Sport’s Richest Get Richer

Created on September 22, 2015

The world’s highest-paid athletes are richer than those who dominated the same list 20 years ago, according to Forbes magazine.

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are well clear in the latest Forbes annual list of the highest paid athletes. American Mayweather tops the list with earnings of $US300m ($NZ425m) – that includes salary and endorsements. Tiger Woods’ career has gone down the drain, but his earning potential remains high thanks to endorsements.

The top ranked woman comes in at 26th place with earnings of $42.2m – that being tennis star Maria Sharapova. In comparrison, Serena Williams is 20 places back, with earnings of $35m.

Russell Coutts is New Zealand’s richest athlete, earning $13m last year. This article is done by: Jo Banbury