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Highest-paid athletes of all time

Sportico ranks the top earners in sports history by total career income. Michael Jordan leads the pack at $4.5B. Tiger Woods sits second with $2.88B, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo at third with $2.52B. LeBron James takes fourth place at $2.03B, while Lionel Messi is fifth with $1.99B. Arnold Palmer holds sixth at $1.85B, just ahead of Jack Nicklaus in seventh at $1.83B. David Beckham is eighth with $1.68B, and Roger Federer is ninth with $1.67B. Floyd Mayweather rounds out the top ten at $1.57B. Phil Mickelson is eleventh at $1.53B, followed by Michael Schumacher at twelfth with $1.42B. Shaquille O'Neal is thirteenth at $1.32B, with Neymar fourteenth at $1.24B. Greg Norman is fifteenth at $1.21B, Kevin Durant sixteenth at $1.18B, and Kobe Bryant seventeenth at $1.13B. Lewis Hamilton is eighteenth at $1.08B, Stephen Curry nineteenth at $1.06B, and Mike Tyson twentieth at $1.00B. Tom Brady is twenty-first at $890M. Canelo Álvarez and Rory McIlroy are tied for twenty-second and twenty-third at $870M each. Manny Pacquiao is twenty-fourth at $815M, and Peyton Manning is twenty-fifth at $810M.

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Highest-paid athletes of all time

Sportico ranks the top earners in sports history by total career income. Michael Jordan leads the pack at $4.5B. Tiger Woods sits second with $2.88B, followed by Cristiano Ronaldo at third with $2.52B. LeBron James takes fourth place at $2.03B, while Lionel Messi is fifth with $1.99B. Arnold Palmer holds sixth at $1.85B, just ahead of Jack Nicklaus in seventh at $1.83B. David Beckham is eighth with $1.68B, and Roger Federer is ninth with $1.67B. Floyd Mayweather rounds out the top ten at $1.57B. Phil Mickelson is eleventh at $1.53B, followed by Michael Schumacher at twelfth with $1.42B. Shaquille O'Neal is thirteenth at $1.32B, with Neymar fourteenth at $1.24B. Greg Norman is fifteenth at $1.21B, Kevin Durant sixteenth at $1.18B, and Kobe Bryant seventeenth at $1.13B. Lewis Hamilton is eighteenth at $1.08B, Stephen Curry nineteenth at $1.06B, and Mike Tyson twentieth at $1.00B. Tom Brady is twenty-first at $890M. Canelo Álvarez and Rory McIlroy are tied for twenty-second and twenty-third at $870M each. Manny Pacquiao is twenty-fourth at $815M, and Peyton Manning is twenty-fifth at $810M.

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