TOP 10 WORLD'S HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES (1990-2019)

Top 10 highest paid athletes 1990-2019
Floyd Mayweather, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Michael Jordan, Michael Schumacher, Tiger Woods

These stats are based off of salaries, bonuses, prize money, endorsements, and licensing income without taxes
Top 10 highest paid athletes 2019

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[dataz]

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[mohamedsuhailirfankhazi]

I think whenever Floyd Mayweather is short on cash, he has a random match so he gets to number 1 instantly

[trueirony]

Can you imagine making 100 millions in the 90s lmao

[jaylodaya]

Mayweather just pops out from nowhere when he has fight in that year.

Money that boxer earns for single match is just insane.

[ZappaSheik]

Big round of applaudes for Muhammad Ali appearing on the list 40 years after his heyday.

[turkyish]

When mayweather decides to have 1 fight he immediately becomes number 1😂 that’s star power right there folks

[mikaelsareshwala]

Kimi Raikkonen. A person who was second in highest paid athletes in 2009 for f1 and in an interview he says that "it's more like a hobby for me. I dont need to do it."
The iceman is a full legend

[Steambull]

1996 Triple Michael. That was about when I started watching F1 for a few years, but I never realized that Schumacher was paid SO much more compared to any other driver. Häkkinen winning two championships, driving for McLaren, seems to only have boosted Ferrari's will to keep Schumacher (and they did rise back to being the CLEAR #1 team in the 2000s).

[Jacky-isqo]

Seeing Ayrton Senna fade away in 1994 knowing it’s because he tragically died still hurts so much 🥺

[LBFMaik]

Tiger Woods was making 100 millies for 6 year straight.

[urnan]

watching ayrton senna completely drop off because he died in 1994 melts my heart

[infiniteuniverse]

I didn't realize how much Senna and Prost were cleaning up with that dominate McLaran racing team they had, Schumacher and Berger also made a fortune racing F-1. Even though Agassi was not the #1 player in the world, he was the sport's top earner by a long way. Someone grotesquely overpaid for the often injured Grant Hill and got taken to the cleaners. Tiger didn't just lap the field in Golf, he lapped the entire sports world in earnings making more than twice as much as the 2nd place guy in 08'.

[allbspinnin]

Dale earnhardt dropped off the list quietly after 2001 😭. We miss you Dale!

[blakqdiamond]

How much salary you want?
Floyd mayweather : yes.

[nickhoriel]

Imagine making more then half a billion on 2 fights in 5 years

[danielali]

I love how Floyd just appears randomly out of nowhere and abiterates the top spot

[fluentinsilence]

Tiger held the longest lead, Floyd had a $195m jump in one year; insane

[arnoldmojados]

Cristiano and Messi revolutionize modern football into another level..

[redplague]

Sad to see Senna dip out in 1994 because of his death.

[HypeManZ]

The name "Michael" dominates the sports world. Three Michaels were so popular in the 90's and maybe even today; Michael Jordan, Mike Tyson and of course from music industry, Michael Jackson.