Alex Rodrigez
$110 million paid to Tiger Woods in 2010.
That athlete is called a professional.
No, Tiger Woods is the worlds highest paid athlete.
A paid athlete is consider a professional athlete.
An amateur
At the moment, Floyd Mayweather is the highest paid athlete, raking in $85 million in the sport of Boxing.
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 is by far the highest paid athlete on the planet making $90 million per year.
George Saunders - athlete - died in 1996.
professional athlete
Justin Bieber
anyone in the Olympics