LeBron James is the highest paid though he is not the richest, there are several richer sports men who earned their money through competition winnings as apose to weekly salary
Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the most richest sports person in the world. The is the sports person for boxing.
soccer
Tiger Woods is the most expensive athlete in the world. He gets paid 75 million a year.
Ronaldo
The Yankees
A paid athlete is consider a professional athlete.
Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
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.
nsununguli ndingisanyo
alex rodriguez
Vijay Singh/pro golfer