Top 50 Richest Athletes

Footballers, golfers, tennis players, boxers all make a pretty neat wage packet. But which one rules the world’s rich list? There’s a general consensus that NBA players are one of the highest paid athletes in the world – is there any truth in that? Well quench your curiosity as all the answers are here under one Celeb Net Worth roof. Read how each sportsperson turns their skills into off-the-scale earnings and endorsements in this Top 50 Richest Athletes list.
  1. 1
    Vince McMahon

    Vince McMahon Net Worth

    $3.2 Billion
    Vince McMahon is an American professional wrestling promoter, commentator, film producer and occasional wrestler who has a net worth of $3.2 billion. Vince earned his fortune and fame as the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, more commonly known as WWE.
  2. 2
    Michael Jordan

    Michael Jordan Net Worth

    $2.6 Billion
    Michael Jordan net worth and salary: Michael Jordan is a retired American basketball player, team owner, product endorser and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $2.6 billion. Michael Jordan is still, quite possibly
  3. 3
    Ion Tiriac

    Ion Tiriac Net Worth

    $1.2 Billion
    Ion Tiriac Net Worth: Ion Tiriac is a Romanian businessman and former professional ice hockey and tennis player who has a net worth of
  4. 4
    Anna Kasprzak

    Anna Kasprzak Net Worth

    $1 Billion
    Anna Kasprzak net worth: Anna Kasprzak is a Danish dressage rider who has a net worth of $1 billion. Anna Kasprzak was born in
  5. 5
    Magic Johnson

    Magic Johnson Net Worth

    $800 Million
    Earvin "Magic" Johnson Jr. is a retired American basketball player and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $800 million. After winning basketball championships in high school and college, he was selected the first overall player in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Los Angeles Lakers.
  6. 6
    The Rock

    The Rock Net Worth

    $800 Million
    Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, is an American actor, former professional wrestler and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $800 million.
  7. 7
    Tiger Woods

    Tiger Woods Net Worth

    $800 Million
    Tiger Woods net worth and career earnings: Tiger Woods is an American professional golfer who has a net worth of $800 million. Every year Tiger earns $50-60 million. For example, between June 2019 and June 2020 he earned $63 million
  8. 8
    LeBron James

    LeBron James Net Worth

    $700 Million
    LeBron James is an American professional basketball player and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $700 million. After setting the high school basketball world on fire, LeBron James
  9. 9
    Lionel Messi

    Lionel Messi Net Worth

    $650 Million
    Lionel Messi is an Argentinian-born professional athlete who has a net worth of $650 million. Lionel Messi is often regarded as the best soccer player in the world, and one of the best in history. He is certainly one of, if not THE, highest-paid player in history.
  10. 10
    Cristiano Ronaldo

    Cristiano Ronaldo Net Worth

    $600 Million
    Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese professional soccer player, product ambassador, and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $600 million. Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the highest-paid entertainers
  11. 11
    Eddie Jordan

    Eddie Jordan Net Worth

    $600 Million
    Eddie Jordan Net Worth: Eddie Jordan is an Irish former racing driver and business guru who has a net worth of $600 million. Eddie Jordan obtained his net worth
  12. 12
    Junior Bridgeman

    Junior Bridgeman Net Worth

    $600 Million
    Junior Bridgeman is an American retired professional basketball player and highly successful fast-food entrepreneur who has a net worth of $600 million. As an NBA player, Junior Bridgeman
  13. 13
    Michael Schumacher

    Michael Schumacher Net Worth

    $600 Million
    Michael Schumacher is a former German Formula One race car driver who has a net worth of $600 million. Michael Schumacher is one of just a handful of athletes who earned more than $1 billion during their career.
  14. 14
    Roger Staubach

    Roger Staubach Net Worth

    $600 Million
    Roger Staubach net worth: Roger Staubach is a retired professional football quarterback and a highly successful entrepreneur who has a net worth
  15. 15
    Roger Federer

    Roger Federer Net Worth

    $550 Million
    Roger Federer net worth: Roger Federer is a Swiss-born retired professional tennis player who has a net worth of $550 million. During his professional career Roger Federer's Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) career earnings totaled $130 million.
  16. 16
    Shaquille O'Neal

    Shaquille O'Neal Net Worth

    $500 Million
    Shaquille O'Neal is a retired American basketball player, entrepreneur, television host and product endorser who has a net worth of $500 million. Shaquille O'Neal is one of the most dominant and iconic centers in the history of the NBA. Over his 19-year career,
  17. 17
    Vinnie Johnson

