TOP 10 WORLD'S HIGHEST PAID ATHLETES (1990-2019) 

Yo didn't May/Mac take place in 2017? Cuz in the video it says 2018.

How do you make this kind of video bro?

How do you make this kind of video ?

@@Suq1nnr ty so much.helps a lot! i will also make this kind of video.

Bro do you really think no one from cricket is on that list.?

Mohamed Suhail Irfan Khazi true like the fight against mcgregor he needed to pay the irs back 250 million for back taxes on his 2016 fights

I don't think he can run out of money. He made over $1b from his boxing career. There are videos on youtube where he tips his staff or whatever it is hundreds of dollars just for opening the car door for him.

I think ppl paid cus they wanted to see him get knocked out.

@@rickyriederer7459 wtf 250m how much did he got...??

How the hell is he broke?? There are some pretty dumb people on earth... jesus

Yes I'm imagining it right now.

And being broke by the 2000s

@@hanselfinn8946 you don't pay rent on houses u buy. U own them. If you do it right, you can live off of 10 mill for your whole life. 100 mill lasts forever lol

@donkey ass reviews and do's Problem with Mike was that people around him snake his money, he didn't have any real friends or family. He hang around with bunch of yes man.

@@hanselfinn8946 you're thinking like a peasant. Those things don't apply to the rich unfortunately. If you're smart the rich get richer

Imagine what the company's the promote him and sponsor the fights are making if he's making that much

@@HoloTWWOriginal That’s why Floyd makes so much. TMT produces/promotes/sells the fights. He owns TMT

@@HoloTWWOriginal floyd owns the promotion company (mayweather promotions)

Most of the money comes through betting

@@trappedmoss1172 That shit aint on here bruh..lol

How did he appear on there? What even happened in 2006??

@@DarkFlames42 I think it may have had something to do with that movie about Ali that Will Smith made.

@@DarkFlames42he sold the rights to his name and image for said $50m

Another thing thats crazy is Floyd making close to 600 mil in just 2 years

Another crazy this is wtf do you do with all that money

C.H.A.D Bravo um no his net worth is still $560 million. His promotion is Associated with PBC promotions, which is the biggest promotional boxing company right now.

AJ Ye “net worth” isn’t a realistic or accurate calculation. If there’s on thing he’s known for is spending and losing money. He lost $50 million the other day in a gambling bet, own multiple jets and almost all his cars cost more than a million dollars each. (He claims to have over 100 cars). This doesn’t sound like a wise investor to me, and is likely going to end up like the next Tyson if he doesn’t fight again.

AZTECNINJAWARRIOR Highly doubt he’d just be blowing money knowing he’d be going broke. Even if he was, he can just set up another fake fight like his last one.

Just leave him alone, he knows what he's doing

steering wheel !!!

he's too big to care for this sh**

Our kimi

I was thinking the same thing when i seen that lol

I might be wrong but I think that's their overall yearly income including contracts for commercials as well. If you take Messi or Ronaldo nowadays, they make more money on comercials than on paychecks from their club

@@kasden4884 NFL, NBA, pays all of their players large amount of money and they are just American. Football only pays 2 or 3 Stars every money .

Of course, driving a car is not a sport, so race car drivers are not athletes

Schumacher didn't work for Ferrari, he worked for Philip Morris and as the number of places they were legally allowed to promote dwindled, they focused that money on his wallet.

Well I guess that's what happens when you had who was seen among the paddock as THE driver driving your car, and you have Marlboro-era Ferrari money at your disposal.

On the other hand, with the money he won he helped a lot of people here in Brazil and part of the fortune went to its foundation. He still lives in people's minds, he is a hero.

Same with Dale Earnhardt in 2001

thought exactly

@@leonardod1846 That's why we love him so much

Yep him & dale Earnhardt too.Hopefully 1 day we'll get Michael Schumacher back!

@lc0806 it was definitely less than 350 million. Probably closer to 275 million or nearly 300 million. Still absurd though.

Plus he needs to pay the judges as well

@Abdikadir Abdiwahid Maybe worst for you, but its the truth for me. Your beloved gayweather is a runner not a boxer.

@@troyalisaca2621 Lmao. Calling him a runner shows you know nothing about BOXING. It's not a street fight. Its BOXING. Which has strategies. His style of boxing isn't easy. If it was easy more boxers would do it. I haven't seen any boxer that trains harder than Mayweather of this generation. If all you care about is offense and knockouts go to a different sport. More than half of Mayweathers fights were won by TKO anyway. People like you say "he doesn't fight he runs." How do you lose to a fighter that runs? Does that not show how amazing his ring knowledge is? How good his footwork is? He outlands damn bear every boxer he fought. And has barely runs out of stamina. The only boxer I have ever seen that can box for as long as he does without getting tired. Say all that stupid shit all you want. At the end of the day. He is one of the greatest boxers ever. Wether you LIKE his style or not. You calling it running is your opinion. But you know what's a fact? 50-0

I still dont get how a boxer will make so much in a fight that might last a few seconds. Maybe I am just not a boxing fan.

