8. Phil Mickelson
Takings/Payouts:
$2.8 million
Advertisements:
$48 million
Total Earnings: $50.8 million
Philip Alfred
Mickelson is an American professional golfer, who won 42 events on the PGA
Tour, including five major championships namely three Master titles, a PGA championship, and an Open Championship. .
He produces more
than $40 million yearly from appearances and endorsement with Rolex, Callaway, Amgen, KPMG, Exxon Mobil and Barclays. The five-time major champion
renewed his contract with Callaway last year in a multi-year deal to use
Callaway's clubs, balls and bag during tournaments. It remains a joint venture
that started in 2004. His $77 million in career prize money positions second
all-time.
9. Tiger Woods
Takings/Payouts:
$600,000
Advertisements:
$50 million
Total Earnings: $50.6 million
Eldrick Tont
"Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer, hailed among the most successful golfers of all time.
Injuries to his
elbow and back slowed down the 14-time Majors winner over the last two years.
The injuries knocked his bank account since he couldn't appear in his typical
line up of overseas events where he accumulates multi-million appearance fees.
Over the last 12 months, his prize money was only $600,000. He signed up new
endorsement agreements in 2014 with MusclePharm and India's Hero motorcycles.
His golf course-design business has also hoisted.
10. Kobe Bryant
Takings/Payouts:
$23.5 million
Advertisements:
$26 million
Total Earnings: $49.5 million
Kobe Bean Bryant
is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the Los Angeles Lakers of the
National Basketball Association.
He had the highest
compensation in the NBA for the fifth straight year at $23.5 million in
2014-15. He took a $7 million pay cut on his Lakers' compensation last season
under the two-year, $48.5 million extension he signed in 2013. Injuries reduced
the 17-time All-Star to only 41 games combined over the past two seasons. The
five-time NBA champion has endorsements with Panini, Lenovo, Hublot , and Nike.
11. Ben
Roethlisberger
Takings/Payouts:
$46.4 million
Advertisements: $2.5
million
Total Earnings: $48.9 million
Benjamin Todd
"Ben" Roethlisberger, Sr., nicknamed "Big Ben," is an
American football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National
Football League.
He accepted a
four-year, $87.4 million extension with the Pittsburgh Steelers in March that
consisted a $31 million signing bonus. He posted career highs for passing yards
and touchdown passes in 2014. Last year, he likewise turned out to be the first
player to throw for 500 yards in two separate games, and the first player to
record six touchdowns in successive games.
12. Rory McIlroy
Takings/Payouts:
$16.3 million
Advertisements:
$32 million
Total Earnings: $48.3 million
Rory McIlroy, MBE
is a Northern Irish professional golfer from Holywood in County Down who is a
member of both the European and PGA Tours.
The world's
top-ranked golfer has been on a huge roll with five PGA victories, consist of
two Majors, over the last 12 months. The victories took him to receive $16.3
million in prize money, as well as precious bonuses for his endorsements with
Nike. He replaced Tiger Woods as the face of Electronic Arts golf video game.
This year's edition will be Rory McIlroy PGA Tour. His endorsement contracts
include Bose, Omega, and Upper Deck, to name a few.
13. Novak Djokovic
Takings/Payouts:
$17.2 million
Advertisements:
$31 million
Total Earnings: $48.2 million
He is
a Serbian professional tennis player who is currently ranked world No. 1 in
men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals. He is deemed as one of the greatest tennis
players of all time.
He has been on a
far-fetched roll since he brought to the fore his game starting in 2011. He was
visible in the finals of 13 of the last 18 Grand Slams (winning seven) and
received $59 million in prize money since the start of 2011. He positions
second all-time in prize money with $79 million. He signed up rewarding
contracts with Seiko, Peugeot, ANZ, and Jacob's Creek, last year.
14. Zlatan
Ibrahimovic
Takings/Payouts:
$33.1 million
Advertisements: $6
million
Total Earnings: $39.1 million
He is a Swedish professional footballer as a striker for French club Paris Saint Germain and the Sweden national team
for which he is captain
He led Paris
Saint-Germain in goals and to the French league title for the third year in a
row. The Swedish striker fueled speculation of a plan to move to MLS after his
contract with the capital city's club finishes in 2016 when he applied for a US
working Visa. In late 2014 he gestured an end to his long-term endorsement with
Nike by wearing a pair of cleats with the swoosh logo barely perceptible.
15. Lewis Hamilton
Takings/Payouts:
$36 million
Advertisements: $3
million
Total Earnings: $39 million
Lewis Carl
Davidson Hamilton is a British Formula One racing driver from England,
currently with Mercedes AMG team. He is the 2008 and 2014 Formula One World Champion.
He signed a 3-year
contract extension in May to drive for Mercedes' F1 team. The contract kicks in
with the 2016 season and could pay out more than $140 million, exclusive of
bonuses. He won his second F1 World Championship last year and is headed
towards a third in 2015. He moved to Mercedes for the 2013 season in part to
open potential endorsement opportunities. He is one of the most money-making
drivers in the sport.
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