Cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only Indian to find
place in the Forbes magazine’s list of 100 World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2015.
He was placed at 23rd on the Forbes list with total earnings of 31
million dollars including amount from salary at 4 million dollars and
endorsements worth 27 million dollars. This edition of list was again topped by
US
boxer Floyd Mayweather for third time. It should be noted that the earnings
figures include sum of salaries, bonuses and prize money paid between June 2014
and June 2015.
Top ten World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2015 are
* Floyd Mayweather (Boxing) from US: $ 300 million.
* Manny Pacquiao (Boxing) from Philippines: $ 160 million.
* Cristiano Ronaldo (Football) from Portugal: $
79.6 million.
* Lionel Messi (Football) from Argentina: $73.8 million.
* Roger Federer (Tennis) from Switzerland: $67 million.
* LeBron James (Basketball) from US: $64.8 million.
* Kevin Durant (Basketball) from US: $54.1 million.
* Phil Mickelson (Golf) from US: $50.8 million.
* Tiger Woods (Golf) from US: $50.6 million.
* Kobe Bryant (Basketball) from US: $49.5 million.
In this edition of list only two women athletes made to the
list they are
* Maria Sharapova (Tennis) from Russia: She was placed at 26th
rank with total earnings of $ 31 million.
* Serena Williams
(Tennis) from US: She was placed at 47th rank with total earnings of $ 6
million. The 100 highest-paid athletes of this edition of list have made 3.2
billion dollars in total in last one year which is 17 percent more compared to previous
year.
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