According to sports finance specialist portal Sportico, four American basketball players and a Mexican athlete are in the top 10 with the best payouts.
Ang NBA this is one of the best leagues in the world, because of the quality of its players, the show it builds around its game or because of the finances it manages. The proof of the latter is that they own the highest paid athlete of the 2021/22 season, LeBron Jamesas revealed by sports finance portal Sportico.
the player of Los Angeles Lakers he earned $ 126.9 million dollars last year. In all that, $ 41.1 is from his team’s salary. thus added the most lucrative shoe deals to active NBA playersplus sponsorships and commercial agreements including Walmart, GMC, AT&T, PepsiCo and Crypto.com.
About the 2021 rankingthe American climb four places, as it is positioned in fifth place on the table. The leadership was then held by a martial arts fighter conor mcgregor.
But the NBA not just one player is in the top 10, but whatea added James to Stephen Curry (6th) with $ 86.2, Kevin Durant (7th) earns $ 85.9 and James Harden (9th) with $ 76 million dollars. Between the four they reached a total of $ 375M.
Canelo Álvarez, among the 5 best payouts
Mexican Saúl Canelo Álvarez was placed in 5th position of the ranking. He was assigned his $ 89 million highest paid boxeron top Tyson Fury ($ 69M) at Jake Paul ($ 37M).
The women in the ranking
to women, only two tennis players make up the list from Sportico. Naomi Osakathe best paid, dropped to 20th place with $ 53.2M and Serena Williams ($ 35.3M) fell to 52.
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Source: Tycsports
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