Complete List of Forbes 100 highest-earning athletes for 2012 Dhoni earns more than Sachin Tendulkar

Complete List of Forbes 100 highest-earning athletes for 2012 Dhoni earns more than Sachin Tendulkar

Forbes Magazine has released its list of highest-earning athletes for year 2012.

Below is list of The World's 100 Highest-Paid Athletes.

1 Floyd Mayweather
Total earnings: $85 million

2 Manny Pacquiao
Total earnings: $62 million

3 Tiger Woods
Total earnings: $59.4 million

4 LeBron James
Total earnings: $53 million

5 Roger Federer
Total earnings: $52.7 million

6 Kobe Bryant
Total earnings: $52.3 million

7 Phil Mickelson
Total earnings: $47.8 million

8 David Beckham
Total earnings: $46 million

9 Cristiano Ronaldo
Total earnings: $42.5 million

10 Peyton Manning
Total earnings: $42.4 million

11 Lionel Messi
Total earnings: $39 million

12 Haloti Ngata
Total earnings: $37.3 million

13 Larry Fitzgerald
Total earnings: $36.8 million

14 Ndamukong Suh
Total earnings: $36 million

15 Charles Johnson
Total earnings: $34.4 million

16 Rafael Nadal
Total earnings: $33.2 million

17 [16 ] Mario Williams
Total earnings: $33.2 million

18 Alex Rodriguez
Total earnings: $33 million

19 Fernando Alonso
Total earnings: $32 million

20 Valentino Rossi
Total earnings: $30 million

21 [20] Michael Schumacher
Total earnings: $30 million

22 Darrelle Revis
Total earnings: $28.3 million

23 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Total earnings: $28.2 million

24 Wladimir Klitschko
Total earnings: $28 million

25 [24 ]Lewis Hamilton
Total earnings: $28 million

26 Maria Sharapova
Total earnings: $27.9 million

27 Sam Bradford
Total earnings: $27.8 million

28 Tom Brady
Total earnings: $27.1 million

29 Joe Mauer
Total earnings: $27 million

30 Eli Manning
Total earnings: $26.6 million

31 Mahendra Singh Dhoni

Total earnings: $26.5 million

32 [31] LaMarr Woodley
Total earnings: $26.5 million

33 Dwight Howard
Total earnings: $25.6 million

34 Kevin Durant
Total earnings: $25.5 million

35 Dwyane Wade
Total earnings: $24.7 million

36 Derek Jeter
Total earnings: $24.5 million

37 Wayne Rooney
Total earnings: $24.3 million

38 Mark Sanchez
Total earnings: $24.2 million

39 Ichiro Suzuki
Total earnings: $24 million

40 CC Sabathia
Total earnings: $23.8 million

41[40] Johan Santana
Total earnings: $23.8 million

42 Total earnings: $23.6 million
Salary/winnings: $13.6 million

43 Ben Roethlisberger
Total earnings: $23.3 million

44 Carmelo Anthony
Total earnings: $22.9 million

45 Mark Teixeira
Total earnings: $22.8 million

46 Amar'e Stoudemire
Total earnings: $22.7 million

47 Tony Stewart
Total earnings: $22.3 million

48 Luke Donald
Total earnings: $22.2 million

49 Vernon Wells
Total earnings: $22.1 million

50 Michael Vick
Total earnings: $22 million

51 Logan Mankins
Total earnings: $21.9 million

52 [51] Richard Seymour
Total earnings: $21.9 million

53 Jimmie Johnson
Total earnings: $21.5 million

54[53] Ryan Howard
Total earnings: $21.5 million

55[53 ]Adrian Peterson
Total earnings: $21.5 million

56 Jon Beason
Total earnings: $21.4 million

57 Kevin Garnett
Total earnings: $21.1 million

58 Matthew Stafford
Total earnings: $20.9 million

59 Miguel Cabrera
Total earnings: $20.8 million

60[59] Kaká
Total earnings: $20.8 million

61 Roy Halladay
Total earnings: $20.6 million

62[61 ]Novak Djokovic
Total earnings: $20.6 million

63 Usain Bolt
Total earnings: $20.3 million

64[63] D'Brickashaw Ferguson
Total earnings: $20.3 million

65 Sergio Aguero
Total earnings: $20.1 million

66 DeAngelo Williams
Total earnings: $19.9 million

67 Joe Thomas
Total earnings: $19.8 million

68 Fernando Torres
Total earnings: $19.6 million

69[68] Eric Berry
Total earnings: $19.6 million

70[68] Prince Fielder
Total earnings: $19.6 million

71 Ryan Kalil
Total earnings: $19.4 million

72 Chris Paul
Total earnings: $19.2 million

73 Yaya Touré
Total earnings: $19.1 million

74[73] Tim Duncan
Total earnings: $19.1 million

75 Miguel Cotto
Total earnings: $19 million

76 Barry Zito
Total earnings: $18.9 million

77 Robert Mathis
Total earnings: $18.7 million

78 Carlos Lee
Total earnings: $18.6 million

79[78] Sachin Tendulkar

Total earnings: $18.6 million

80[78 ]Lawrence Timmons
Total earnings: $18.6 million

81 Li Na
Total earnings: $18.4 million

82 Alfonso Soriano
Total earnings: $18.3 millio

83 [82] Torii Hunter
Total earnings: $18.3 million

84 Deron Williams
Total earnings: $18.2 million

85 Jonathan Joseph
Total earnings: $18.1 million

86 Darnell Dockett
Total earnings: $18 million

87 Matt Holliday
Total earnings: $17.6 million

88 Rashard Lewis
Total earnings: $17.5 million

89 [88] Justin Verlander
Total earnings: $17.5 million

90 [88] John Terry
Total earnings: $17.5 million

91 Carlos Zambrano
Total earnings: $17.4 million

92 [91] Albert Pujols
Total earnings: $17.4 million

93 [91] Ernie Els
Total earnings: $17.4 million

94 [91] Rory McIlroy
Total earnings: $17.4 million

95 Pau Gasol
Total earnings: $17.2 million

96 Russell Okung
Total earnings: $17.1 million

97 Steven Gerrard
Total earnings: $17 million

98 Carl Crawford
Total earnings: $16.9 million

99 Rolando McClain
Total earnings: $16.7 million

100 Jake Peavy
Total earnings: $16.6 million

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Tuesday, June 19, 2012

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