the top ten highest paid athletes are:
1.tom brady
5.troy palumalu
6.david ortiz
7.ben rothensberger
8.alex rodriguez
9.jay cutler
10.manny ramirez
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$110 million paid to Tiger Woods in 2010.
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.
The top five highest paid footballers in Europe are Christiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Samuel Etoo, Zalatin Ibrahimovic and Totti.
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top ten highest paid rugby players
# Tiger Woods # Karl Rushford # Michael Schumacher # Peyton Manning # Michael Jordan # Shaquille O'Neal # Clinton Oliver # David Beckham # Alex Rodriguez # Kobe Bryant
The highest paid soccer player is Samuel Eto'o, he plays for Anzhi Makhachkala and earns £300,000 a week, equalling 60p a second
Currently, Floyd Mayweather is the highest paid athlete, bringing in $85 million in salary. Others in the top 5 include Manny Pacquiao, Tiger Woods, Lebron James, and Roger Federer.
The top ten highest paid payers are football players and basketball players. They both get paid millions.
While the very top few of the highest-paid athletes are not footballers, many of them are.
AROD gets paid 28 million this year and is more than the entire roster for the Florida Marlins Kevin Garnett is getting 56 million sounds unbelieveable.. but David Beckham is getting 49 million so A-rod is pretty far away.
According to USA Today, the highest paid defensive player in 2009 was Kelvin Hayden, cornerback for the Colts, who earned $17,480,000. Julius Peppers, defensive end for the Panthers, earned $16,683,000. Chris Long, defensive end for the Rams, earned $16,592,280.