Comments on: Top Money Earners

By: kgatla

kgatla — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:23:06 +0000

its surprising that Beckam is not even in the top 10 but he tops the list when including endorsments nad invetments deals

By: Alex Hleb

Alex Hleb — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:58:59 +0000

hence, behold why arsene wenger is such a genious.

By: JLay

JLay — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:35:51 +0000

To answer your question Ivan, no – those figures are strictly salary figures – endorsements would have to be added on…

By: TheScout

TheScout — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:22:07 +0000

Ivan,

Thanks for the suggestion. I will work on a longer piece comparing salaries for some of the American-based sports leagues (NBA, NFL, etc) as well as F1, rugby, etc.

It might take me a little while to compile but look for it hopefully by next week !

By: Sanjay

Sanjay — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:58:53 +0000

The american athletes are paid much more. Let me just give you a few examples. Alex Rodriguez, of the New York Yankees earns a whopping $27.5 million a year. While his teammate and Yankes captain Derek jeter makes $18.9 million a year. Johan Santana who recently signed with the New York Mets is going to make about $23 million a year. In the NBA, Kobe Bryant of the LA Lakers makes about $20 million a year while Jermaine O’Neal of the Indiana Pacers makes about $19 million a year. Star Quarterback Peyton Manning also makes close to $19 million a year. Ice hockey is clearly on the decline, The highest played hockey player Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is making about $10 million a year.
The most highly paid athletes are in fact in the world of motor sport. In Formula 1, Current world champion, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen is making $51 million a year. While Fernando Alonso’s contract with McLaren(he has since left for former team Renault) was worth $40 million a year.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:10:31 +0000

I’m pretty sure Cronaldo already signed a new deal with the Red Devils.

Before i learnt about american sports and the amount money their sportsmen get paid i too thought footballers were miles in front considering the global appeal of the game. Some of the stuff ive read about A-Rod and all have ridiculous numbers that extend over longer contracts though and not sure whether they include endorsements or not. A suggestion for a interesting blog article perhaps should have comparisons with American sports and football… i know you can get revenue statistics on the forbes website and all, would be an interesting read.

By: dragonki2012

dragonki2012 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:04:06 +0000

Actually, T. Henry is still a gunner!

By: Utd fan

Utd fan — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:27:30 +0000

I think Ronaldo is about to sign a new contract that puts his earnings at the top of those in England, but still behind Kaka (and, I think, Ronaldinho)

By: JLay

JLay — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:07:08 +0000

Great post Scout, and Mike, I find it very surprising thta they only make $15 mil in salary too!

I’d have thought that they did at least as well as athletes in major American sports leagues, but I guess they make it up on global endorsements…

Either way, very cool to see what these guys are pulling in – some of these guys are grossly overpaid, and others make way less than I’d have thought!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:40:23 +0000

Yeah this was the article I was talking about in the Gaffer’s post about the Man Utd-Arsenal game. I think it’s kinda surprising that the top players only earn between $11 mil to $15 mil a year.