Rich and famous people always attracted public attention. And their salary - even more so. Many famous magazines publish information about the earnings of the stars every year. They take information, both from the first mouth of celebrity managers, and based on official data from sponsors and advertisers.
Successful and wealthy people exist in almost all spheres. But we will only mention one thing: from this article you will find out which are the richest sportsmen of the world in 2016.
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Kobe Bryant Income for the year: $ 49.5 million
The attacking midfielder, the legend of the Los Angeles Lakers team, for which Kobe has been playing for 20 years, opens our top richest athletes in 2016.He has five victories in the championship, two Olympic gold medals in the national team, and the first place in the championship of America. In addition, a successful basketball player was included 15 times in the symbolic NBA team.
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Tiger Woods Income for the year: $ 50.6 million
The most famous golfer in the world, and once the richest sportsman on the planet - Tiger Woods, this time strongly surrendered his position, which did not prevent him from taking the ninth place in the rankingthe highest paid athletes in the world in 2016. He wears the title of the first billionaire sportsman, and he received more than 80% of his earnings from sponsors, and not from golf.
Is the 14-fold winner of the "Major" tournaments. And all in the career I won in more than 75 different competitions.
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Phil Mickelson Income for the year: $ 50.8 million
The player included in the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2012 has long had a reputation as a strong player who has never won a prestigious tournament. But everything changed in 2004, when Mickelson won in Masters - one of the 4 major competitions. After that, he became the first in the tournament of the Professional Association of Golfers, and then repeated the success in Masters. He is one of the richest athletes in the world, and the first earner among golfers, ahead of his main rival - Tiger Woods.
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Kevin Durant Income for the year: $ 54.1 million
The player of the US basketball team and the Oklahoma City team ranks 7th among the richest sportsmen in the world. He recently renewed the contract with his club on more favorable terms and signed an agreement with Nike .Due to this Kevin climbed up in the ranking so high. Four years in a row the player was the best scorer of the season. In 2014 he was recognized as the best basketball player of the championship, and in 2016 he became the highest paid basketball player in the world.
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LeBron James Income for the year: $ 64.8 million
The NBA's main star is popular not only among basketball fans, but also sponsors such as Nike , MacDonald , Coca - Cola , Samsung .His advertising revenue is almost 25 million dollars. And the salary in Miami Heat - 40 million dollars. His name is the sneakers of Nike , which are very popular among basketball fans around the world. LeBron, who is one of the richest athletes of this year, is chosen the best player of the championship for the fourth time, so he earns a fabulous salary not for "beautiful eyes".
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Roger Federer Income for the year: $ 67 million
Roger Federer, at 33, continues to be a significant figure in the Grand Tennis. A multiple winner of a dozen prestigious tournaments remains in demand with well-known sponsors, for whom the impeccable reputation of the Swiss means a lot. Thanks to his credibility, Roger, who occupies the middle of the ranking of the world's richest athletes, remains an unattainable benchmark for younger colleagues in the tennis shop.
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Lionel Messi Income for the year: $ 73.8 million
If in terms of football Messi this year overtook his main rival - Cristiano Ronaldo, then in commercial - no. But in 2016, the best scorer of the Spanish championship of all time and the owner of four Golden Balls, renegotiated the contract with Barcelona. Now his salary is 50 million dollars, against 41 million dollars last year. With Messi, ranked fourth in the list of the world's richest athletes, actively working with such giants as Samsung , Adidas and many others.
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Cristiano Ronaldo Income for the year: 79.6 million dollars
The most popular football player in the world receives the bronze rating of the richest athletes on the planet. Ronaldo can boast three Golden Balls, numerous awards in the championships of Portugal, England and Spain and a crazy salary. The Portuguese is paid 50 million dollars a year for the fact that his effectiveness in the field is almost 100 percent, which makes him the highest-paid player in the world. He has already scored more than 60 goals for Real Madrid for several years in all tournaments. And Cristiano does not plan to lower the bar yet. His contract with the royal club is valid until at least 2018, and then it will be seen.
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Manny Pacquiao Income for the year: $ 160 million
The 36-year-old Filipino is close to completing his career, but still remains one of the most notable figures in the boxing world. So great for himself the income for 2016, Manny is obliged to fight with Floyd Mayweather. He lost, but earned in the ring for an hour 125 million dollars. Such a large amount was due to the huge excitement, and, as a result, a large audience of viewers, who made a huge profit.
Pacquiao still has contracts with companies such as Nike , Foot Locker , Butterfinger , the profit of which is a rather big part of the earnings of the boxer who occupies the second line of the ranking of the world's richest sportsmen.
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Floyd Mayweather Income for the year: $ 300 million
The huge income of Mayweather broke the previous record set in 2008 by golfer Tiger Woods. Such a large amount for the year the boxer managed to earn thanks to the "battle of the century" with Manny Pacquiao. Floyd expectedly won, and in his asset was 48 wins without a single defeat. TV broadcasts of the battle brought organizers more than 70 million dollars. Sponsors paid $ 13 million. And all the proceeds of the battle amounted to 600 million dollars. And almost a quarter of the amount - in the purse of Floyd Mayweather. Not surprisingly, he took the first place in our ranking of the world's richest athletes.
