23. Neymar
Takings/Payouts:
$14 million
Advertisements:
$17 million
Total Earnings: $31 million
Neymar da Silva
Santos Júnior, usually recognized as Neymar or Neymar Jr., is a Brazilian
professional footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Brazil
national team as a forward or winger, and is also the captain of the national
team.
The Brazilian
wonderkid earned more from endorsements than from Barcelona. Part of the reason
was a bump in endorsements that surface on the heels of the World Cup held in
his native soil. His Nike and Beats By Dre commercials were acclaimed as two of
the event's most outstanding. His playing deal is worth $75 million over five
years.
25. Carmelo
Anthony
Takings/Payouts:
$22.5 million
Advertisements: $8
million
Total Earnings: $30.5 million
Carmelo Kyam
Anthony is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for
the New York Knicks of the National Basketball
Association.
He
signed a five-year, $124 million contract last summer to continue as Knicks'
cornerstone player, but a left knee injury reduced him to only 40 games. The
contract was worth $5 million less than the maximum and contained a no-trade
clause, an extreme rarity in the NBA. He is one of the top NBA earners off the
court through deals with Foot Locker, Steiner Sports,Nike's Jordan Brand, Mission, IWC among the few.
26. Maria
Sharapova
Takings/Payouts:
$6.7 million
Advertisements:
$23 million
Total Earnings: $29.7 million
Maria Yuryevna
Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player, who is ranked world No. 2 by
the Women's Tennis Association. A United States resident since 1994, she has
competed on the WTA tour since 2001
She was injured
and played only one match in the second half of 2013, but pulled through in
2014 to prevail on her second French Open title and fifth Grand Slam overall.
Her $6.7 million in prize money almost triples her previous 12 months. The
Roland Garros title kicked in valuable bonuses from sponsors Nike and Head. Her
major endorsements are Samsung, Avon Products, Evian, and Tag Heuer and to name a
few.
27. James
Rodriguez
Takings/Payouts:
$24.5 million
Advertisements:
$4.5 million
Total Earnings: $29 million
James David
Rodriguez Rubio is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Spanish
club Real Madrid and the Colombia national team, as an attacking midfielder or
winger.
The 23-year old
striker left with the Golden Boot award, given to the best player of the event,
for scoring a tournament-high six goals, though his Colombian squad lost in the
quarterfinals of the 2014 World Cup. He entered Real Madrid after the
tournament finished in a $100 million transfer move. He recently signed a
long-term extension with Adidas and a new contract with Gatorade.
27. Carson Palmer
Takings/Payouts:
$28.5 million
Advertisements:
$500,000
Total Earnings: $29 million
Carson Hilton
Palmer is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football
League. He played college football back then at the University of Southern
California and won the Heisman Trophy in 2002.
He signed a
three-year, $49.5 million extension in November with the Arizona Cardinals. Two
days after he suffered a season-ending ACL tear. The contract included $19.5
million in bonuses paid out over the first four months of the contract.
29. J.J. Watt
Takings/Payouts:
$20.9 million
Advertisements: $7
million
Total Earnings: $27.9 million
Justin James
"J. J." Watt is an American football defensive end for the Houston Texans of the National
Football League. He played college football at Wisconsin and was drafted
by the Texans in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft, and.
He signed a
six-year, $100 million extension last year with the Texans, which is the second
biggest for a defensive player, behind only Ndamukong Suh. The deal guarantees
him $51.9 million. He is one of the National Football League's most profitable players. His $7
million in earnings off the field is on par with the elite quarterbacks. No
other defensive player pulls in more than $2 million from commercials.
30. Robinson Cano
Takings/Payouts:
$24.1 million
Advertisements:
$3.5 million
Total Earnings: $27.6 million
Robinson Jose Cano Mercedes is a Dominican-American professional baseball second baseman playing
for the Seattle Mariners of Major League
Baseball.
He signed a $240
million deal in December 2013 with the Seattle Mariners after nine years with
the New York Yankees. The agreement calls for a $24 million annual salary
through 2023 when he will be 40 years old. He has become one of baseball's top
endorsers with only David Ortiz earning more off the field. His endorsement
include Nike, DirecTV, Pepsi, Wilson, Topps, Panini and Alaska Airlines.
31. Dwyane Wade
Takings/Payouts:
$15.2 million
Advertisements:
$12 million
Total Earnings: $27.2 million
Dwyane Tyrone
Wade, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for
the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association. He has established
himself as one of the most popular players in the league.
He opted out of
his Miami Heat deal last summer and took a $3.9 million pay cut for the 2014-15
season to assist the team's salary cap condition. He left longtime shoe sponsor
Nike in 2012 to sign a contract with China's Li-Ning. He sells his own neckties
and socks aside from having endorsement contracts with Gatorade, Li-Ning, Hublot, Pepperidge Far and Mission, among others.
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