$585m for two fights is mind-blowing.

$500M per fight

499? make that 500.

lol mayweather

He worked for that to happen almost 30 years

How should boxers like get paid that much is stupid they shouldnt be getting that much for punching and kicking and abusing it's stupid and should be illegal

Nick Gurr lol what

@@thegreatpickle1548 lmao u dumb?

Edgar el takuache Messi has like 15 less penalties but ok

Erik Valenzuela i was joking i love ronaldo and messi

@@erikvalenzuela5669 and the same Messi would at least miss 15 more per average compare to Ronaldo. Can't argue with your logic. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

@@erikvalenzuela5669 He once retired from international football because he missed a penalty. So it's basically a good thing that he takes less penalty kicks

Idk who either of those people are

THE BEST RACER, EVER

Hail the king!

I've never even heard of him who tf is he

@@henrykgraves one of the best f1 racers ever

@@henrykgraves Look him up, and enjoy the ride. Genius at work :)

He still is vastly remembered here in Brazil, one of our greatest idols

Well, it's hard to make money when deceased

DeuceGenius You fucking genius.

Pray for Ayrton Senna

@@martindonohue900 very true

He also increased the general interest on the sport, so future golf players have to thank him for some of the money they'll get.

He plays by himself. xD

@Joel N I would rather watch bowling

@Joel N it's not even a sport

This shows just how absurdly the dollar has been inflated.

And Michael Schumacher

You guys are taking the mick

Don't forget Michael Johnson in Athletics...

Michael Jackson is most beloved human everrr

George Michael made millions in the '90s as well. More than Al Michaels, anyway.

Football incomes are crazy, spending is out of control. Don’t follow basketball so don’t know the story behind that. Hopefully MMAs popularity continues to grow so more athletes compete.

Josh Lawson boxing and MMA isn’t really inconsistent it’s just the high attraction fighters like mayweather and Manny signing massive contracts to fight each other then not fighting anyone big for the next year

I mean dunno about others but 1994 senna died and Schumacher suffer an accident so there’s that, but Motorsport ain’t dead

@@alejandropolanco1294 In the 90's and 00's I used to watch every F1 race, now I watch none cause it's fuckin' GARBAGE: shit rules, shit cars.

@@michaeltrumph121 the cars definitely ain't shit. The engines maybe smaller but they're still faster than the V12 era cars

Same here 🤣😂🤣😂 football era!

Money is just pouring into football right now. Football is right at it's peak.

Neymar too. That PSG check $$$

Me too 😂

@@scrubs3050 I think it'll keep increasing for a while

Money didn't start really pouring into football (soccer) until the Premier League was set up in '92 and the UEFA Champions League shortly after that. Bidding for the TV rights put loads of money into the clubs, and with football on telly 7 days a week, sponsors like Adidas and Nike increased their investments, followed by food and drink and technology producers, and the gambling firms. The success of the EA Sports FIFA franchise was a huge money-spinner too. Sponsors paid to be associated with that game, and the money made its way to the clubs, who then paid higher wages and transfer deals for the top players. Football is by far the biggest sport now, with all the oil and gas oligarchs from Russia, Qatar, and Saudi buying the clubs to launder their dirty cash.

No. It was just ONE decade...and it WAS a good one for the Michaels.

@@GirGir183 😂😂why tackle him like that bud?

Why not? He said "decade" should have gotten the plural. I just corrected his correction.

@daAnder71 damn dude why you clownin out here?

daAnder71 What an idiot

Now wait for ronaldo retirement

@@TheLuffyKirin michael jordan is a billionaire.

Christian Rollman that’s his career earning not his brand, if they would’ve put his overall numbers in there with his Jordan brand money you wouldn’t even be able to see the others names he’s like a 2.9 billionaire

Muhammed Ali is there in 2006 after 25 years in retirement!

What's even crazier is how much his contract was worth during his prime. The fact that he was making slightly more than superstars make today is insane. Adjust for inflation over time and he would've been making well into 9 figures annually in today's game. Shows how much the bulls were willing to pay for him, which proves how good he was

he pretty much made the golf course a madhouse.

He made more than any other athlete in the world for 10 years straight, and then some afterwarda. Crazy...

Is golf so popular in the US or why he was able to get so much money?

@@Fiercesoulking Golf is insanely poplar in the US

@@Fiercesoulking USA is rich country

Lol Hes dead

@@shifa4141 He's alive...

I hope he wakes up soon a true legend of sport

@@aamirrazak3467lol he's been awake since 2014

K Jack right but he’s been in a coma so not really conscious

Yeah, Jordan transcended his sport. There are millions of people that never even watched a game of basketball, but they have a likeness of Jordan on their shoes. As far as I know, people don't buy Messi boots in vast numbers, but loads of people actually collect air Jordans.

