Highest earning player? Of which sports?
Since the question seems incomplete, here is a list of highest earning players from different sports according to the latest figures:
· Soccer/Football: Lionel Messi
(Courtesy: Futbol Club Barcelona [ES])His annual salary is $111 million. He makes another $27 million in endorsements. (Source)
· Cricketer: Virat Kohli
(Courtesy: Scroll.in)His total earning for 2017 was $24 Million. He was the only cricketer on the Forbes’ yearly list of the highest-earning athlete. (Source)
· American Football: Aaron Rodgers
(Courtesy: thebiglead.com)His annual salary is $75.9 million. And he made $9 million this year in endorsements. (Source)
· Tennis: Novak Djokovic
(Courtesy: hearldsun.com)Between 2017 and 2018, he has made a total of $117.5 million in salary and endorsements. (Source)
· Golf: Tiger Woods
(Courtesy: golf.com)In 2017, he earned a whopping $43.3 million, despite being at 51st position in the world gold ranking. (Source)
· Basketball: Stephen Curry
(Courtesy: sportingnews.com)In 2017, he made $34.7 million, thanks to his 5 years contract worth $201.2 million. (Source)
· Badminton: Lee Chong Wei
(Courtesy: scmp.com)From Malaysia, he raked a total of $1.85 million last year. (Source)
(*$ = USD)