Who is the highest paid athlete in history?

Michael Jordan is the highest-paid athlete of all time, earning $2.62 billion in inflation adjusted earnings, according to a story released by Sportico on Thursday morning.

Who is the highest paid athlete in 2014?

Floyd Mayweather
Floyd Mayweather Tops Forbes’ 2014 List of Highest-Paid Athletes in World

Forbes’ List of Highest-Paid Athletes for 2014
Rank	Athlete	Total Earnings
1	Floyd Mayweather	$105 million
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	$80 million
3	LeBron James	$72.3 million

Who was the highest-paid athlete in 2010?

New to this list is Floyd Mayweather, and straight to no. 2! The highest ranked female was tennis player Maria Sharapova, ranked 35th with $24.5 million earnings….The World’s Highest Paid Athletes from 2010.

Rank	1
Name	Tiger Woods
Sport	golf
Nationality	USA
earning ($ million)	105.0

Who is the top 10 paid athletes of all time?

2010–2019 list

Rank	Name	Earnings
1	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	$915 million
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	$800 million
3	Lionel Messi	$750 million
4	LeBron James	$680 million

Who was the highest paid athlete in 2016?

Roger Federer tops the list of the world’s highest-paid athletes and is the first tennis player to hold the No. 1 spot on Forbes’ annual earnings report in its 30-year history. Federer moved up from No. 5 on last year’s list to the top spot after earning $106.3 million pre-tax in the last 12 months.

Who are the top 5 highest paid athletes?

The World’s 10 Highest-Paid Athletes for the Last Year, per…

• Lionel Messi, $130 million.
• LeBron James, $121.1 million.
• Cristiano Ronaldo, $115 million.
• Neymar, $95 million.

Who was the highest-paid athlete in 2015?

Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao Top Forbes’ 2015 List of Highest-Paid Athletes

The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes for 2015
Rank	Athlete	Earnings
1	Floyd Mayweather	$300 million
2	Manny Pacquiao	$160 million
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	$79.6 million