    Vinnie Johnson Net Worth

    $500 Million
    Vinnie Johnson is a former professional basketball player and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $500 million. During his NBA career Vinnie played for the Seattle SuperSonics, Detroit Pistons, and San Antonio Spurs.
  18. 18
    David Beckham

    David Beckham Net Worth

    $450 Million
    David Beckham is a retired English soccer player who has a net worth of $450 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife, singer/designer Victoria Beckham.
  19. 19
    Floyd Mayweather

    Floyd Mayweather Net Worth

    $400 Million
    Floyd Mayweather is a world-renowned American boxing champion and promoter. Floyd Mayweather's net worth is $400 million. That makes him the richest boxer of all time. Floyd's total career earnings, as of this writing, top $1.1 billion.
  20. 20
    Greg Norman

    Greg Norman Net Worth

    $400 Million
    Greg Norman is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $400 million. Greg Norman has earned the rank of number one golfer in the world on more than one occasion, holding the title on and off for a sum total of over 300 weeks.
  21. 21
    Jack Nicklaus

    Jack Nicklaus Net Worth

    $400 Million
    Jack Nicklaus is a retired American professional golfer who has a net worth of $400 million. Also known as "The Golden Bear" in golfing circles, Nicklaus is considered one of the greatest professional golfers in history. He is also one of the highest-earning athletes in history.
  22. 22
    Alex Rodriguez

    Alex Rodriguez Net Worth

    $350 Million
    Alex Rodriguez net worth and salary: Alex Rodriguez is an American former professional baseball player and television analyst who has a net worth of
  23. 23
    Dale Earnhardt Jr

    Dale Earnhardt Jr Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Dale Earnhardt, Jr. net worth, career earnings and salary: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is a retired American NASCAR driver and media personality who has a net worth of $300 million. He is a NASCAR team owner, author, and an analyst for NBC's NASCAR coverage.
  24. 24
    Fran Tarkenton

    Fran Tarkenton Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Fran Tarkenton Net Worth: Fran Tarkenton is a former NFL quarterback, television personality, and computer software executive who has a net worth of
  25. 25
    George Foreman

    George Foreman Net Worth

    $300 Million
    George Foreman is a retired American boxer and highly successful entrepreneur who has a net worth of $300 million. A two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Olympic Gold Medalist, multimillionaire entrepreneur and born-again Christian minister
  26. 26
    Hakeem Olajuwon

    Hakeem Olajuwon Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Hakeem Olajuwon is a retired Nigerian-American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $300 million. Hakeem Olajuwon played in the NBA for the Houston Rockets and Toronto Raptors, the former of which he led to back-to-back NBA championships in the mid-90s.
  27. 27
    Kevin Durant

    Kevin Durant Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Kevin Durant is an American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $300 million. Kevin is one of the highest paid players on and off the court. His $42 million NBA salary makes him one of the five highest-paid players in the league. His multiple lucrative endorsement deals allow him to earn tens of millions more each year.
  28. 28
    Lewis Hamilton

    Lewis Hamilton Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Lewis Hamilton is a British Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula One Team who has a net worth of $285 million. Hamilton is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the history of the sport.
  29. 29
    Paul Caddick

    Paul Caddick Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Paul Caddick Net Worth: Paul Caddick is a retired British rugby player who has a net worth of $300 million. Even though he was forced to cease his active rugby career in 1980, Caddick has never stopped his involvement with the
  30. 30
    Phil Mickelson

    Phil Mickelson Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Phil Mickelson net worth, career earnings and salary: Phil Mickelson is an American professional golfer who has a net worth of $300 million. He is an incredibly successful golfer, and belongs to the small minority of players in the history of golf to have won three of the four majors.
  31. 31
    Russell Westbrook

    Russell Westbrook Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Russell Westbrook net worth and salary: Russell Westbrook is an American professional basketball player who has a net worth of $300 million. He is one of the highest-paid athletes in the world both in terms of salary and endorsements.
  32. 32
    Serena Williams

    Serena Williams Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Serena Williams is a world champion retired professional tennis player who has a net worth of $300 million. Serena Williams is considered by many to be one of the best female tennis players of all time. She is the highest-earning female player by a mile.
  33. 33
    Tom Brady