😂😂😂

Lmao.

I love it man!!!you fucking nailed it!!damned...run!run!

Fudge 😂 true bro!

HahahhahahaLMAO!

Yes defo Schumacher best ever driver bar Senna

How is he now? Never heard any update about his skiing incident

Who??? LMAO

wet willy LMAO haha, look him up ignorant fucker.

He still cheated

@A1VIEW hes. But not as good as shumi

Liked him best as the stig

@A1VIEW F1 post a lot of money when they banned tobacco sponsors, I bet Marlboro was paying an absolute fortune to sponsor Ferrari

No anymore, unless he set a dribbling record?

@@X3rCobraz Marlboro sponsored McLaren.

Or is it Jeff Bezos ?

Jeff Bezos *

@@DRose2Fast guys Jeff Bezos is not a player but his wife is....

@@i4m192 find a rich woman who does a lot of drugs marry her, have kids and stay as long as you can with her and divorce her over her drug addiction. That is why Brittany Spears shaved her head and her ex got a ton of money plus the kids. Not saying it's the right thing to do but just giving you an example.

@@jerem101888 Thanks. This information is very much needed

Yep. true

Michael Jackson too 😭

But tiger 🐅 ruled the 2000s solo into the 2010s

@@user-yy7cw7fl8p Michael Jackson most loved human everrr

@@dtmt502 shitty '94 Williams fault

Michele Seravalle still not totally cleared but probably yes

Will G sports car for sure, a bit deep for an f1 car, sounds more like a toquey German engine

Really Nice

Didnt even see him in the last, when saw Schumacher then, when I consentrated on the first few ones, when it goes by preatty fast.

Ayrton Senna is a superstar and my idol

That's why he is the goat

air jordan

These numbers are highly inaccurate, Jordan only made $4 Million a season in the early 90s yet somehow it says 30, also many more questionable salaries here like Tyson, Holyfield etc. Those guys were indeed the highest paid athletes of their decade but how in the world did they get $60 million for Holyfield in 91??? We know boxers don't get endorsements

@@eljefe797 it's not just salary dumbass. Endorsements, bonuses, etc. Not bloody rocket science

@@eljefe797 what do you mean that boxers dont get endorsements? Of course they do you dumpass

Online chess baby

Too early mate

😄😄💀

Meanwhile 2019 : Yes 2020 was a disaster but associate my name with Covid. Lol

@Oliver McCall Am well aware....but the disaster is happening in 2020.

Mayweather is the type of person who only comes on exam days and passes the course with the highest grade

@@alecx3180 Nope, Mayweather can't even read

@@aspiknf as long as he can count

@@nonymous590 Damn

@@nonymous590damn hahahahahah nice

THE GOD WHO GOVERNS THE SUN SUN GOD JASMINE wtf are you on about clown he literally has a shoe company and owns the hornets that’s it

@@fortnitegod_pro4150 geez someone didn't get to fuk last night. Calm down. Better luck tonight. But if you think he is so stupid to generate income just from the Jordan brand and him owning the Hornets then you're underestimating him quite a bit. But hey feel free to think that's all he does

Jordan is making things for american football,football,volleyball,gymnastics... For literally everything

@@fortnitegod_pro4150 You realize how valueable the jordan brand has become

KermitDaFrog Boi he makes $130 million a year from Nike bro

Who told you that theyre making their money for the worlds sake? Hahaha

Who watched racing? It's literally ppl driving a car that isn't a sport lmao 😂

@@hazzyg11 That exactly my opinion was about racing 17 yrs ago untill my friend forced me to watch F1. And now more than any sports, I like F1. Even more than cricket which is the first choice of many Indians.

@@hazzyg11 F1 is more than a sport do you know how much it takes to reach at that level first you have to race in go karts and you have to collect fame then formula 4 then formula 3 then formula 2 and then formula 1 also you should have that quality to reach there. You are saying it is not a sport drivers spend more time in gyms then other athletes just to protect their body from the g force they are feeling driving through the corners. Also the engineers in the team live in more tense pressure then the team manager of a football team who always jumps and screams near the pitch. The strategies, the tuning of cars according to tracks etc the engineering on the car is just beyond your thinking and you are saying it is not a sport just ask from any F1 nerd nearby you what it feels like to be an F1 fan and you are saying it is not a sport go fuck off dumbass You are saying it's just people driving a car, get out of a fucking racing game and imagine driving a car at 330km/h at 130R corner in suzuka(watch at RU-vid about this corner) circuit you will loose your shit out.

