Manny Pacquiao among world’s highest-paid athletes
Manny Pacquiao is now among those what Forbe’s considered as the world’s highest-paid athletes. Manny is listed as the highest ranking of the four new comers for earning $40 million in 2008.
He is also one of eight non-Americans on the 20 highest earners list. The world’s top 20 highest-paid athletes are:
1. Tiger Woods – $110 Million
2. Kobe Briant – $45 Million tie with 3. Michael Jordan – $45 Million, and 4. Kimi Raikkonen – $45 Million
5. David Beckham – $ 42 Million
6. LeoBron James – $40 Million tie with 7. Phil Mickelson – $40 Million and 8. Manny Pacquiao – $40 Million
9. Valentino Rossi – $35 Million
10. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. – $34 Million
11. Roger Federer – $33 Million tie with 12. Shaquille O’Neil – $33 Million and 13. Oscar De La Hoya – $33 Million
14. Lewis Hamilton – $32 Million tie with 15. Alex Rodriguez – $32 Million
16. Vijay Singh – $31 Million
17. Kevin Garnett – $30 Million tie with 18. Jeff Gordon – $30 Million, 19. Derek Jeter – $30 Million, and 20. Ronaldinho – $30 Million.