Top 10 highest-paid athlete in the world in 2020.

The importance of sports has increased a lot in today's era. In these competitions, the Olympic games, commonwealth games, asin games are major competitions. Today, through various competitions, many players have made their mark in front of the world on the strength of their skills.

Through this article, we will talk about the top 10 highest-paid athletes. You will also be surprised to see the earnings of these players.

Here you will get to know the total earnings of these top 10 athletes, their respective sport, their citizenship, and also know the important interesting facts about them.

1. Roger Federer ( Athlete Tennis) - 

• $106.3M ( as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Tennis
• Salary/ Winnings - $6.3M
• Endorsements - $100M
• Citizenship - Switzerland
• Age - 38
• Marital status - Married
• He founded the Roger Federer Foundation which helps in sport and education in southern Africa.

2. Cristiano Ronaldo ( Athlete Soccer)

• $105M earnings ( as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Soccer
• Salary / Winnings - $60M
• Endorsements - $45M
• Citizenship - Portugal
• Age - 35
• Marital status - Single
• He got the name Ronaldo on the name of former US president Roald Reagan.

3.Lionel Messi ( Athlete Soccer ) -

• $ 104M earnings( as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Soccer 
• Salary / Winnings - $72M
• Endorsements - $32M
• Citizenship - Argentina
• Age - 32
• Marital status - Married
• He has won FIFA world player of the year four times.

4. Neymar( Athlete Soccer )

• $95.5M earnings( as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Soccer 
• Salary / Winnings - $70.5 M
• Endorsements - $25M
• Citizenship- Brazil
• Age - 28 
• Marital status - Single
• Neymar completed his 100th goal on his 20th birthday on the 5th Feb. 2012.

5.Lebron James ( Athlete NBA)-

• $88.2M earnings( as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Basketball
• Salary / Winnings - #28.2M
• Endorsements - $60M
• Citizenship - United States
• Age - 35
• Marital status - Married
• Lebron James was a big supporter of Obama at that time.

6.Stephen Curry ( Athlete NBA)-

• $ 74.4 M earnings(as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Basketball
• Salary / Winnings - $30.4M
• Endorsements - $44M 
• Citizenship- United States
• Age - 32
• Marital status - Married

7.Kevin Durant ( Athlete NBA)-

• $63.9M earnings(as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Basketball
• Salary / Winnings - $28.9M
• Endorsements - $35M
• Citizenship- U.S.A
• Age - 31
• Marital status - Single

8.Tiger Woods ( Athlete PGA ) -

• $ 62.3 M earnings ( as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Golf
• Salary / Winnings - $2.3M
• Endorsements - $60M
• Citizenship - U.S.A.
• Age - 44
• Marital status - Divorced
• He generally wears a Red color t-shirt because his mother told him that Red is a power color.

9.Kirk Cousins ( Athlete NFL)-

• $60.5 M earnings( as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Football
• Salary /Winnings - $58M
• Endorsements - $2.5M
• Citizenship - United States
• Age 31
• Marital status - Married

10.Carson Wentz( Athlete NFL)-

• $59.1M earnings(as of 22/05/2020)
• Sources of wealth - Football
• Salary / Winnings - $55.1M
• Endorsements - $4M
• Citizenship - U.S.A
• Age - 27
• Marital status - Married

Sports have always been an integral part of our life, But only through sports can our physical and mental development be achieved. Only through sports the qualities of discipline, leadership, solidarity, sportsmanship, etc. develop in us.

Legendary players like  Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Sachin Tendulkar, Serena Williams, P.V. Sindhu have also set new records in front of the world by their sportsmanship.

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