Becks shoots into rich list

BECKHAM’S move to Los Angeles Galaxy is expected to net him £128m (€193m) over the course of a five-year contract which will catapult him high into the top 10 of the world’s richest sportsmen.

Becks shoots into rich list

That works out as £25.6m (€38.6m) a year, a figure which includes sponsorship deals associated with Major League Soccer but not all of his personal endorsements.

Here is the list compiled by US magazine Forbes of the top earners in sport over the previous 12 months.

1 Tiger Woods (golf) £46,322,534

2 Michael Schumacher (motor racing) £29,861,531

3 Muhammad Ali (boxing) £28,315,783

4 Phil Mickelson (golf) £24,191,350

5 Michael Jordan (basketball) £16,470,999

6 Kobe Bryant (basketball) £15,955,024

7 Shaquille O’Neal (basketball) £15,955,023

= Valentino Rossi (motorcycling) £15,955,023

9 Alex Rodriguez (baseball) £14,925,999

10 David Beckham (football) £13,896,154.

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