HIGH PAID ATHLETES

NDAMUKONG SUH

Although he is often criticized for his aggressive style of play

and he has been named the least-liked player in the NFL,

Suh probably doesn’t care very much as he collects his

$38.6 million.

LEWIS HAMILTON

A British Formula One racer, Lewis has been labelled the

“first black driver in Formula One”. His earnings

amount to £32 million a season.

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIÃ

The Swedish footballer has been called one of Sweden’s greatest

athletes ever. He made $39.1 million in 2015.

NOVAK DJOKOVIC

A Serbian tennis player, Novak is known as one of the greatest

tennis players ever. This is also the first big earnings jump on this

list with Novak making nearly $10 million more than our last athlete, 

Zlatan Ibrahimoviã. In 2015 he was expected to make $48.2 million.

RORY MCILROY

This Northern Irish golfer is the first European to win three

different majors. His earnings total to £33.7 million.

BEN ROETHLISBERGER

An NFL quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben is the highest

paid American Football player on this list. He makes $48.9 million

per year.

KOBE BRYANT

The youngest NBA player ever to reach 30,000 career points,

Kobe makes nearly $50 million every year.

TIGER WOODS

Although Tiger is the first athlete to be worth more than $1 billion,

this year he will only make $50.6 million, which means he is no

longer the highest paid golfer on our list.