Top Ten Highest Paid Athlete In The World, No 2 Will Shock You

Cleveland's LeBron James, Warriors' duo Kevin Durant & Steve Curry and Houston's James Harden made it to the top ten of the Forbes magazine's list of highest-paid athletes. LeBron is 2nd only to footballer Cristiano Ronaldo in terms of earnings. KD comes 5th, Curry 8th while Harden is at 9th in the list.                        

Total Earnings | Pay - Endorsements  
1. Cristiano Ronaldo - $93M| $58M $35M

2. LeBron James - $86.2M| $31.2M
$55M

3. Lionel Messi $80M| $53M $27M

4. Roger Federer $64M| $6M $58M

5. Kevin Durant $60.6M |$26.6M $34M

6. Andrew Luck  $50M |$47M $3M

6. Rory McIlroy🏌 $50M |$16M $34M

8. Stephen Curry $47.3M| $12.3M $35M

9. James Harden $46.6M |$26.6M $20M

10.  Lewis Hamilton $46M| $38M $8M