The list of ESPN Top Salaries in Sports had baseball and boxing with the highest individual salary in that year.

In another calculation described below, we analyzed the Forbes list of the highest-paid athletes from , and determined which sports were most prevalent on the lists. We found basketball ranked highest.

Forbes magazine has been publishing lists of the highest paid athletes since The athletes come from a range of sports, but which are the highest paid? We determined which sports were most prevalent on the Annual Forbes list of the highest-paid athletes in the world, by taking the results of all the top 10 lists and looking at the sport that the athlete is involved with instead of the athlete themselves.

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Only the data from has been analyzed. Although golfer Tiger Woods has been dominant on the top of the highest paid athlete lists recently, the dominance of Michael Jordan earlier on and several other basketballers who have also made the top 10 lists has ensured that basketball leads on this combined list. Even boxing and motorsports have had more sports people on the top 10 lists than golf.

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The ESPN Top Salaries in Sports has baseball and boxing on the top in terms of salary they did not consider endorsements , with basketball 4th. Topend Sports, Access Date today: PAGES home search sitemap. SECURITY privacy disclaimer copyright.

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