Highest Paid American Athletes 2014- Forbes & SI Top 10 List
Who is the current Richest Sportsman or Women in America right now ? there are loads of richlists available on the net from Forbes to Sports Illustrated magazine and most of them focus of the Highest Paid players in the last season or current on going year. So we take a look at the most trusted sources in the world who put together the richlist of American Athletes every year.
Forbes List of Top 10 Highest Paid American Sportsman 2013
| # | ATHLETE | YEARLY INCOME | SALARY/WINNING | ENDORSMENTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Floyd Mayweather |
$90 M | $90 M | |
| 2 |  Tiger Woods |
$78.1 M | $13.1 M | $65 M |
| 3 |  Kobe Bryant |
$61.9 M | $27.9 M | $34 M |
| 4 |  LeBrone James |
$59.8 M | $17.8 M | $42 M |
| 5 |  Drew Brees |
$51 M | $40 M | $11M |
| 6 |  Aeron Rodgers |
$49 M | $43 M | $6 M |
| 7 |  Phil Michelson |
$48.7 M | $4.7 M | $44 M |
| 8 |  Tom Brady |
$38.3 M | $31.3 M | $7 M |
| 9 |  Derrick Rose |
$37.4 M | $16.4 M | $21 M |
| 10 |  Joe Flacco |
$36.8 M | $35.9 M | $0.9 M |
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SPORTS ILLUSTRATED’S FORTUNE TOP 10 HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES 2013
Peyton Manning
Alex Rodriguez
Zack Greinke———————————————————————————————————————————
HOW THESE REPORTS ARE PUT TOGETHER ?:
So above are the highest payed players in USA including all the sports, be it golf, tennis, NFL, NBA or Baseball these figuers are from the official websites of Forbes & Sports Illustrated and they have devoloped these money stats after carefull analysis of stated salaries, tournament/event winnings, contract bonuses and player endorsements with major brands across the world, While players’ associations, tour records with online databases, sports agents combined with media reports these lists come out.
TIME FRAME OF EARNINGS
The money stats are from the previous, recent season of sports calender for example Floyed Mayweather has fought twice in the last 12 month and his earnings shows last 1 year of income stream, likewise for NFL, and NBA players who earnings are from the previous or most recent season.
