Tiger Woods Once Again Tops Forbes’ List of Highest-Paid Athletes

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Published: June 5, 2013

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Tiger Woods is once again earning and burning. The No. 1 golfer in the world just topped Forbes' list of highest-paid athletes. 

In a remarkable turn from where he was just a couple years ago, Woods has once again found his game and gotten deals from sponsors that have made him a very rich individual.

Here is the top five from an extensive list you can view over at Forbes. 

Tiger Woods - $78.1 million  Roger Federer - $71.5 million  Kobe Bryant - $61.9 million  LeBron James - $59.8 million  Drew Brees - $51 million  Before we get to how remarkable Woods' triumphant return to the money leader spot has been, let's delve into some interesting aspects of this list. 

The total Forbes settles on for each athlete is a simple addition of their salary/winnings and endorsements for the year. Woods took his $13.1 million in winnings and dumped them on top of a mountain of endorsements that totaled $65 million.



While individual sports and their athletes pepper nicely throughout the list, football, basketball and soccer do very well for their respective stars.

Of the top 20 athletes, five are from the NFL and four represent the NBA, while soccer chimes in with three in the upper echelon of earners.

Despite his persona as someone made of money, Floyd Mayweather comes in at No. 14 on the list. Although, something tells me he isn't hurting with $34 million in winnings. 



Baseball, in all its rising popularity, only welcomes one athlete to the top 20 on the list. It's Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez (No. 18), who is currently being dragged through PED mud once again. 

As for Woods, Forbes' Kurt Badenhausen has a full report on the golfer who was struck with a great deal of personal tumult in 2009 and lost many sponsors as a result.

As the report states, Woods "lost five sponsors, $50 mil...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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