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Who is the highest-paid sports celebrity?
According to the latest evaluation of the famous American Forbes magazine, michael schumacher, the German driver of F 1, was the richest athlete in 2000, with a total income of $59 million. Tiger Woods, a famous American golfer, came second, earning $6 million less than Schumacher. Boxer mike tyson, who earned $48 million, and former NBA player Michael Jordan, who earned $37 million, ranked third and fourth respectively.

In addition, tennis star martina hingis, a Swiss girl, also broke into the rich circle for the first time, ranking 22nd among all the athletes with the income of 1 1 ten thousand dollars.

Tiger Woods' charm on the golf course is well known. Last year, Woods won four major golf tournaments, but his annual income is still 6 million dollars less than Schumacher's. As far as the wallet is bulging, he only ranks second. The third runner-up was former heavyweight champion Tai Sen. He won three games last year and earned 48 million dollars a year, but 20 million dollars came from the compensation he got after winning a lawsuit.

In Forbes magazine's latest list of sports celebrities' income, Jordan, who has already retired, still ranks fourth with an annual income of $37 million, most of which comes from I? MAX company, the company's profit in the United States is $6.5438+0.5 million. Another NBA star, grant hill, ranked fifth with an annual income of $26 million, although he couldn't play for Orlando Magic for one season due to injury. Enghardt, a racing driver who died in a car accident two weeks ago, ranked sixth with an annual income of $24.5 million. The seventh to tenth sports celebrities are: shaquille o'neal of the LA Lakers ($24 million), heavyweight boxers Lewis and Della Hoya ($23 million) and kevin garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves ($2 1 10,000).

The number one woman is tennis expert Hingis, who ranks 22nd in all rankings, with an annual income of $65,438+065,438+000,000. Behind her are four tennis "rich sisters", namely Kournikova and Williams (both $654.38+million), Serena Williams ($7.5 million) and Davenport ($6 million).

Although Schumacher was rated as the richest athlete, it was enough for the billionaire to pay one or two million dollars, because a Belgian court ruled that Schumacher had violated the contract with the helmet supplier and asked Schumacher to pay compensation of 6.5438+0.9 million dollars. In order to avoid huge losses, Schumacher decided to reuse the helmet provided by Belgian Bell Company from this Saturday. Schumacher had previously claimed that Bell's helmet was not safe enough, but Schumacher, who was finally forced to give in, now feels that it is worthwhile to take a little risk and save millions of dollars. Aying

China Sports Celebrity Income Ranking

Project Income of Ranked Personnel (2007-2008)

1 Yao Ming basketball 250 million.

Liu Xiang's track and field is 60 million to 70 million.

3 Guo Jingjing diving150,000.

4 Yi Jianlian Basketball150,000

5 Lindane Badminton120,000

6 Sun Jihai Football100000.

7 Zheng Jie and Stefanie tennis 6.5438+million.

Zhang Yining table tennis 865438+ million.

9 King Basketball 865438+ 10,000.

10 Liang Wenchong Golf 6.5 million.

1 1 Wang Nan table tennis 6.5 million.

13 Bater basketball 6 million.

14 Shao Jiayi football 6 million.

15 Wang Hao table tennis 5.74 million (Changchun people)

16 Li Jinyu Football 565438+100000.

17 ding Junhui snooker 5 million