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dihard: Sports Illustrated’s Fortunate 50 of 2007 came out recently. Each year the magazine ranks the 50 top earning American athletes (accounting for salary/winnings + endorsements). This year the top ten are Tiger Woods: $111,941,827 Oscar De La Hoya: $55,000,000 Phil Mickelson: $51,256,505 Shaquille O’Neal: $35,000,000 Kobe Bryant: $33,718,750 LeBron James: $30,828,089 Kevin Garnett: $29,000,000 Derek Jeter: $29,000,000 Alex Rodriguez: $28,000,000 Dale Earnhardt Jr.: $27,111,735 The total average of the Fortunate 50 is $23.4M. Wow. In a world where the NFL is king, there are no football players in this top ten list. I thought we’d see Tom Brady or Peyton Manning in there—especially Manning. Seems like he’s on a lot of commercials. Now Eli will be joining him.

dihard:

Sports Illustrated’s Fortunate 50 of 2007 came out recently. Each year the magazine ranks the 50 top earning American athletes (accounting for salary/winnings + endorsements). This year the top ten are

  1. Tiger Woods: $111,941,827
  2. Oscar De La Hoya: $55,000,000
  3. Phil Mickelson: $51,256,505
  4. Shaquille O’Neal: $35,000,000
  5. Kobe Bryant: $33,718,750
  6. LeBron James: $30,828,089
  7. Kevin Garnett: $29,000,000
  8. Derek Jeter: $29,000,000
  9. Alex Rodriguez: $28,000,000
  10. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: $27,111,735
The total average of the Fortunate 50 is $23.4M.

Wow. In a world where the NFL is king, there are no football players in this top ten list. I thought we’d see Tom Brady or Peyton Manning in there—especially Manning. Seems like he’s on a lot of commercials. Now Eli will be joining him.