Gareth Bale is the highest ranking football player from England with $35.5 million, ranked at number 18 – while we also have Wayne Rooney at the 34th spot with “just” $26.9 million. The captain of the English football team is still earning quite nicely despite not being in the top 30, and we can imagine that he’s probably not complaining about the exact figures.
Andy Murray was also still on the list, even though he hasn’t been in the news a lot lately. He’s at place 64 with $22.3 million, and the list also includes various other notable sports stars that have been less active in recent years.
It just goes to show that a brief period of hard work can result in some serious earnings for a good sports player, especially when they can market their skills appropriately. Of course, for every player who makes it into this list, there are thousands who’re never even heard of, so the world of competitive sports is definitely not the smooth sailing that some people seem to see it as.