The US media "sportico" announced the most profitable sports athletes on Thursday, flying michael Jordan and tiger Tiger Tiger Woods became only two with a revenue of more than 2 billion US dollars, and among the 12 well-known athletes, as well as James, Ronaldo and Messi, all earned more than 1 billion US dollars.
In this list, Mail Jordan earned $2.62 billion, mainly due to Nike's sponsorship of him, although Jordan retired in 2003, but after retiring his income reached $1 billion, Tiger Woods also reached $2.1 billion because of his partnership with Nike.
Of the top 25 athletes announced, 12 players earned more than $1 billion, with revenues exceeding $1 billion jordan ($2.62 billion), Tiger Woods ($2.1 billion), Arnold Palmer (golf $1.5 billion), Jack William Nicklaus (golf, $1.38 billion), Cristiano Ronaldo ($1.24 billion), Mayweather ($1.2 billion), James ($1.17 billion), Messi ($1.14 billion), Schumacher ($1.13 billion), Federer ($1.08 billion), Mickelson ($1.08 billion), Beckham ($1.05 billion).
In terms of sports, golf's most profitable sports, there are four golfers on this list, namely Woods, Palmer, Nicklaus, and Mickelson.
Football has Ronaldo, Messi, Beckham on the list, basketball has Jordan and James on the list, the late star Kobe Bryant earned $930 million only ranked 13th, failed to reach $1 billion. Among the top 25 players are O'Neal and Durant on the list, and the NBA has a total of five players in the top 25.
Boxers include Mayweather, Tyson, Pacquiao, La Jolla, and motorsporters include Schumacher, Hamilton and Jeff Gore. Two major league baseball players were selected for the list. It's worth noting that none of the top 25 athletes made the list, with Serena Williams making $480 million, a revenue that didn't make it into the top 40.
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