    Tom Brady Net Worth

    $300 Million
    Tom Brady is an American retired professional football quarterback, spokesman, and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $300 million. That is a separate net worth from his former wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen who has a $400 million fortune on her own.
  34. 34
    Fernando Alonso

    Fernando Alonso Net Worth

    $260 Million
    Fernando Alonso is a Spanish racing driver who has raced in Formula One for Alpine, Renault, and McLaren, among others. Fernando Alonso has a net worth of $260 million. Every year he makes $40 million between earnings and endorsements.
  35. 35
    Gary Player

    Gary Player Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Gary Player net worth: Gary Player is a professional golfer who has a net worth of $250 million. In addition to his net worth, Player is one of
  36. 36
    Grant Hill

    Grant Hill Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Grant Hill net worth: Grant Hill is a retired American basketball player who has a net worth of $250 million. Grant Hill is one of the highest paid basketball
  37. 37
    Kimi Raikkonen

    Kimi Raikkonen Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Kimi Räikkönen is a Finnish racing driver who has a net worth of $250 million. At his peak it Kimi earned well over $50 million per year and was one of the highest-paid athletes in the world.
  38. 38
    Neymar

    Neymar Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Neymar net worth and salary: Neymar is a Brazilian football (soccer) player who has a net worth of $250 million. Widely considered one of the best players in the world, Neymar has played for teams
  39. 39
    Peyton Manning

    Peyton Manning Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Peyton Manning is an American NFL quarterback who has a net worth of $250 million. At the peak of his playing days, Peyton was one of the highest-paid celebrities in the world.
  40. 40
    Roger Goodell

    Roger Goodell Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Roger Goodell Net Worth and Salary: Roger Goodell is an American sports executive who has a net worth of $250 million. Roger Goodell earned his fortune as the Commissioner of the National Football League.
  41. 41
    Saul Alvarez

    Saul Alvarez Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Saul Alvarez, AKA "Canelo", is a professional Mexican boxer in the Light Middleweight division who has a net worth of $250 million. Canelo Alvarez is a four-division world champion who has been described as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the sport.
  42. 42
    Stephanie McMahon

    Stephanie McMahon Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Stephanie McMahon is an American corporate executive and former wrestling valet and wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment. As of this writing, Stephanie McMahon has a net worth of $250 million.
  43. 43
    Triple H

    Triple H Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Triple H is an American professional wrestler and actor who has a net worth of $250 million. That is a combined net worth with his wife, WWE heiress Stephanie McMahon.
  44. 44
    Wayne Gretzky

    Wayne Gretzky Net Worth

    $250 Million
    Wayne Gretzky is a Canadian-born retired professional hockey player and entrepreneur who has a net worth of $250 million. Widely considered to be one of the greatest hockey players of all time, he played in the NHL for 20 seasons from 1979 to 1999.
  45. 45
    Novak Djokovic

    Novak Djokovic Net Worth

    $240 Million
    Novak Djokovic net worth and career earnings: Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has a net worth of $240 million. Novak Djokovic is regarded as one of the best tennis players of all time thanks to a career filled with impressive victories.
  46. 46
    Manny Pacquiao

    Manny Pacquiao Net Worth

    $220 Million
    Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino boxer, actor, singer, endorser and politician. As of this writing, Manny Pacquiao's net worth is $220 million. Pacquiao is considered one of the best "pound for pound" boxers of all time. During his career, he has earned at least $500 million from fights and endorsements.
  47. 47
    Rafael Nadal

    Rafael Nadal Net Worth

    $220 Million
    Rafael Nadal is a Spanish professional tennis player who has a net worth of $220 million dollars. Regarded as one of the best tennis players of all time, Rafael Nadal has won countless tournaments over the years.
  48. 48
    Dave Whelan

    Dave Whelan Net Worth

    $210 Million
    Dave Whelan net worth: Dave Whelan is an English former professional soccer player who has a net worth of $210 Million. He was born in
  49. 49
    John Madden

    John Madden Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Boom! John Madden was a legendary NFL player, sportscaster and entrepreneur who had a net worth of $200 million at the time of his death. John Madden died on December 28, 2021 at the age of 85.
  50. 50
    Sachin Tendulkar

    Sachin Tendulkar Net Worth

    $200 Million
    Sachin Tendulkar is an Indian former professional cricketer who has a net worth of $200 million. Sachin Tendulkar served as captain of the Indian national team and is considered one of the greatest batsmen in the history of the sport.