Forbes Highest Paid Athletes In The World. Guess Who's No.1

This is a list of the highest-paid athletes in the world for 2015 as ranked by Forbes magazine on their earnings.
Sortable table Rank Name Sport Nation Total

1. Floyd Mayweather Boxing United
States $300 million

2. Manny Pacquiao Boxing Philippines $160 million

3. Cristiano Ronaldo Football Portugal $79.6 million

4. Lionel Messi Football Argentina
$73.8 million

5. Roger Federer Tennis Switzerland $67 million

6. LeBron James Basketball United States $64.8 million

7. Kevin Durant Basketball United States
$54.1 million

8. Phil Mickelson Golf United States
$50.8 million

9. Tiger Woods Golf United States
$50.6 million

10. Kobe Bryant Basketball United States $49.5 million

11. Ben Roethlisberger American
football United States $48.9 million

12. Rory McIlroy Golf Northern Ireland
$48.3 million

13. Novak Djokovic Tennis Serbia $48.2 million

14. Zlatan Ibrahimović Football Sweden
$39.1 million

15. Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 England
$39 million

16. Ndamukong Suh American football United States $38.6 million

17. Fernando Alonso Formula 1 Spain $35.5 million

18. Gareth Bale Football Wales $35 million

19. Jon Lester Baseball United States
$34.1 million

20. Derrick Rose Basketball United States $33.9 million

21. Sebastian Vettel Formula 1 Germany
$33 million

22. Rafael Nadal Tennis Spain $32.5
million

23. Mahendra Singh Dhoni Cricket India $31
million

23. Neymar Football Brazil $31 million

25. Carmelo Anthony Basketball United
States $30.5 million

26. Maria Sharapova Tennis Russia $29.7 million

27. Carson Palmer American football United States $29 million

28. James Rodríguez Football Colombia
$29 million

29. J.J. Watt American football United States $27.9 million

30. Robinson Canó Baseball Dominican
Republic $27.6
million

31. Dwyane Wade Basketball United States $27.2 million

32. Peyton Manning American football United States $27 million

32. Kimi Räikkönen Formula 1 Finland
$27 million

34. Clayton Kershaw Baseball United States $26.9 million

34. Wayne Rooney Football England
$26.9 million

36. Gerald McCoy Americanfootball United States $26.7 million

37. Chris Paul Basketball United States $26.1 million

38. Radamel Falcao Football Colombia $25.9 million

38. Albert Pujols Baseball Dominican
Republic $25.9 million

40. Ryan Howard Baseball United States $25.6 million

41. Dwight Howard Basketball United States $25.5 million

42. Cliff Lee Baseball United States $25.2
million

43. Miguel Cabrera Baseball Venezuela
$25.1 million

44. Amar'e Stoudemire Basketball United
States $25 million

45. Sergio Agüero Football Argentina
$24.9 million

46. Blake Griffin Basketball United States
$24.7 million

47. Serena Williams Tennis United
States $24.6 million

48. Prince Fielder Baseball United States $24.3 million

49. Joe Johnson Basketball United States $24.2 million

50. Joe Mauer Baseball United States
$24 million

51. CC Sabathia Baseball United
States $23.9 million

52. Chris Bosh Basketball United
States $23.8 million

53. Zack Greinke Baseball United States $23.7 million

54. Eli Manning American football
United States $23.7 million

55. Dale Earnhardt, Jr. Auto racing United
States $23.6 million

56. Justin Verlander Baseball United States $23.4 million

57. Andy Dalton American football United States $23.3 million

58. Masahiro Tanaka Baseball Japan $23
million

58. Mark Teixeira Baseball United
States $23 million

60. Félix Hernández Baseball Venezuela
$22.9 million

61. Cole Hamels Baseball United States $22.7 million

61. Jimmie Johnson Auto racing United States $22.7 million

63. Wladimir Klitschko Boxing Ukraine
$22.5 million

64. Andy Murray Tennis Scotland $22.3
million

65. Matt Kemp Baseball United States $22.2 million

66. LeSean McCoy American football United States $22.1 million

67. Drew Brees American football United States $22 million

68. Tony Romo American football United States $22 million

69. Adrian Gonzalez Baseball United States $21.5 million

70. Jacoby Ellsbury Baseball United States $21.4 million

71. Tyron Smith American football United States $21.4 million

72. Deron Williams Basketball United States $21.3 million

73. Usain Bolt Track and field Jamaica
$21 million

74. Luis Suárez Football Uruguay $21 million

75. Matt Cain Baseball United States $20.8 million

76. David Wright Baseball United States $20.8 million

77. Carl Crawford Baseball United States
$20.7 million

78. Jayson Werth Baseball United States $20.6 million

79. Cesc Fàbregas Football Spain $20.3
million

80. Hanley Ramírez Baseball Dominican
Republic $20.3 million

81. Russell Westbrook Basketball United
States $20.3 million

82. Justin Rose Golf England $20.2
million

83. Yaya Touré Football Ivory Coast $20 million

84. Rudy Gay Basketball United States $19.9 million

85. Jordan Spieth Golf United States $19.8 million

86. Adam Wainwright Baseball United States $19.8 million

87. Frank Lampard Football England
$19.7 million

88. Kevin Love Basketball United States
$19.7 million

89. David Ortiz Baseball Dominican Republic $19.7 million

90. Eden Hazard Football Belgium $19.6 million

91. Alex Smith American football United States $19.6 million

92. Kei Nishikori Tennis Japan $19.5
million

93. Devin McCourty American football United States $19.3 million

94. Mesut Özil Football Germany $19.3
million

95. Aaron Rodgers American football United States $19.1 million

96. Billy Horschel Golf United States $19 million

97. Jeremy Lin Basketball United States $18.9 million

98. Maurkice Pouncey American football United States $18.9 million

99. Max Scherzer Baseball United States $18.9 million

100. James Harden Basketball United States $18.8 million