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