Sports Illustrated's 20 Highest-Earning International Athletes [2010]

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This is a list of the 20 top-earning Non-American athletes when calculating salary, endorsements, winnings and appearance fees. Missing: Lionel Messi (2) * Valentino Rossi (7) * Kaka (11) * Kimi Raikkonen (14) * Jenson Button (15) * Fernando Alonso (17) * Carlos Tevez (18)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

10

1

Roger Federer

Tennis Player

29.41% (5 of 17 votes)

3

2

Lionel Messi

Soccer Player

81.82% (18 of 22 votes)

7

3

David Beckham

Soccer Player

55.37% (67 of 121 votes)

6

4

Cristiano Ronaldo

Soccer Player

58.33% (7 of 12 votes)

9

5

Manny Pacquiao

Boxer

29.61% (69 of 233 votes)

2

6

Ichiro Suzuki

Baseball Player

96.77% (30 of 31 votes)

11

7

Valentino Rossi

Auto Racer

0% (0 of 0 votes)

1

8

Yao Ming

Basketball Player

100% (1 of 1 votes)

8

9

Rafael Nadal

Tennis Player

50.0% (1 of 2 votes)

4

10

Lewis Hamilton

Auto Racer

80.65% (25 of 31 votes)

15

12

Thierry Henry

Soccer Player

0% (0 of 1 votes)

5

13

Dirk Nowitzki

Basketball Player

65.08% (477 of 733 votes)

12

16

Ronaldinho

Soccer Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

13

19

Miguel Cabrera

Baseball Player

0% (0 of 0 votes)

14

20

Maria Sharapova

Tennis Player

0% (0 of 7 votes)