[glikithvinayaka]

Only 3 racing drivers make the list-

#12 Lewis Hamilton
Salary/Winnings=$42M Endorsements=$9M
Total Earnings=$51M
Sponsers-Monster Energy, Sony, Bombardier Inc. (Cl A), Puma, Bose Corp, L'oreal group, Mercedes Benz

#18 Sebastian Vettel
Salary/Winnings=$42M Endorsements=$300K
Total Earnings=$42.3M

#39 Fernando Alonso
Salary/Winnings=$32M Endorsements=$1M
Total Earnings=$33M
Sponsers-Adidas

Interesting to see that hamilton and Vettel have the same salary but vettel only makes $300K of endorsments while hamilton makes $9M. Maybe that's what having a social media presence does for you.
Sebastian Vettel lives a low key life in a medieval-style farmhouse in Switzerland.

Off topic:
Only Indian and only Cricketer on the list

#83 Virat Kohli
Salary/Winnings=$4M
Endorsements=$20M
Total Earnings=$24M
Sponsers-New Era, Tissot, Oakley, Uber, Puma, Audi, Colgate-Palmolive, Herbalife, Pepsi

Forbes List

[roby_dk]

The Top seven list.

#1 Floyd Mayweather.
#2 Lionel Messi.
#3 Cristiano Ronaldo.
#4 Conor McGregor.
#5 Neymar.
#6 LeBron James.
#7 Roger Federer.

My favorite sitting at number 3.

Source:Google

[killjoy]

Originally Posted by glikithvinayaka

#83 Virat Kohli
Salary/Winnings=$4M
Endorsements=$20M
Total Earnings=$24M
Sponsers-New Era, Tissot, Oakley, Uber, Puma, Audi, Colgate-Palmolive, Herbalife, Pepsi

Forbes List

Look at the disparity between salary and endorsements between Virat and the others outside of India. Its like comparing the salary vs bribe of govt officials

On another note, Im surprised with the missing names like Valentino Rossi and Loeb.. Thought they would figure on this list...

[2000rpm]

Kohli is not bad at all considering the fact that cricket is a game limited to < 10 nations (most of them developing). Also post factoring in the PPP, Kohli is definitely very very impressive.

[sathya.bhat]

I see that Uber is listed as Sponsor for Virat. I dont remember seeing any ads of him for Uber. Am I missing something here?

[libranof1987]

Originally Posted by sathya.bhat

I see that Uber is listed as Sponsor for Virat. I dont remember seeing any ads of him for Uber. Am I missing something here?

Looks like a very recent development.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/63231579.cms

[GTO]

Originally Posted by glikithvinayaka

Lewis Hamilton
Sebastian Vettel
Fernando Alonso

Interestingly, neither of them match Michael Schumacher whose earnings went as high as $80 million / year. And that's not even counting inflation compared to a decade ago!

I don't think any of them will come close to his total earnings of $1 billion either.