If you are including sponsors too it would be Tiger Woods and David Beckham. But just salary from the sport he/she plays it would be David Beckham who receives around $1million a week.
Tiger Woods
Peyton Manning
Tiger Woods...the greastest athelete of our time.
Maria Sharapova with $18.2 million
Kobe Bryant, he makes about 80 million dollars per year
In 1973, Dick Allen signed a 3-year contract with Chicago White Sox for approximately 250,000 per year. This annual salary made him the highest paid athlete in Major League Baseball history, as well as the highest paid athlete in 1973.
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.
Alex Rodriquez re-signed with the New York Yankees 10 years $275 million dollar contract.
in overall category it is Michael Jordan
Yes he is a soccer player for Real Madrid which is one of the best teams in the world. He also plays for his national team, Portugal, and is the captain. He is the highest paid footballer on the planet.
The highest paid philateic item paid for is $100,000
slash was is and will always be the highest paid guitarist