Full Forbes 100 Highest Paid Athletes List 2012: Complete List

by NowPublic Staff | June 19, 2012 at 08:28 am

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Forbes Magazine released its list of highest-earning athletes for 2012. Here is a list of the Richest Athletes For 2012

Our fascination with athletes can prove to be pretty lucrative for some of the world's top athletes. Forbes Magazine released its list of athletes for 2012. The list, which was released on Monday, June 18, 2012, lists the highest paid athletes in the world.

Strangely, the top three highest-paid athletes have all seen better days. Floyd Mayweather tops the Forbes list, but is currently sitting in a jail cell. The number two athlete is Manny Pacquiao who recently lost a controversial decision to Timothy Bradley. At number three is Tiger Woods, who has had plenty of problems.

Forbes 50 Richest Sports Teams 2012: Full List

There were a few surprising names on the list of richest athletes. Who would have thought that the second-highest paid player in the NFL is Haloti Ngata of the Baltimore Ravens?

Here is the complete Forbes Hot 100 list 2012

#1 Floyd Mayweather
Total earnings: $85 million

#2 Manny Pacquiao
Total earnings: $62 million

#3 Tiger Woods
Total earnings: $59.4 million

#4 LeBron James
Total earnings: $53 million

#5 Roger Federer
Total earnings: $52.7 million

#6 Kobe Bryant
Total earnings: $52.3 million

#7 Phil Mickelson
Total earnings: $47.8 million

#8 David Beckham
Total earnings: $46 million

#9 Cristiano Ronaldo
Total earnings: $42.5 million

#10 Peyton Manning
Total earnings: $42.4 million

#11 Lionel Messi
Total earnings: $39 million

#12 Haloti Ngata
Total earnings: $37.3 million

#13 Larry Fitzgerald
Total earnings: $36.8 million

#14 Ndamukong Suh
Total earnings: $36 million

#15 Charles Johnson
Total earnings: $34.4 million

#16 Rafael Nadal
Total earnings: $33.2 million

#16 Mario Williams
Total earnings: $33.2 million

#18 Alex Rodriguez
Total earnings: $33 million

#19 Fernando Alonso
Total earnings: $32 million

#20 Valentino Rossi
Total earnings: $30 million

#20 Michael Schumacher
Total earnings: $30 million

#22 Darrelle Revis
Total earnings: $28.3 million

#23 Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Total earnings: $28.2 million

#24 Wladimir Klitschko
Total earnings: $28 million

#24 Lewis Hamilton
Total earnings: $28 million

#26 Maria Sharapova
Total earnings: $27.9 million

#27 Sam Bradford
Total earnings: $27.8 million

#28 Tom Brady
Total earnings: $27.1 million

#29 Joe Mauer
Total earnings: $27 million

#30 Eli Manning
Total earnings: $26.6 million

#31 Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Total earnings: $26.5 million

#31 LaMarr Woodley
Total earnings: $26.5 million

#33 Dwight Howard
Total earnings: $25.6 million

#34 Kevin Durant
Total earnings: $25.5 million

#35 Dwyane Wade
Total earnings: $24.7 million

#36 Derek Jeter
Total earnings: $24.5 million

#37 Wayne Rooney
Total earnings: $24.3 million

#38 Mark Sanchez
Total earnings: $24.2 million

#39 Ichiro Suzuki
Total earnings: $24 million

#40 CC Sabathia
Total earnings: $23.8 million

#40 Johan Santana
Total earnings: $23.8 million

#42 Total earnings: $23.6 million
Salary/winnings: $13.6 million

#43 Ben Roethlisberger
Total earnings: $23.3 million

#44 Carmelo Anthony
Total earnings: $22.9 million

#45 Mark Teixeira
Total earnings: $22.8 million

#46 Amar'e Stoudemire
Total earnings: $22.7 million

#47 Tony Stewart
Total earnings: $22.3 million

#48 Luke Donald
Total earnings: $22.2 million

#49 Vernon Wells
Total earnings: $22.1 million

#50 Michael Vick
Total earnings: $22 million

#51 Logan Mankins
Total earnings: $21.9 million

#51 Richard Seymour
Total earnings: $21.9 million

#53 Jimmie Johnson
Total earnings: $21.5 million

#53 Ryan Howard
Total earnings: $21.5 million

#53 Adrian Peterson
Total earnings: $21.5 million

#56 Jon Beason
Total earnings: $21.4 million

#57 Kevin Garnett
Total earnings: $21.1 million

#58 Matthew Stafford
Total earnings: $20.9 million

#59 Miguel Cabrera
Total earnings: $20.8 million

#59 Kaká
Total earnings: $20.8 million

#61 Roy Halladay
Total earnings: $20.6 million

#61 Novak Djokovic
Total earnings: $20.6 million

#63 Usain Bolt
Total earnings: $20.3 million

#63 D'Brickashaw Ferguson
Total earnings: $20.3 million

#65 Sergio Aguero
Total earnings: $20.1 million

#66 DeAngelo Williams
Total earnings: $19.9 million

#67 Joe Thomas
Total earnings: $19.8 million

#68 Fernando Torres
Total earnings: $19.6 million

#68 Eric Berry
Total earnings: $19.6 million

#68 Prince Fielder
Total earnings: $19.6 million

#71 Ryan Kalil
Total earnings: $19.4 million

#72 Chris Paul
Total earnings: $19.2 million

#73 Yaya Touré
Total earnings: $19.1 million

#73 Tim Duncan
Total earnings: $19.1 million

#75 Miguel Cotto
Total earnings: $19 million

#76 Barry Zito
Total earnings: $18.9 million

#77 Robert Mathis
Total earnings: $18.7 million

#78 Carlos Lee
Total earnings: $18.6 million

#78 Sachin Tendulkar
Total earnings: $18.6 million

#78 Lawrence Timmons
Total earnings: $18.6 million

#81 Li Na
Total earnings: $18.4 million

#82 Alfonso Soriano
Total earnings: $18.3 millio

#82 Torii Hunter
Total earnings: $18.3 million

#84 Deron Williams
Total earnings: $18.2 million

#85 Jonathan Joseph
Total earnings: $18.1 million

#86 Darnell Dockett
Total earnings: $18 million

#87 Matt Holliday
Total earnings: $17.6 million

#88 Rashard Lewis
Total earnings: $17.5 million

#88 Justin Verlander
Total earnings: $17.5 million

#88 John Terry
Total earnings: $17.5 million

#91 Carlos Zambrano
Total earnings: $17.4 million

#91 Albert Pujols
Total earnings: $17.4 million

#91 Ernie Els
Total earnings: $17.4 million

#91 Rory McIlroy
Total earnings: $17.4 million

#95 Pau Gasol
Total earnings: $17.2 million

#96 Russell Okung
Total earnings: $17.1 million

#97 Steven Gerrard
Total earnings: $17 million

#98 Carl Crawford
Total earnings: $16.9 million

#99 Rolando McClain
Total earnings: $16.7 million

#100 Jake Peavy
Total earnings: $16.6 million

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