Ryan has a five year $103.75 million contract with a $28 million guaranteed signing bonus. He has earned $43.8 million as of June of this year. Ryan is the all time leader in passing yards for the Falcons as of last year. However, Ryan has never won the Falcons a Superbowl, making it to the playoffs in some of his seasons but never making it to the Superbowl. Ryan has only won one postseason game in his career with the Falcons and finished his 2013 season at 4-12. It is arguable that his very expensive contract may not be the best decision.
9. Rafael Nadal (Tennis)
Nadal has $44.5 million in earnings, $30 million of which is from endorsements. He was ranked Number 1 in the world in 2013, winning two grand slams, and in 2014 was a runner up in the Australian Open, won the French Open for the ninth time, making $14.5 million in prize money alone. Tennis is not a contract or team sport, so you get payed if you win an important tournament and in endorsements. Tennis players who make a lot of money are unquestionably good.
8. Phil Mickelson (PGA)
Phil makes almost $50 million in endorsements alone. In total as of June 2014 he makes $53.2 million. He has 42 PGA wins, and 5 major titles. Mickelson is not the golfer he used to be at the certainly old for sports age of 44.
7. Roger Federer (Tennis)
Federer has won the most single titles ever in tennis at 17. He also has the record for the most career prize money earnings. Between 2005 and 2010, he was in 18/19 of the Grand Slam Titles. He also gets $52 million in endorsements.Like Nadal, Federer is only really payed if he wins, he doesn't get a salary to play on a team. His earnings are well deserved.
6. Tiger Woods (PGA)
Woods makes $55 million in endorsements, and has made only $6.2 million in winnings alone as of June 2014. Woods' career took a big hit when he had back surgery in March, and he didn't appear in the Masters for the first time since 1994. Personal problems also effected Woods' many endorsements, making him less money around that time. Tiger hasn't been doing as well recently as he has done in past years but still is an amazing golfer.
5. Kobe Bryant (NBA)
He had the highest salary in the NBA in the 2013-14 season for the fourth year in a row at $30.5 million, almost $8 million higher than the next highest payed player. Bryant has won the NBA championship 5 times, but none since 2010. On the NBA's all time leading scoring list, Bryant is fourth. Despite missing most of the 2013-14 season his jersey still was the third most bought jersey in the NBA.
4. Lionel Messi (La Liga)
Messi won the Ballon d’Or four years in a row and is Barcelona, UEFA, and La Liga's all time leading goal scorer. Messi also won three European Golden Shoe Awards, the first person to ever do that. His salary is $41.7 million and earns $23 million in endorsements. He recently signed a contract that will earn him $50 million a year until 2019. He also has his own shoe with Adidas.
3. LeBron James (NBA)
LeBron's salary is only $19.2 million but he makes $53 million in endorsements. He has four MVP awards and won the NBA championship two years in a row with the Miami Heat. He has signature Nike shoes and helped sell Beats to Apple. In total, he made $72.3 million in total
2. Christiano Ronaldo (La Liga)
In 2013, after being named most valuable player in the world in sports for the second time, he signed a $200 million five year contract with his club Real Madrid. His current salary is $52 million and he makes $28 million in endorsements such as Nike, with which he has a signature shoe. He has won three Premier League titles and one La Liga, his current league.
1. Floyd Mayweather (Boxing)
Even with no endorsements, Mayweather's salary earnings are more than every other athletes at $105 million. According to forbes.com, "His September 2013 fight against Canelo Alvarez set records for highest PPV gross ($150 million), live gate ($20 million) and total revenue (roughly $200 million)." For one fight, he earned $32 million guaranteed just to fight. He has won ten world titles.
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