Wednesday, 14 August 2013

10 Richest Sports Player In The World


10: Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi

With the worth of 115 million US Dollars, the great Messi is the tenth richest sportsmen in the world. Lionel Andrés Messi was born in Argentina on 24th of June 1987. He won FIFA Ballon d'Or awards four times, he scored 91 goals in a year that is in the Guinness book of world record. He scored most goals in a year in club and national team that is 25.


Game:     Football

Country: Argentina

Worth:    $115 Million




9: Cristiano Ronaldo


Cristiano Ronaldo was born in Portugal on 5th of February 1985. He is the captain of their national soccer team with the net worth of 130 million US Dollars. His playing position is as a forward and he is one of the best strikers in the world. Besides national team he also represents Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid. There are 324 club goals and 39 national team goals under his name.


Game:     Football

Country: Argentina

Worth:    $130 Million




8: Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather

American boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has a worth of 140 million US Dollars. He was born at Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 24th of February 1977. His professional career says that he have 40 wins under his name but he have never lost any fight. He is paid up to 50 million US Dollars per fight.


Game:     Boxing

Country: Michigan

Worth:    140 Million Dollars




7: Roger Federer

Roger Federer

One of the best players in the history of tennis, Roger Federer in the seventh richest player in the world. He was born in Basel, Switzerland on 8th of August 1981. All over in his career he appeared 24 times in the finals of these tournaments and 17 times in his career he put those titles under his name. His worth is 140 Million US Dollars.


Game:     Tennis

Country: Switzerland

Worth:    $140 Million




6: Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson

Phil Mickelson was born on 16th of June 1970 in San Diego, California. He is a golfer by profession and probably second after Tiger Wood. He have 51 professional wins under his name out of which there are 5 major championships, 1 world golf championship, 2 FedEx cup events, 34 other PGA events and 9 European tour wins. His worth is 180 million US Dollars which makes him the 6th richest sportsman in the world.


Game:     Golf

Country: California

Worth:    $180 million




5: Kobe Bryant

Kobe Bryant

With the worth of over 200 million US Dollar, American basketball star Kobe Bryant is at number 5 in our list. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 23rd of August 1978. He represents Los Angeles Lakers (NBA), he was a shooting guard, a scorer with the career average of 25.5, besides he have some good defending skills as well. From 2005-07 he was the leading scorer of the NBA and he is also the second highest point scorer in the history of NBA. 


Game:     Basketball

Country: Pennsylvania

Worth:    $200 Million




4: David Beckham

David Beckham

David Robert Joseph Beckham was born on 2nd of May 1975 in Leytonstone, London. He is the richest soccer player ever. He played for the national team of England and served many other clubs including Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan etc. He scored 129 club goals and 17 international goals in his career. His worth is 300 million US Dollars.


Game:     Football

Country: London

Worth:    $300 million




3: Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez

He was born on 27th of July 1975 in New York. He is a baseball player with the worth of more the 300 million US Dollars. He have many records including most home runs by a player (642), most home runs in a season (141), highest slugging average in a season (631), Youngest player to score 500 home runs (32 years, 8 days) and most home runs by a third batsman.


Game:     Baseball

Country: New York

Worth:    $300 million




2: Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher

The second richest sportsman on earth has the worth of 400 million US Dollars. He is a formula one racer born in Hürth-Hermülheim, in West Germany on 3rd of January 1969. He is one of the greatest F1 drivers ever, his career includes 91 race wins, and seven times Formula One World Champion and he finished in top three in 155 races and have made five hat-tricks wins in a season.


Game:     Formula One Racing

Country:Hürth-Hermülheim, West Germany

Worth:    $400 million




1: Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods was born on 30th December, 1975, Cypress, California. He was born on have been the best player in the game since he started, his career includes 14 professional major tournaments, 71 PGA Tour events.  His worth is of 500 million US dollars which makes him the richest sportsman in the world.


Game:     Golf

Country: United States

Worth:    $500 million