1. Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Source: Getty
2015 Total Earnings: $300 million.
2. Manny Pacquiao
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2015 Total Earnings: $160 million
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
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2015 Total Earnings: $79.6 million
4. Lionel Messi
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2015 Total Earnings: $73.8 million
5. Roger Federer
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2015 Total Earnings: $67 million
6. LeBron James
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2015 Total Earnings: $64.8 million
7. Kevin Durant
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2015 Total Earnings: $54.1 million
8. Phil Mickelson
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2015 Total Earnings: $50.8 million
9. Tiger Woods
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2015 Total Earnings: $50.6 million
10. Kobe Bryant
Source: Splash News
2015 Total Earnings: $49.5 million
11. Ben Roethlisberger
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2015 Total Earnings: $48.9 million
12. Rory McIlroy
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2015 Total Earnings: $48.3 million
13. Novak Djokovic
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2015 Total Earnings: $48.2 million
14. Zlatan Ibrahimovic
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2015 Total Earnings: $39.1 million
15. Lewis Hamilton
Source: Splash
2015 Total Earnings: $39 million
16. Ndamukong Suh
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2015 Total Earnings: $38.6 million
17. Fernando Alonso
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2015 Total Earnings: $35.5 million
18. Gareth Bale
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2015 Total Earnings: $35 million
19. Jon Lester
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2015 Total Earnings: $34.1 million
20. Derrick Rose
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2015 Total Earnings: $34 million
