
He was the first Billion dollar athlete, so yes.
Currently, the highest paid athlete in the world is Floyd Mayweather Junior, with an annual salary of $75.5 million. The second highest paid athlete is Christiano Ronaldo, with an annual salary of $50 million.
That would be Tiger Woods, one of the world's top golfers, from 2001 through 2009 he was the highest paid athlete, during that time his income was well over two time greater than the second highest paid athlete.
Tiger Woods was the highest paid athlete in 2005 (and in several other years, as well).