Ronaldo and Messi wouldn't even make top 15 salaries in US sports

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  1. MLSFan10

    MLSFan10 Member

    Mar 23, 2014
    #1 MLSFan10, Apr 16, 2014
    Last edited: Apr 16, 2014
    This is team sports only, too. It'd be worse if we included golf, tennis, nascar, ect.

    Player salaries according to Forbes:
    http://www.forbes.com/athletes/list/

    1. Aaron Rogers $43 M NFL

    2. Drew Brees $40 M NFL

    3. Joe Flacco $39.9 M NFL

    4. Tom Brady $31.3 M NFL

    5. Alex Rodriguez $29.8 M MLB

    6. Kobe Bryant $27.9 M NBA

    7. Tony Romo $25.9 M NFL

    8. Calvin Johnson $25.9 M NFL

    9. Felix Hernandez $25.1 M MLB

    10. Dwayne Bowe $24.5 M NFL

    11. Johan Santana $24.5 M MLB

    12. Ray Rice $24.2 M NFL

    13. Josh Hamilton $24.2 M MLB

    14. Prince Fielder $23.3 M MLB

    15. Vincent Jackson $23.2 M NFL

    16. CC Sabathia $23.1 M MLB

    17. Joe Mauer $23 M MLB

    18. Ronaldo $23 M La Liga

    19. Cliff Lee $22.7 M MLB

    20. Mark Teixeira $22.6 M MLB

    21. Cole Hamels $22.5 M MLB

    22. Matt Schaub $21.9 M NFL

    23. Zack Grienke $21.7 M

    24. Gilbert Arenas $21.5 M NBA

    25. Clay Matthews $21.3 M NFL

    26. Miguel Cabrera $21.5 M MLB

    27. Adrian Gonzalez $21 M MLB

    28. Vernon Wells $21 M MLB

    29. Dirk Nowitzki $20.9 M NBA

    30. Messi $20.3 M La Liga

    31. Ryan Howard 20 M MLB

    32. Amour'e Stoudamire $20 M NBA

    33. Dwight Howard $19.5 M NBA

    34. Carmelo Anthony $19.5 M NBA

    35. Pau Gasol $19 M NBA

    36. Wayne Rooney $18.1 M BPL

    37. Peyton Manning $18 M NFL

    38. Lebron James $17.8 M NBA

    39. Kevin Durant $16.9 M NBA

    40. Derrick Rose $16.4 M NBA

    41. Eli Manning $15.15 M NFL

    Mind-boggling that Aaron Rogers is making over twice the salary of the second best paid athlete In "the most popular" sport in the world.

    Says something about the power MLS could have....
     
  2. JasonMa

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  3. MLSFan10

    MLSFan10 Member

    Mar 23, 2014
    Looks to me like a stupid ESPN writer confused total earnings with salary on the soccer players as those numbers reflect the Forbes soccer players total earnings while the NFL players are just at their contract salary rates.

    Its pretty common knowledge, I thought, that Messi was only making 20mil....

    The rumors last month was that he was demanding $35 million. Why would he be demanding 15 million less than he's making now? lol
    Oooh maybe the tax situation is what's muddying the waters?
     
  4. MLSFan10

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    Mar 23, 2014
  5. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

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    Well the NFL salaries you show are for the signing bonus + yearly salary.

    if you do it by year 110M / 5 = 22 Million per year.

    http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/green-bay-packers/aaron-rodgers/

    The 43M for rodgers in the article most reflect his signing bonus 35M + His salary that year, if that is how they do it, then Rodgers will fall down the table since his 2014 salary is 10.9 Million and he will get 0 for signing bonus.
     
  6. ceezmad

    ceezmad Member+

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    Also the list seem to be highest salary for 1 year, since Brees and Rodgers signed their contracts on different years, so if this was just a 2013 list, Brees would not make the cut since his bonus was on 2012, Brees salary in 2013 was "only" 10 Million.

    http://www.spotrac.com/nfl/new-orleans-saints/drew-brees/


    If that is the case, we are missing Etto and Ashavin from the list, I believe they made more than Ronaldo and Messi.
     
  7. ceezmad

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  8. TopDogg

    TopDogg Member

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    Wut
     
  9. USFootiefan1980

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    I have no idea who half the people on this list are.
     
  10. evangel

    evangel Member+

    Apr 12, 2007
    How the hell is Tiger Woods still getting so much endorsement money?
     
  11. USFootiefan1980

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    Easy, morals and human decency count for jack these days.
     
  12. revsrock

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    Yeah in terms of actual salary Tom Brady made $1m last year
     

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