This is something Sports Illustrated does every year. They release a list of 50 athletes sorted by how much money they make a year. The final figure includes both salary/winnings and also money earned from endorsement deals.
Tiger Woods is far and way #1 on the list and will soon be the first athlete to earn $1 billion in career earnings. Truly incredible.
The list to me is something that is really cool and I look forward to it every year just to see who moved up and who moved down.
A couple of things to consider after looking at the list:
- There isn't a single hockey player on the list. No Crosby and no Ovechkin. Neither of the two superstars made more than $15 million in 2009 and thus did not make the list. Pretty crazy and also shows how little hockey players actually make compared to other leagues.
- The first 4 baseball players on the list all play for the Yankees. A-rod, Jeter, CC, and Teixeira. This shouldn't surprise anyone and only affirms the fact that the Yankees buy their teams, which I am ok with.
- Dale Earnhardt Jr made $26 million in 2009 and didn't win a single race. Tell me why this guy gets so much money? He sucks.
- This is the first time since SI started doing the list that the average ammount of earnings went down. The average fell $1.5 million per athlete meaning that now even superstar athletes are feeling the burn.
- This year's list features 22 basketball players (a record nine who earned more than $20 million), 14 major leaguers, nine football players, three golfers and two NASCAR drivers.
Here is the link: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/more/specials/fortunate50/2009/
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