Answer Michael Jordan $33,000,000 1997-1998. Kobe Bryant is the Only other Player to Score over $30 Million , And Bryant is the only one to do it twice he was paid $30,453,805 2012-13 & again in 2013-2014.
Beckham is a soccer player; definitely in the top 50 highest paid athletes of all-time.
Tiger Woods
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Christiano Ronaldo is the highest paid footballer but All-Time Zinedine Zadine holds the record for Highest Paid footballer.
- Cristiano Ronaldo http://www.soccernews.com/real-make-ronaldo-the-world%C2%B4s-highest-paid-player/20533/
david beckham he actually moved in 2007
Michael Jordan is the highest paid NBA player of all time. In 1996, he signed a 30 million dollar contract with the Chicago Bulls, that's only for a year. But currently, Kevin Garnett holds the record of the highest paid NBA player with a salary of more than 24 million dollars. from tommy--- Kobe bryant is actually the highest paid at a little over 27 million dollars
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Peyton Manning (because of endorsements) as of 2010. Albert Haynesworth signed a 100 million dollar contract with the Redskins (that is over some amount of time. As for soccer, the best paid player at the moment is Cristiano Ronaldo. In september 2013 he signed a new contract with Real Madrid for $206 million. This makes Ronaldo the highest paid soccer player of all times.
Tiger Woods
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.