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If you just ask which sport makes money, it depends on the popularity of this sport among the people in the world. The reason why athletes can earn so much money is driven by the sports market effect, and the transfer fee and advertising fee are astronomical figures. The following are the statistics of authoritative magazines in 2008 for your reference.

Germany's "Sports Picture" still selected the highest-paid athletes in the sports circle in 2008.

If you just ask which sport makes money, it depends on the popularity of this sport among the people in the world. The reason why athletes can earn so much money is driven by the sports market effect, and the transfer fee and advertising fee are astronomical figures. The following are the statistics of authoritative magazines in 2008 for your reference.

Germany's "Sports Picture" still selected the highest-paid athletes in the sports circle in 2008.

First place: Tagore Woods

Tiger Woods, whose income topped the list of athletes' wealth, was injured and did not participate in any competition in the second half of the year. In addition, due to the financial crisis, his income has decreased. American auto giant General Motors announced that it will terminate its nine-year contract with golf superstar Tiger Woods before the end of the year, and Woods will lose $7 million a year, but Woods still won the first place in the world's highest athlete's income with 9,654,380+million euros. Recently, Buick Motor Company terminated its commercial contract with golf superstar Tiger Woods ahead of schedule.

Second place: phil mikkelsen.

Phil Michaelson is also from golf. From the United States, currently ranked third in the world. In 2008, it earned 5,000 euros, ranking second only to Woods.

Third place: David Beckham.

Is Beckham old? Yes, it is no longer appropriate to be called Beckham now, because his age should be called Beckham. But this proposition is wrong again. From now on, Benitez is still the highest-paid football player. The income of 49.5 million euros made him the object of attention again.

Fourth place: Michael Jordan

Although the forever flying man has been far away from the stadium, his income is not low. This year, the retired basketball superstar became the richest basketball player with an income of 35 million euros.

Fifth place: Oscar de la Jolla

The golden boy in the ring is the golden bag on the income list. As a boxer, De La Hoya ranked fifth, earning 33 million euros. Today, de la Jolla has hundreds of millions of dollars of wealth and has become one of the richest people in the world of sports. He has his own boxing promotion company, his own bank, his own building with more than ten floors ..... and he also made a record and was awarded the highest honor of "New Latin Prince".

Sixth place: Rossi

Moto GP's annual driver Rossi is also reflected in this ranking. He ranked sixth with an income of 32 million euros. He has won the world championship of motorcycle grand prix five times. He is not only famous for Peter Pan, but also enviable for his high income.

Seventh place: lebron james.

The little emperor will have a storm this year. This year, he ranked seventh with an income of 32 million euros and became the highest-paid active basketball player. Affected by the financial crisis, Microsoft suspended its two-year commercial contract with Cavaliers star lebron james.

Eighth place: roger federer.

When Federer gave up the world's number one throne and became a Swiss cow, Roger also proved that he was tennis number one 1 with his position in the income list. In 2008, he ranked eighth with an income of 27.5 million euros. Although he has gone from bad to worse, he still sits firmly at the top of the men's tennis player's income list.

Ninth place: Jeff Gordon

As drivers of NASCAR, Americans ranked ninth with a revenue of 25.5 million euros. The legendary four-time NASCAR champion, ranked ninth in income, really lives up to its reputation.

Tenth place: Dale Englehart, Jr.

Also from NASCAR, racing star Dale Enghardt Jr Jr. ranked 10th with 24.5 million euros. It is worth mentioning that last year, he was also the tenth on the list.