
Of course, these athletes put it a lot of hard work to keep themselves at the top of their game. But nevertheless, if you love doing something, it doesn’t matter how hard it gets right? You will still love doing it.
Here are the 25 elite athletes who get paid millions for being good at their respective sport.
Gareth Bale (Soccer) $35.9m
Fernando Alonso (Racing) $36.5m
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Soccer) $37.4m
Neymar (Soccer) $37.5m
Rafael Nadal (Tennis) $37.5m
Philip Rivers (Football) $38m
Sebastian Vettel (Racing) $41m
Russell Wilson (Football) $41.8m
Rory McIlroy (Golf) $42.6m
Floyd Mayweather (Boxing) $44m
Tom Brady (Football) $44.1m
Joe Flacco (Football) $44.5m
Eli Manning (Football) $45m
Tiger Woods (Golf) $45.3m
Lewis Hamilton (Racing) $46m
Kobe Bryant (Basketball) $50m
Jordan Spieth (Golf) $52.8m
Phil Mickelson (Golf) $52.9m
Cam Newton (Football) $53.1m
Novak Djokovic (Tennis) $55.8m
Kevin Durant (Basketball) $56.2m
Roger Federer (Tennis) $67.8m
LeBron James (Basketball) $77.2m
Lionel Messi (Soccer) $81.4m
Cristiano Ronaldo (Soccer) $88m
What do you think of these highest paid athletes?
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