Boxing Champion Floyd Mayweather Emerges The World’s Highest-Paid Athlete For 2014 SEE Full List Now

Floyd Mayweather is proving Boxing Is still very lucrative when you’re the best in the world. The undefeated American boxer

ranks atop ESPN’s annual list of highest-paid athletes. 

The Top 25 for 2014 was released yesterday, which is based purely on guaranteed salaries and prize money. For boxers who made the cut, the totals are based on the guaranteed minimum for their 2014 fights. Endorsement deals are not included for any athletes.

 Here’s the complete list from

ESPN’s Top-Paid Athletes in the World

Rank	Athlete	League	Salary
1	Floyd Mayweather Jr.	WBA/WBC	$73.5 M
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	La Liga	$50.2 M
3	Lionel Messi	La Liga	$50.1 M
4	Aaron Rodgers	NFL	$40 M
5	Zlatan Ibrahimovic	Ligue 1	$35 M
6	Matthew Stafford	NFL	$31.5 M
7	Tom Brady	NFL	$31 M
8	Kobe Bryant	NBA	$30.5 M
T-9	Matt Ryan	NFL	$30 M
T-9	Joe Flacco	NFL	$30 M
11	Zack Greinke	MLB	$28 M
T-12	Fernando Alonso	Formula One	$27.5 M
T-12	Lewis Hamilton	Formula One	$27.5 M
14	Tony Romo	NFL	$26.5 M
15	Wayne Rooney	EPL	$26 M
T-16	Ryan Howard	MLB	$25 M
T-16	Calvin Johnson	NFL	$25 M
T-16	Cliff Lee	MLB	$25 M
T-16	Peyton Manning	NFL	$25 M
T-20	Robinson Cano	MLB	$24 M
T-20	Prince Fielder	MLB	$24 M
T-20	Wladimir Klitschko	WBA/IBF/WBO	$24 M
23	Cole Hamels	MLB	23.5 M
24	Mark Teixeira	MLB	$23.1 M
T-25	Joe Mauer	MLB	$23 M
T-25	Albert Pujols	MLB	$23 M
T-25	CC Sabathia	MLB	$23 M

 Salary in Millions