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Rossi again on Sports Illustrated list

July 30, 2010 | Comments Off

Rossi during TT 2009Valentino Rossi has once again made Sports Illustrated’s list of the 20 highest paid non American athletes.

The nine time world champion finds himself surrounded by names from the world of Football, Tennis, Basketball and Formula 1.

The Doctor is still the only motorbike racer in the top 20 but makes more than up for it by earning more than any driver in Bernie’s four-wheeled roadshow.

Here is the full 2010 Sports Illustrated list:

1. Roger Federer (Tennis) $61.8m;

2. Leo Messi (Barcelona) $44m;

3. David Beckham (LA Galaxy) $40.5m;

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) $40m;

5. Manny Pacquiao (Boxing) $38m;

6. Ichiro Suzuki (Baseball) $37m;

7. Valentino Rossi (MotoGp) $35m;

8. Yao Ming (Basketball) $34.4m;

9. Rafael Nadal (Tennis) $27.5m;

10. Lewis Hamilton (Formula One) $26.7m;

11. Kaká (Real Madrid) $25.1m;

12. Thierry Henry (Retired) $24m;

13. Dirk Nowitzki (Basketball) $23.8m;

14. Kimi Räikkönen (Auto Racing) $23.6m;

15. Jenson Button (Formula One) $23.1m;

16. Ronaldinho (Ac Milan) $23m;

17. Fernando Alonso (Formula One) $22.6m;

18. Carlos Tevez (Mancester City) $20.5m;

19. Miguel Cabrera (Baseball) $20.3m;

20. Maria Sharapova (Tennis) $19.9m;


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