Top 25 paid athletes - list from Forbes magazine

Rank Name Pay ($mil) Country Of Birth Residence
1 Tiger Woods 80.3 United States United States
2 Michael Schumacher 80.0 Germany Switzerland
3 Peyton Manning 42.0 United States United States
4 Michael Jordan 35.0 United States United States
5 Shaquille O'Neal 31.9 United States United States
6 Kevin Garnett 29.7 United States United States
7 Andre Agassi 28.2 United States United States
8 David Beckham 28.0 Great Britain Spain
9 Alex Rodriguez 26.2 United States United States
10 Kobe Bryant 26.1 United States United States
11 Grant Hill 25.9 United States United States
12 Derek Jeter 23.2 United States United States
13 Barry Bonds 22.7 United States United States
14 Manny Ramirez 22.1 Dominican Republic United States
15 Oscar De La Hoya 22.0 United States United States
16 LeBron James 21.1 United States United States
17 Vince Carter 20.2 United States United States
18 Dale Earnhardt Jr 20.1 United States United States
19 Arnold Palmer 20.0 United States United States
20 Phil Mickelson 19.8 United States United States
21 Allen Iverson 19.7 United States United States
22 Champ Bailey 19.6 United States United States
23 Jeff Gordon 19.3 United States United States
24 Lance Armstrong 19.2 United States United States
25 Tracy McGrady 19.0 United States United States