10-year earnings: $845 million

Peak earnings: $115 million (2008)

#2 Floyd Mayweather

10-year earnings: $660 million

Peak earnings: $300 million (2015)

#3 Kobe Bryant

10-year earnings: $475 million

Peak earnings: $62 million (2013)

 #4 LeBron James

10-year earnings: $472 million

Peak earnings: $72 million (2014)

 #5 Phil Mickelson

10-year earnings: $468 million

Peak earnings: $53 million (2014)

#6 Roger Federer

10-year earnings: $455 million

Peak earnings: $71.5 million (2013)

 #7 David Beckham

10-year earnings: $441 million

Peak earnings: $75 million (2014)

 #8 Manny Pacquiao

10-year earnings: $432 million

Peak earnings: $160 million (2015)

 #9 Cristiano Ronaldo

10-year earnings: $407 million

Peak earnings: $80 million (2015)

 #10 Lionel Messi

10-year earnings: $350 million

Peak earnings: $73.8 million (2015)

#11 Alex Rodriguez

10-year earnings: $291 million

Peak earnings: $35.9 million (2010)

 #12 Fernando Alonso

10-year earnings: $289 million

Peak earnings: $35.5 million (2015)

 #13 Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

10-year earnings: $277 million

Peak earnings: $34 million (2009)

 #14 Valentino Rossi

10-year earnings: $275 million

Peak earnings: $35 million (2008-09)

 #15 Derek Jeter

10-year earnings: $271 million

Peak earnings: $30 million (2008-09)

 #16 Kimi Raikkonen

10-year earnings: $261 million

Peak earnings: $45 million (2009)

 #17 Rafael Nadal

10-year earnings: $253 million

Peak earnings: $44.5 million (2014)

 #18 Maria Sharapova

10-year earnings: $250 million

Peak earnings: $29.7 million (2015)

 #19 Lewis Hamilton

10-year earnings: $246 million

Peak earnings: $39 million (2015)

 #20 Peyton Manning

10-year earnings: $243 million

Peak earnings: $42.4 million (2012)