Top Sports Earners for 2003-2004

According to Forbes

*in millions
1) Tiger Woods 80.3
2) Michael Schumacher 80.0
3) Peyton Manning 42.0
4) Michael Jordan 35.0
5) Shaquille O'Neal 31.9
6) Kevin Garnett 29.7
7) Andre Agassi 28.2
8) David Beckham 28.0
9) Alex Rodriguez 26.2
10) Kobe Bryant 26.1
11) Grant Hill 25.9
12) Derek Jeter 23.2
13) Barry Bonds 22.7
14) Manny Ramirez 22.1
15) Oscar De La Hoya 22.0
16) LeBron James 21.1
17) Vince Carter 20.2
18) Dale Earnhardt Jr. 20.1
19) Arnold Palmer 20.0
20) Phil Mickelson 19.8
21) Allen Iverson 19.7
22) Champ Bailey 19.6
23) Jeff Gordon 19.3
24) Lance Armstrong 19.2
25) Tracy McGrady 19.0
26) Ronaldo 18.5
27) Carlos Delgado 18.0
28) Ichiro Suzuki 17.8
29) Randy Johnson 17.5
30) Mike Piazza 17.3
31) Jevon Kearse 17.2
32) Sammy Sosa 17.0
33) Pedro Martinez 16.8
34) Jason Giambi 16.6
35) Lavar Arrington 16.5
36) Brian Urlacher 16.4
37) Carson Palmer 16.3
38) Greg Norman 16.2
39) Ernie Els 16.1
40) Ralf Schumacher 16.0
41) Jason Kidd 15.9
42) Zinedine Zidane 15.8
43) Yao Ming 15.7
44) Grant Wistrom 15.6
45) Shawn Green 15.5
46) Charles Rogers 15.4
47) Rasheed Wallace 15.3
48) Kevin Brown 15.2
49) Anfernee Hardaway 15.1
50) Andre Miller 15.0

It's pretty sad when

11) Grant Hill 25.9

hasn't done anything in several seasons due to injury, yet he's still that high on the list.

No hockey players though, which isn't that all surprising.

Grant Wistrom?


What the hell?

Holy **** Tiger beat Michael :eek:

Holy **** Tiger beat Michael :eek:

Has to be the 1st time in years Schumi isin't 1.

Holy **** Tiger beat Michael :eek:


Ain't that surprised...with all the times Tiger has won at a tournament,has his own shoes,clubs and video game,I was expecting Tiger as #1.

Ain't that surprised...with all the times Tiger has won at a tournament,has his own shoes,clubs and video game,I was expecting Tiger as #1.

I was really surprised. A few years ago, TSN reported that Schumacher made 277 million CDN (!) during that year.

When you see the first soccer player is David Beckham, I only have one thing to say : :eek:

Way too many golf and NBA players if you ask me.

Beckham made a video game,and that brings in a lot of money.

Way too many golf and NBA players if you ask me.

Endorcements...

I've never heard of about thirty of those guys.

Payton Manning? Alex Ramirez? Derek Jeter?
My guess is that all those I've never heard of are football or baseball players.

Way too many golf and NBA players if you ask me.you don't see many other athletes get signed to multimillion dollar shoe deals and such

I've never heard of about thirty of those guys.

Payton Manning? Alex Ramirez? Derek Jeter?
My guess is that all those I've never heard of are football or baseball players.
I love your avatar, I just bought the box set last week.

I've never heard of about thirty of those guys.

Payton Manning? Alex Ramirez? Derek Jeter?
My guess is that all those I've never heard of are football or baseball players.

Manning- Football
Jeter- Baseball
Alex Ramirez, don't know who you're talking about. Alex Rodriguez or Manny Ramirez? Either way, they're both baseball players.

I love your avatar, I just bought the box set last week.

It's from my all time favorite episode from the all time best Sitcom.

Nothing beats the Episode with the Germans, even though a few come close


I still haven't gotten around to buying it on DVD but I'll probably do it this summer, my old VCR tape is starting to wear out.

Way too many golf and NBA players if you ask me.

Agreed.

For God's sake, how is it possible that those idlers with golf earn so much money. Luckily a guy like Lance Armstrong makes a decent living as well otherwise you would put a bullet in your head right now because of sadness.

According to Forbes

*in millions
11) Grant Hill 25.9
37) Carson Palmer 16.3
40) Ralf Schumacher 16.0
49) Anfernee Hardaway 15.1


The biggest question marks in my book belong to those 4 gentlemen. Grant Hill hasn't at least played 20 games a season, since what 4...5...6...years?

Didn't Kitna got most starts for the Bengals? Palmer $16 MIO??? :shakehead

R.Schumacher is only a shadow of his brother, why does he get this boat load of money?

Penny ain't the same player, since leaving the Magic.

It's from my all time favorite episode from the all time best Sitcom.

Nothing beats the Episode with the Germans, even though a few come close


I still haven't gotten around to buying it on DVD but I'll probably do it this summer, my old VCR tape is starting to wear out.

I'll agree with you on all-time best sitcom but I prefer "A Touch of Class" as my favourite episode.

Did anyone see the top 100 most valuable team sports franchises (monetarily speaking) in North America that came out about 4 years ago? 8 of the top 10 teams were NFL teams. Of the top 100 only two NHL teams (Rangers and Red Wings) made the top 100. The Wings were around 40th while the Rangers were 87th.

Surprises:

Only three soccer players? I guess the big money really is in America.

Ralf Schumacher is the second best paid Formula 1 driver? Willi Weber (the manager of Schumacher bros) seems to be very good negotiator because Ralf isn't even one of the top five drivers - M. Schumacher, Räikkönen, Montoya, Alonso and Webber are definitely better than Ralf. And maybe even Trulli. I wonder how much do they get?

kinda sad when Carson Palmer is on the list and he hasn't played a single game yet.

Surprises:

Only three soccer players? I guess the big money really is in America.

Ralf Schumacher is the second best paid Formula 1 driver? Willi Weber (the manager of Schumacher bros) seems to be very good negotiator because Ralf isn't even one of the top five drivers - M. Schumacher, Räikkönen, Montoya, Alonso and Webber are definitely better than Ralf. And maybe even Trulli. I wonder how much do they get?

And all three play for Real Madrid. I guess they're the only ones willing to shell out large sums of money for their superstars.

BTW, Zidane Zinedine is way underpayed at 15.8 million IMO.

I would think that some of the guys like Manning and Kearse are only that high due to their signing bonuses.

Surprised that Agassi was the only tennis player on the list.

No hockey players and the league is in the worst financial state...how?

How the HELL does Schumacher make $80 million?

No hockey players and the league is in the worst financial state...how?

Most of the players on the list made half or more of their money from endorsements, etc....it's not as if this is talking purely about player salaries.

BTW, Zidane Zinedine is way underpayed at 15.8 million IMO.

I agree, there's nothing good to buy for 15.8M per year.