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ighest-Paid Basketball Players 2012 – NBA’s Top-Earners Randomize By Sammy Said on June 24, 2012 Share on email The Top-Earning NBA Players According to Forbes, Floyd Mayweather tops the list of 100 highest-paid athletes in the world between 2011-2012, losing out Tiger Woods who has been hailed by Forbes as the highest earning athlete from 2001-2011. Woods landed in the third rank with total earnings of $59.4 million. Mayweather got a huge payday amounting to a total of $85 million for his fights against Victor Ortiz with $40 million and Miguel Cotto with $45 million. He is part of the 4 biggest non-heavyweight pay-per-view events throughout the boxing history. He owns the Mayweather Promotions which he uses to promote his fight thereby increasing his earnings substantially. The total earnings of the athletes are derived from their bonuses, salaries, appearance fees, prize money, endorsement and licensing from June 2011 until June 2012, according to Forbes. The athlete’s agent’s fees and taxes were not deducted from their earnings. Let’s look at the top ten highest paid basketball players: #1. LeBron James Total earnings : $53 million Salary/winnings: $13 million Endorsements: $40 million ( Nike, McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, State Farm and others) #2. Kobe Bryant Total earnings: $52.3 million Salary/winnings: $20.3 million Endorsements: $32 million #3. Dwight Howard Total earnings: $25.6 million Salary/winnings: $14.6 million Endorsements: $11 million #4. Kevin Durant Total earnings: $25.5 million Salary/winnings: $12.5 million Endorsements: $13 million #5. Dwyane Wade Total earnings: $24.7 million Salary/winnings: $12.7 million Endorsements: $12 million #6. Carmelo Anthony Total earnings: $22.9 million Salary/winnings: $14.9 million Endorsements: $8 million #7. Amar’e Stoudemire Total earnings: $22.7 million Salary/winnings: $14.7 million Endorsements: $8 million #8. Kevin Garnett Total earnings: $21.1 million Salary/winnings: $17.1 million Endorsements: $4 million #9. Chris Paul Total earnings: $19.2 million Salary/winnings: $13.2 million Endorsements: $6 million #10. Tim Duncan Total earnings: $19.1 million
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:38:25 +0000

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