@@hazzyg11 you're a dumbass. You have no idea what it takes to compete at that level in racing. How many deaths are there in any other sports compared to Motoracing? Joachim Rindt was a posthumous world champion even after he was burned alive in a race. No other sports also contributes to technology. Lots of tech today evolved or were developed in racing - from carbon fiber, aerodynamics, material compounds/alloys, to tire treads. Do yourself a favor and watch the Senna documentary.

@@hazzyg11 next time when you are driving please wear 2 layers of thick fireproof clothing, gloves, balaclava, helmet also set the AC to heater so your cockpit can be about 45-50 degrees celcius and drive at 150+ kmh for 1.5 hours you will pass out while driving

don't say it ok... :(

😭😭

... in* 1994.

Prodigy Enigma Me too. #24 💜💛 and omg is that Kilwa ? My fav character from HunterXhunter. Grew up watching it

They are not goats, they are Homo Sapiens (Humans)

Original name idiot

Include Federer

@@MrSollex1 khilua

Yes. Ayrton was actually a bit of a child on the track, but he was a great man for what he tried to do for his country. I think Max Mosely once said he thought Senna would become involved in politics after he retired. He thought Senna would one day be President of Brazil.

But he died so yay

Hansel Finnegan Damn I looked at your profile picture your so fucking ugly it’s unbelievable

Thought you was on about league of legends lmao

Also Bendtner from Arsenal

Weird ass comment. You're fucking weird.

Lebron would've made the no.2 spot in 2011 if he didn't take a paycut

@@absolutejazz1676 So we gotta blame somebody again just to defend Lebum?

@@blob2092 lol! Did Philippe Senderos make the list? Surprising.

George Floyd?

Pink Floyd

Yeah featured golfer

Floyd Mayweather.

@Wait What? I would imagine because he's dead

pse

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Well, God isn't a capitalist..

... disppear in* 1994.

Hanes

He secured the package.

Jordan made those brands not the other way around. Therefore it's the power of Jordan. He's a global superstar.

And space jam

@@nonymous590 Micheal only invented Jordan tho. Nike, McDonald's etc.. was founded way before him. But in term of bilionaire wise ,he not even close to jeft bezos

Who

Curry TMS The highest paid athlete in the world. That’s who. 😂

Peni Mualaulau what does he play?

Jack Wyatt Not football 😂

He’s hella rich too. The amount of sponsors he gets in Switzerland and the rest of Europe is insane.

Rossi!!! I miss moto GP

Rossi in Moto GP, and Sena in F1, GOAT, period.... Whatever someone may try to dispute with stats and all.

Sponsorships can bring in a lot when you're by far the most recognizable guy in your sport worldwide.

Only 3 races till he retires :(

@@jayantasarkar2532 Same with Pelé who's not only the GOAT of football but of all athletes ever

It’s a worldwide sport and millions around the globe watch it but, more importantly, millions PLAY it and the endorsement of a top pro moves equipment and apparel they play with. Tiger’s always made far more through endorsements than prize money.

Golf was more popularized in Tiger's era because he made the sport look more athletic and more exciting

I under stand tiger is the goat in golf. I just can’t understand people at home watching it

I guess its a game for lonely rich folks, who doesnt have a mate

@@Akash666Akash you can't be rich and lonely

It's still popular but not as much as football, basketball and those players usually make more in endorsements also.

@Oliver McCall Obviously you have no idea, oh wow look Hamilton won almost every Championship in the last 6 years, he has to be the GOAT.. But let me tell you something brother, he's good but Schumacher is/was and will ever be the GOAT.

@Oliver McCall No, I'm not a Ferrari Fan so idc for which Team he won his titles. I respect and honor his Person and Skill, lightyears above Hamilton

@Oliver McCall Classic nonsense argument from haters. Schumacher never cheated so sit down :)

true cheater and legendary trash

@Oliver McCall i see...well you probably dont know much about this sport my friend...

U can say beckham was there

Ronaldinho was shortly there 😂

And freaking golf and basketball players dominated for so long. I just don't get it. Footballers like Zidane and Ronaldinho should've been getting the big bucks, not Tiger Woods.

And they forgot neymar lol

My bad...ney is there haha

Poor Lewis . Schumi was topping the list and Hamilton get so little

Other people who are rich as fuck, therefore companies which are selling high ticket products for high ticket customers can advertise their products.

Rich people watch golf. That’s why

Rich gang

It’s actually pretty popular in the US, not as much as it used to be, but still pretty popular. Tiger Woods is a huge TV draw

rich people, paying good money the equipment that those professional golfer advertise for...

Apparently he sold the rights of his name to be used for advertisement of his Adidas trainers, and to be a character in boxing games etc, but they aren't allowed to use his name to market alcohol or things like that.

Ben Lance thank you. Also hurt my brain when I saw this.

Beacuse of his name

Ben Lance why does he need the money? What’s he gonna spend it on 😂

@@mickvinny7291 He was obviously alive at the time.