Top Paid Male Athletes

Forbes ^

[Asphalt]

Tiger Woods Power Rank: 2 Pay: $87 mil Web Hits: 2,050,000 Press Clips: 48,467 TV/Radio: 431

Shaq Power Rank: 5 Pay: $33.4 mil Web Hits: 1,310,000 Press Clips: 29,073 TV/Radio: 411

Lance Armstrong Power Rank: 15 Pay: $28 mil Web Hits: 1,020,000 Press Clips: 19,753 TV/Radio: 540

Michael Jordan Power Rank: 16 Pay: $33 mil Web Hits: 1,130,000 Press Clips: 17,591 TV/Radio: 225

Michael Schumacher Power Rank: 17 Pay: $60 mil Web Hits: 1,100,000 Press Clips: 13,494 TV/Radio: 20

Kobe Bryant Power Rank: 19 Pay: $28.8 mil Web Hits: 897,000 Press Clips: 29,350 TV/Radio: 1,362

David Beckham Power Rank: 26 Pay: $32.5 mil Web Hits: 828,000 Press Clips: 31,173 TV/Radio: 56

Michael Vick Power Rank: 33 Pay: $37.5 mil Web Hits: 242,000 Press Clips: 11,812 TV/Radio: 52

Derek Jeter Power Rank: 38 Pay: $25.5 mil Web Hits: 1,040,000 Press Clips: 18,561 TV/Radio: 85

Jeff Gordon Power Rank: 46 Pay: $23.4 mil Web Hits: 800,000 Press Clips: 18,278 TV/Radio: 110

Power Rank: 47 Pay: $26.8 mil Web Hits: 563,000 Press Clips: 27,477 TV/Radio: 171

Alex Rodriguez Power Rank: 48 Pay: $27.5 mil Web Hits: 353,000 Press Clips: 22,760 TV/Radio: 107

Power Rank: 51 Pay: $38 mil Web Hits: 170,000 Press Clips: 4,609 TV/Radio: 19

LeBron James Power Rank: 53 Pay: $22.9 mil Web Hits: 754,000 Press Clips: 16,223 TV/Radio: 151

Andre Agassi Power Rank: 59 Pay: $26.2 mil Web Hits: 521,000 Press Clips: 16,082 TV/Radio: 69

Manny Ramirez Power Rank: 60 Pay: $24.2 mil Web Hits: 300,000 Press Clips: 17,799 TV/Radio: 61

Valentino Rossi Power Rank: 63 Pay: $28 mil Web Hits: 1,190,000 Press Clips: 2,402 TV/Radio: 0

Ronaldo Power Rank: 72 Pay: $23 mil Web Hits: 816,000 Press Clips: 5,474 TV/Radio: 7

Matt Hasselbeck Power Rank: 82 Pay: $22.8 mil Web Hits: 59,000 Press Clips: 4,404 TV/Radio: 3

[Asphalt]

There was more, but I didn't have the time to do it. What I want to know, is where is Peyton Manning?

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

Where does Mark Bellhorn rate

[Asphalt]

Power Rank

Name	Pay Rank	Web Rank	Press Rank	TV Rank
2	Tiger Woods	4	12	2	11
5	Shaquille O'Neal	26	26	5	12
15	Lance Armstrong	41	39	9	8
16	Michael Jordan	27	34	16	25
17	Michael Schumacher	8	37	29	81
19	Kobe Bryant	39	47	4	2
26	David Beckham	28	53	3	64
33	Michael Vick	19	87	35	67
38	Derek Jeter	50	38	11	52
46	Jeff Gordon	53	56	13	45
47	Phil Mickelson	48	75	6	30
48	Alex Rodriguez	45	82	7	48
51	Oscar De La Hoya	18	91	65	82
53	LeBron James	56	60	21	35
57	Maria Sharapova	62	52	14	44
59	Andre Agassi	49	76	23	57
60	Manny Ramirez	52	84	15	62
62	Serena Williams	73	44	12	27
63	Valentino Rossi	41	30	76	99
72	Ronaldo	55	54	59	92
81	Venus Williams	87	64	31	54
82	Matt Hasselbeck	57	97	68	95
84	Walter Jones	54	100	89	99
87	Lindsay Davenport	89	88	20	70
89	Annika Sorenstam	86	81	32	82

[My2Cents]

None of these guys is worth the money they make.

[jayhorn]

Hmmm, I figured Ronaldinho would have been on that list somewhere.

Also figured Becks would have been higher on the list. Does this factor in endorsements (I assume it does)?

[Cagey]

None of these guys is worth the money they make.

However, as you mentioned, they do make it. Thank God for Capitalism.

[Cagey]

Does this factor in endorsements

It has to as Michael Jordan is on the list.

[GSWarrior]

Tiger Woods....I thought this was list of athletes?

Just kidding. Tiger Woods is in great physical condition.

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Valentino Rossi is worth every penny! You can watch him on Speed Channel this weeken in action as he manhandles his 240 horsepower motorcycle around Laguna Seca!

(Oh yeah, good luck trying to race with him, he has won 5 championships in MotoGP on two different brands on three different types of bikes)

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

Michael Jordan is sponsoring an AMA motorcycle racing team again this year. Watch Speed TV to check out his racers!

Yea I am a motorbike fan, former racer, etc.

[pure_capitalist]

Pay $18.2 mil ----------------The leggy blond Russian burst onto the scene last year with her Wimbledon win. Million-dollar deals quickly followed with Canon, Motorola and Tag Heuer. She looks to further separate herself from Anna Kournikova, who famously never won a tournament, by becoming the number-one-ranked player in the world. Right now she sits at number two.

[Dashing Dasher]

Apples to Apples - Highest paid - not web hits and such.

The Top Ten

1. Tiger Woods
2. Michael Schumacher
3. Peyton Manning
4. Michael Jordan
5. Shaquille O'Neal
6. Kevin Garnett
7. Andre Agassi
8. David Beckham
9. Alex Rodriguez
10. Kobe Bryant