Top 10 Highest Paid Sports in The World 2017

Sport is really becoming one of the most practise activities in the world,Though it varies in different form it remain very beneficial to practice and help improve personal development.Everybody is involve in sport,wether walking or run even sleep is still known as sport.You can list the rest as far as a mostle is involve either at rest or not.
Here we shall be talking about sport in general but more specifically money involved sport activities,That is not just people practising for pleasure or personal development but for their financial outcome.To cut it short and make it clear we refer to them as Sport Games.
So let's have a look at the top highest sports game in the world!

10. 👉Cycling🚵

When Andy Murray won the men's singles at Wimbledon last summer, he pocketed £2 million for just 15 hours and 52 minutes play, or around £125,000 an hour. Whiles Charles Minthorn Murphy covered a Mile under A minute and earned his nickname “Mile-a-Minute Murphy”.Cycling is counted among one of the most active sport in the world.It holds many cyclist tournament like the ''Tour de France'' ,Beside cyclist also earn great deals from their endorser like the famous Lance Armstrong who took the 9th position as richest player in 2010 with an income of $28 million. So many type of cycling exist with huge amount of money involve in competitions

9. 👉Baseball ⚾

One of the huge sports  practice in USA.This game was  once stated by Jayson Stark a Sport columnist "a unique paragon of American culture” and still remain a major game in USA.With more than 2.1 Million participants and a large fan band this games is very popular with native Americans.

The America baseball player Cecil Fielder was place 8th in the Forbes highest earning athletes in the late 1993 with and income of $12.7 million,this was followed by Alex Rodriguez,7th place in richest players 2013 with $26 million income.

Most fans of this game wear beautiful baseball caps and the Rack are sometimes being collected by as antiquity especially when belong to famous player so as to resell at higher prices.This Games is classified as 9th in our list

8. 👉Ice hockey ⛸

Fast-paced physical sport, Ice Hockey, often nickname “The Fastest Game on Earth”. Ice hockey is widely known among one of the highest paying sports in the world as the participants have frequently achieved decent positions in the Forbes list of Richest Players. The Legendary ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky achieved the 5th place  in 1994 with a total income of $13.5 million. He again achieved the 10th place in 1995  income of $14.5 million. Canadian ice hockey player Joe Sakic achieved the 9th place  of Richest Players in 1997 with  17.9 million. Russian international ice hockey player Sergei Federov achieved the 3rd place in 1998 with $29.8 million  income.

7. 👉Tennis🎾

One of the most popular recreational sports played by millions worldwide. WTA tours are counted among the highest paying tournaments in the world as the tennis players have frequently achieved positions in the Forbes list of Richest Players with interesting endorsement from Rolex and Many other partner. Legendary tennis player Andre Agassi achieved the 6th place in the list in 1992  total income of $11 million. Jim Courier achieved the 9th place in the of Richest Players in 1993 income of $12.6 million. Recent days’ legendary tennis star Roger Federer achieved the 6th place  list of Richest Players in 2008 with $35 million total income, in 2010 with $43 million total income and again in 2013 with $71.5 million total income.

6. 👉Soccer⚽

You will surely remember the English football player David Beckham who first achieved the 8th place in the Forbes list in 2004 with a total income of $28 million. same achieved the 7th place in the list in 2005 with a total income of $32.5 million and  6th place in the Forbes list of Richest Players in 2007 with $33 million. Brazilian soccer star Ronaldinho achieved the 9th place in the list in 2007 with $31million. David Beckham again achieved the 2nd place in the Forbes list of Richest Players in 2008 with a total income of $50 million. Last year, Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo achieved the 2nd place in the 2014 Forbes list of richest players with a total income of $80 million. Another legendary Argentine footballer Lionel Messi also achieved the 4th place in the list last year with a total income of $64.7 million.

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5. 👉American   Football🏈

If you think football is for girls,try American Football counted as one of the highest paying sports in the world as  players frequently achieved position in the Forbes list of Richest Players. Joe Montana first achieved the 7th place in the Forbes list in 1992  income of $9.5 million. American Football player Deion Sanders achieved the 3rd place in the list in 1995 income of $22.5 million. Famous NFL participant Peyton Manning achieved the 3rd place in the Forbes list of Richest Players in 2004 with $42 million. Michael Vick achieved the 4th 2005 with $37.5 million. Another famous NFL star, Tom Brady, achieved the 9th place in the Forbes list of Richest Players in 2006  total income of $29 million.

4. 👉Golf👨

The Legendary golfer are one of the most successful athletes of any genre, Tiger Woods, still holds the history of achieving the first place in Forbes list of Richest Players, a record eleven times. He also topped the Forbes list in 2002 with $69 million, in 2003 with $78 million, in 2004 with $80.3 million, in 2005 with $87 million, in 2006 with $90 million, in 2007 with $100 million, in 2008 with $115 million, in 2009 with $110 million, in 2010 with $105 million, in 2011 with $75 million and again in 2013 with a total income of $78.1 million. Long before Tiger Woods’ achievements, Jack Nickalus achieved the 3rd place in the list of richest players by Forbes in 1994 with $14.8 million and the same year Arnold Palmer also achieved the 4th place in the list with a total income of $13.6 million.

3. 👉Auto racing🚙

The Many events of auto racing such as the Grand Prix of Formula1 or Nascar are also considered among the highest paying events in the sports universe. The great involvement of risks is compromised by great winning amounts and several endorsements of reputed brands. F1 legend Michael Schumacher achieved the first place of the Forbes list of Richest Players in 1999 with  income of $49 million and again achieved the same in 2000 with $59 million. Long before that, Auto Racing driver Ayrton Senna achieved the 3rd place of Forbes list of Richest Players in 1992 with $22 million and the same year Nigel Mansell also achieved the 4th place in the list with  $14.5 million.

2. 👉Boxing

the most dangerous sports of modern days also counted among the very best paying sporting event. Well-known boxers earn huge amounts as their tournament prize money as they also get good amounts of profit from Pay-Per-View commissions, betting and endorsements. Legendary boxer like the big Mike Tyson first topped the Forbes list of Richest Players in 1991 with $28.6 million and repeated the same in 1996 with a total income of $75 million. Former international boxer Evander Holyfield topped the Forbes list of Richest Players with $60.5 million in 1992. After a short break as a contribution of the boxer in the Forbes list of Richest Players, Floyd Mayweather topped the list with $85 million income in 2012 and again achieved the first place in 2014 with $105 million income.

1. 👉Basketball🏀

the Famous basketball tournaments such as the NBA are well known as some of the highest paying events of the world. These participants get huge amounts of salary from their respected teams, as they also earn in millions from numerous of their endorsements 3rd party. They have their signature shoes and jerseys to boost their yearly income. The Basketball player Michael Jordan tops the Forbes list of Richest Players with $35.9 million in 1992, $36.0 million in 1993, $30.01 million in 1994, $43.9 million in 1995, $78.3 million in 1997 and $69 million in 1998. Another legendary basketball player Shaquille O’Neal achieved the 6th place in the Forbes list of Richest Players with $15.2 million in 1993 and again achieved the 2nd place in the list with $16.7 million in 1994.

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