25 Top Money-Earning Athletes in 2007

This is a list of the 25 Top Money-Earning Athletes in 2007 according to Forbes.

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Name

Country

Sport

Annual Income

1

Tiger Woods

Golf

US$ 100.0 million

2

Oscar de la Hoya

Boxing

US$ 43.0 million

3

Phil Mickelson

Golf

US$ 42.2 million

4

Kimi Räikkönen

Auto racing

US$ 40.0 million

5

Michael Schumacher

Auto racing

US$ 36.0 million

6

David Beckham

Soccer

US$ 33.0 million

7

Kobe Bryant

Basketball

US$ 32.9 million

8

Shaquille O'Neal

Basketball

US$ 31.9 million

9

Michael Jordan

Basketball

US$ 31.0 million

9

Ronaldinho

Soccer

US$ 31.0 million

11

Valentino Rossi

Motorcycling

US$ 30.0 million

12

Alex Rodriguez

Baseball

US$ 29.2 million

13

Roger Federer

Tennis

US$ 29.0 million

14

Derek Jeter

Baseball

US$ 28.3 million

15

LeBron James

Basketball

US$ 27.3 million

16

Floyd Mayweather

Boxing

US$ 26.5 million

17

Yao Ming

Basketball

US$ 26.3 million

18

Vijay Singh

Golf

US$ 25.8 million

19

Leonard Davis

American football

US$ 25.4 million

20

Arnold Palmer

Golf

US$ 25.0 million

21

Jeff Gordon

Auto racing

US$ 24.5 million

22

Kevin Garnett

Basketball

US$ 24.3 million

23

Reggie Bush

American football

US$ 23.8 million

24

Allen Iverson

Basketball

US$ 23.3 million

25

Maria Sharapova

Tennis

US$ 23.0 million

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