Top Paid Athlete by Country!

[squiggs96]

So the list shows that I am not the highest paid person in my highschool grad class by just shy of $18,000,000.

[arsenal]

For the F1 salaries that may just be what the constructor pays them, they would also get money from sponsorships etc that may not be included. I was surprised to see Hamilton as the top paid athlete in England. I for sure thought a soccer player would have beat him.

And I am sure Vettel got a very nice pay raise for this season F1. I would expect to see him as the top German athlete earner in next years list.

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

As a Yankees fan, every time I see the $32,000,000 million price tag for A-Roid, aka A-Fraud, aka A-Hole, I throw up a little in my mouth.

Why would you care how much he makes? I'm not being a dick, but I'm curious why it would bother you to the point of vomiting.

There is no salary cap in baseball so it is not restricting the Yankees ability to sign other players. Since going to the Yankees he's made the All Star team 6 times, won 3 Silver Slugger and 1 Hank Aaron awards, has been an AL MVP twice and helped the team win the 2009 World Series, their first since 2000. He has an above .300 average and hit .365 in the postseason in 2009.

It's not like you are paying his salary, and if the Yankees are happy to pay it, I don't see how it would upset you personally. I don't like the Giants paying Zito an average of $18.5M per year, because that does hinder their ability to sign a player with their self imposed salary cap. I don't mind the job Zito does and I think he's a great team player and person, but the Giants don't have unlimited coffers where they can just bury his salary for three more years and not care.

Once again, I'm not attacking you, just curious on your opinion.

[You Need a Thneed]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Especially when Canada is not one of them!

I'd like to see the Canada specific breakdown. I'm guessing that there's a few non-hockey players on top of the list. Steve Nash, for sure, is above any hockey player.

[d_phaneuf]

Originally Posted by TopChed

How does Malouda only make $3.4 mil playing for Chelsea?

salaries in european football are surprisingly low compared to the North American sports

the big money is spent on player transfers which have gone as high as 80m Euro's

[habernac]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Imagine being the guy from Nepal and seeing the rest of that list!

he can't afford an internet connection, it's ok.

[moon]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

I would guess Wie would have appearance fees for just showing up at the various golf tournaments

I don't think that at this point those would be that much anymore since she no longer has much appeal after showing she is nothing special and don't think those would count in this list as they are similar to endorsements which aren't included.

[Parallex]

Originally Posted by malcolmk14

I'm surprised Jason Bay makes more than Justin Morneau, although it isn't by much.

When does Votto hit Free Agency? 2013?

[troutman]

Who would be the top Albertan?

Iginla, Heatley?

Hargreaves?

[CofR]

Originally Posted by Parallex

When does Votto hit Free Agency? 2013?

Yep, after the 2013 season.

[metallicat]

I expected New Zealand's to be Steve Williams, who is Tiger's caddy, as I've heard he was the top paid sportsman from there in the past. Although with Tiger having a rough couple of years, he probably hasn't been paid nearly as much as in the past.

[malcolmk14]

Originally Posted by troutman

Who would be the top Albertan?

Iginla, Heatley?

Hargreaves?

Without endorsements I would think it's Heatley at $8 million this season. That's a pretty good chunk of change.

What about the top Canadian in terms of career earnings?

Lecavalier will have earned $112 million by the end of his current contract.

Steve Nash's career earnings are around $107 million as of this season.

[scotty2hotty]

Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn

As a Yankees fan, every time I see the $32,000,000 million price tag for A-Roid, aka A-Fraud, aka A-Hole, I throw up a little in my mouth.

Exactly. He priced himself right off of the Canons.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by squiggs96

Why would you care how much he makes? I'm not being a dick, but I'm curious why it would bother you to the point of vomiting.

There is no salary cap in baseball so it is not restricting the Yankees ability to sign other players. Since going to the Yankees he's made the All Star team 6 times, won 3 Silver Slugger and 1 Hank Aaron awards, has been an AL MVP twice and helped the team win the 2009 World Series, their first since 2000. He has an above .300 average and hit .365 in the postseason in 2009.

It's not like you are paying his salary, and if the Yankees are happy to pay it, I don't see how it would upset you personally. I don't like the Giants paying Zito an average of $18.5M per year, because that does hinder their ability to sign a player with their self imposed salary cap. I don't mind the job Zito does and I think he's a great team player and person, but the Giants don't have unlimited coffers where they can just bury his salary for three more years and not care.

Once again, I'm not attacking you, just curious on your opinion.

I think people have a right to be pissed off when someone makes that much money after cheating.

Are you pissed off when a CEO embezles millions...why is this any different?

[The Yen Man]

Originally Posted by Reneeee

Those salaries in Nepal and Niue are pretty low. About 50% of high school kids in Calgary are making about the same amount of money in one summer.

Pretty surprising to see Manny Paq make 16mill a fight.

I dunno, I'm not really surprised. Paquiao was, I believe, the second highest grossing pro athlete last year or the year before. You can make insane amounts of money in boxing if you're on top.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

I dunno, I'm not really surprised. Paquiao was, I believe, the second highest grossing pro athlete last year or the year before. You can make insane amounts of money in boxing if you're on top.

It's crazy how guys like Paquiao are making more money than the big heavyweights these days though. People just don't care about heavy weight boxing in the same way anymore.

[Magnum PEI]

I know there are at lest two Bahamian-born players in the CFL, but according to this list there are no pro athletes from The Bahamas. I guess the CFL isn't pro enough.

[squiggs96]

Originally Posted by blankall

I think people have a right to be pissed off when someone makes that much money after cheating.

Are you pissed off when a CEO embezles millions...why is this any different?

If I personally had money in the company that was affected, I'd be upset if my net worth went down. If I worked for a company and the CEO did that and I became unhireable, I'd be upset.

If I cheered for a sports team and had no financial interest in it, plus I continued to support that team after knowing of the cheating, I wouldn't care what they paid him. If I was that upset with the Yankees for employing a player who had admitted to using steroids, I'd stop cheering for them. I wouldn't be able to justify having it both ways.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by oilers_fan

I expected New Zealand's to be Steve Williams, who is Tiger's caddy, as I've heard he was the top paid sportsman from there in the past. Although with Tiger having a rough couple of years, he probably hasn't been paid nearly as much as in the past.

WHAT?!?! I have a hard enough time defending golf as a sport, but there is no way someone can tell me being a caddy makes you an athlete or a sports figure.

[Gundo]

My kid is gonna be the greatest Baseball playing Race car drive from Italy/USA you've ever seen!