Highest paid athletes in sports in 2007 (including endorsements) by SI: Basketball: Shaquille O'Neal - 35 Million Golf: Tiger Woods - 112 Million Boxing: Oscar De La Hoya - 55 Million Baseball: Derek Jeter - 29 Million Football: Peyton Manning - 23 Million Soccer: Ronaldinho and David Beckham - both around 29 million Ice Hockey - Jaromir Jagr - 8.3 Million
professional athlete
That athlete is called a professional.
A paid athlete is consider a professional athlete.
Tiger Woods
Anyone who is paid to play a sport.
No, Tiger Woods is the worlds highest paid athlete.
A professional soccer player is a deticated athlete that gets paid to play on a team.
$110 million paid to Tiger Woods in 2010.
The money they get paid with, usually comes from the club they play with.
none
baseball
2.