Top25 of the richest players in the RF 2009 | |||||
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| No. | Name | Income( $ million) | Age | Sport | Club / Organization |
| 1 | Maria Sharapova | 24.00 | 22 | Tennis | WTA |
| 2 | Andrey Kirilenko | 15.30 | 28 | Basketball | Utah Jazz / NBA |
| 3 | Alexander Ovechkin | 12.00 | 24 | Ice Hockey | Washington Capitals / NHL |
| 4 | Andrey Arshavin | 11.25 | 28 | Football | Arsenal, The FAPremier League |
| 5 | Evgeni Malkin | 8.70 | 22 | Ice Hockey | Pittsburgh Penguins / NHL |
| 6 | Ilya Kovalchuk | 7.50 | 26 | Ice Hockey | Atlanta Thrashers / NHL |
| 7 | Yuri Zhirkov | 7.50 | 25 | Football | Chelsea, The F.A.Premier League |
| 8 | Pavel Datsyuk | 6.70 | 31 | Hockey | Detroit Red Wings / NHL |
| 9 | Sergei Gonchar | 6.00 | 35 | Hockey | Pittsburgh Penguins / NHL |
| 10 | Andrei Markov | 5.80 | 30 | Hockey | Montreal Canadiens / NHL |
| 11 | Alexei Yashin | 5.50 | 36 | Hockey | SKA St. Petersburg /CHL |
| 12 | Evgeni Nabokov | 5.50 | 34 | Hockey | San Jose Sharks / NHL |
| 13 | Alexander Semin | 4.50 | 25 | Hockey | Washington Capitals / NHL |
| 14 | Vladimir Bystrov | 4.50 | 25 | Football | «Zenit» St. Petersburg / Premier League |
| 15 | Dinara Safina | 4.30 | 23 | Tennis | WTA |
| 16 | Ilya Bryzgfishing | 4.25 | 29 | Hockey | Phoenix Coyotes / NHL |
| 17 | Vyacheslav Kozlov | 3.90 | 38 | Hockey | Atlanta Thrashers / NHL |
| 18 | Nikolai Khabibulin | 3.75 | 36 | Hockey | Edmonton / NHL |
| 19 | Svetlana Kuznetsova | 3.60 | 24 | Tennis | WTA |
| 20 | Alexander Frolov | 3.50 | 27 | Hockey | Los Angeles Kings / NHL |
| 21 | Dainius Zubrus | 3.40 | 31 | Hockey | New Jersey Devils / NHL |
| 22 | Alexander Kerzhakov | 3.40 | 26 | Football | «Dynamo" Moscow / Premier League |
| 23 | Nikolai Zherdev | 3.30 | 25 | Hockey | New YorkRangers / NHL |
| 24 | Peter Odemwingie | 3.20 | 28 | Football | Lokomotiv Moscow / RFPL |
| 25 | Alexei Morozov | 3.00 | 31 | Ice Hockey | Ak Bars Kazan / KHL |
The list of 25 richest players RF Finance magazine "leads hockey" . This list also includes 5 players, 1 basketball player and 3 tennis players.
Not surprisingly, I place in the ranking of the richest players in 2009 took Maria Sharapova.
Its revenue in comparison with the previous year fell by 1 dollar, 5 million and now is equal to 24 dollars a million. Of course Maria earns not only on the court, but also on advertising.
Other participants in the rating have the main source of income - an agreement with a sports club.
In the II position, as in the previous year, there was a basketball player Andrei Kirilenko.
He is the most highly paid Russian athlete, if we take into account only the income under the contract. His income is estimated at $ 15, 1 million.
Three leaders are closed by Alexander Ovechkin.
On his "account" $ 12 million. But his friend, the attacker of London Arsenal Andrei Arshavin with 11 dollars, 25 million broke immediately to the 4th place of the richest players 2009.