I “PAPERONI” DELLO
SPORT MONDIALE

Classifica mercato
professionistico USA

1. Tiger Woods – Golf
$99,737,626* 

2. Phil Mickelson – Golf
$52,950,356

3. LeBron James –
Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA/basket) $42,410,581

4. Alex Rodriguez – New
York Yankees (MLB/baseball) $39,000,000

5. Shaquille O’Neal –
Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA/basket) 35,000,000

6. Kevin Garnett – Boston
Celtics (NBA/basket) $34,750,000

7. Kobe Bryant – Los
Angeles Lakers (NBA/basket) $31,262,500

8. Allen Iverson – Detroit
Pistons (NBA/basket) $28,937,500

9. Derek Jeter – New York
Yankees (MLB/baseball) $28,500,000

10. Peyton Manning –
Indianapolis Colts (NFL/football americano) $27,000,000

• valori in USD
• 5 atleti provengono dal basket, 2 dal golf
  (che presenta i primi due della classifica per revenues), due dal
  baseball, uno dal football americano. Nella classifica dei primi 10 non ci
  sono atleti dell’hockey (NHL).

fonte: Elaborazione
Sporteconomy su dati “Forbes”

Classifica
Internazionale (ad esclusione degli atleti statunitensi)

1. David Beckham – L.A.
Galaxy (MLS/GB/soccer) $45,200,000*

2. Kimi Räikkönen –
Ferrari team (F1/FIN) $40,100,000

3. Manny Pacquiao – Boxe
(VIE) $40,000,000

4. Lionel Messi – F.c.
Barcellona (LIGA/ARG) $39,900,000

5. Fernando Alonso – Renault
(F1/SPA) e Valentino Rossi – Yamaha (MotoGP/ITA) $35,000,000

7. Yao Ming – Houston
Rockets (NBA/-baske-tCHI) $33,070,550

8. Lewis Hamilton – Mc
Laren (F1/GB) $32,800,000

9. Roger Federer – Tennis
(SVI) $29,561,341

10. Vijay Singh – Golf
(FIJ) $28,681,028

11. Ronaldinho – Milan
(Calcio/BRA) $27,400,000

12. Cristiano Ronaldo –
Real Madrid (Calcio/POR) $25,500,000

13. Sergio García – Golf
(SPA) $24,976,830

14. Thierry Henry – F.c.
Barcellona (Calcio/FRA) $23,700,000

15. Ichiro Suzuki –
Seattle Mariners (MLB/-baseball – GIA) $22,500,000

16. Dirk Nowitzki – Dallas
Mavericks (NBA/-basket – GER) $22,077,904

17. Maria Sharapova –
Tennis (RUS) $21,937,879

18. Jenson Button – Brawn
GP (F1/GB) e Kaká Real Madrid (Calcio/BRA) $21,100,000

20. Zlatan Ibrahimovic –
Inter (Calcio/SVE) $19,500,000

* dati in USD

fonte: Elaborazione
Sporteconomy su dati Forbes