Sports magazine Sportico, official website He released the list of the richest athletes in history.
At the top of the list is American basketball player Michael Jordan, who earned $ 3.3 billion during his career. Golfers Tiger Woods (2.5 billion), Arnold Palmer (1.7 billion), Jack Nicklaus (1.63 billion) took second to fourth places.
Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo is in fifth place with 1.58 billion dollars. Sixth – basketball player LeBron James (1.53). Argentine football player Lionel Messi (1.48) is seventh, American boxer Floyd Mayweather is eighth (1.41), Swiss tennis player Roger Federer is ninth (1.38) and American golfer Phil Mickelson (1.36) is tenth.
Amounts include salary, prize money, bonuses, royalties and agreements with publishers. Also included is cash from equity participation in sponsor companies. All income is pre-tax.
Formerly Canadian portal TSN open Russian forward “Minnesota Wild” in the list of players who will score 50 goals in the season of the National Hockey League.