Cuando hablamos de listados económicos una delas referencias, sin lugar a dudas, son las elaboradas por la revista americana Forbes. En este caso, han publicado la lista delos deportistas que más idnero ingresaron en el 2016, considerando tanto salario o premios como patrocinios. Como siempre en este tipo de datos hay que ser muy cautelosos ya que no suelen ser muy exactos aunque sin lugar a dudas es una muy buena aproximación sujeta a algunos olvidos cantados y quizás algún ajuste en lo monetario.
Les dejamos la lista que encabeza Cristiano Ronaldo, seguido de L. James y de Messi. El futbol le ha tomado la partida a cualquier deporte…
Entre los españoles, R nadal, Fernando Alonso, los hermanos Gasol y curiosamente no aparece Sergio García…. Quieres verla?
Lista con datos (c) Forbes y elaboración propia. Estimaciones
| Rank | Name | Pay | Sport |
| #1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | $ 93.000.000,00 | Soccer |
| #2 | LeBron James | $ 86.200.000,00 | Basketball |
| #3 | Lionel Messi | $ 80.000.000,00 | Soccer |
| #4 | Roger Federer | $ 64.000.000,00 | Tennis |
| #5 | Kevin Durant | $ 60.600.000,00 | Basketball |
| #6 | Andrew Luck | $ 50.000.000,00 | Football |
| #6 | Rory McIlroy | $ 50.000.000,00 | Golf |
| #8 | Stephen Curry | $ 47.300.000,00 | Basketball |
| #9 | James Harden | $ 46.600.000,00 | Basketball |
| #10 | Lewis Hamilton | $ 46.000.000,00 | Auto Racing |
| #11 | Drew Brees | $ 45.300.000,00 | Football |
| #12 | Phil Mickelson | $ 43.500.000,00 | Golf |
| #13 | Russell Westbrook | $ 38.600.000,00 | Basketball |
| #14 | Sebastian Vettel | $ 38.500.000,00 | Auto Racing |
| #15 | Damian Lillard | $ 38.400.000,00 | Basketball |
| #16 | Novak Djokovic | $ 37.600.000,00 | Tennis |
| #17 | Tiger Woods | $ 37.107.000,00 | Golf |
| #18 | Neymar | $ 37.000.000,00 | Soccer |
| #19 | Dwyane Wade | $ 36.300.000,00 | Basketball |
| #20 | Fernando Alonso | $ 36.000.000,00 | Auto racing |
| #21 | Jordan Spieth | $ 34.500.000,00 | Golf |
| #22 | Derrick Rose | $ 34.300.000,00 | Basketball |
| #23 | Usain Bolt | $ 34.200.000,00 | Track |
| #24 | Gareth Bale | $ 34.000.000,00 | Soccer |
| #24 | Conor McGregor | $ 34.000.000,00 | Mixed Martial Arts |
| #26 | Kei Nishikori | $ 33.900.000,00 | Tennis |
| #27 | Fletcher Cox | $ 33.375.000,00 | Football |
| #28 | Clayton Kershaw | $ 33.300.000,00 | Baseball |
| #29 | Carmelo Anthony | $ 32.600.000,00 | Basketball |
| #30 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | $ 32.000.000,00 | Soccer |
| #31 | Antonio Brown | $ 31.900.000,00 | Football |
| #32 | Demar DeRozan | $ 31.600.000,00 | Basketball |
| #33 | Rafael Nadal | $ 31.500.000,00 | Tennis |
| #34 | Eric Berry | $ 31.100.000,00 | Football |
| #35 | Chris Paul | $ 30.900.000,00 | Basketball |
| #36 | David Price | $ 30.550.000,00 | Baseball |
| #37 | Miguel Cabrera | $ 30.300.000,00 | Baseball |
| #38 | Kyrie Irving | $ 29.900.000,00 | Basketball |
| #39 | Stephon Gilmore | $ 29.300.000,00 | Football |
| #40 | Andy Murray | $ 28.800.000,00 | Tennis |
| #40 | Justin Verlander | $ 28.800.000,00 | Baseball |
| #42 | Mike Conley | $ 28.600.000,00 | Basketball |
| #43 | Canelo Alvarez | $ 28.500.000,00 | Boxing |
| #44 | Anthony Davis | $ 28.100.000,00 | Basketball |
| #44 | Blake Griffin | $ 28.100.000,00 | Basketball |
| #44 | Al Horford | $ 28.100.000,00 | Basketball |
| #44 | Von Miller | $ 28.100.000,00 | Football |
| #48 | Dustin Johnson | $ 27.600.000,00 | Golf |
| #49 | Albert Pujols | $ 27.300.000,00 | Baseball |
| #50 | Dwight Howard | $ 27.200.000,00 | Basketball |
| #51 | Ryan Howard | $ 27.000.000,00 | Baseball |
| #51 | Serena Williams | $ 27.000.000,00 | Tennis |
| #53 | Robinson Cano | $ 26.600.000,00 | Baseball |
| #54 | Kevin Love | $ 26.600.000,00 | Basketball |
| #55 | Chris Bosh | $ 26.300.000,00 | Basketball |
| #56 | Cam Newton | $ 26.000.000,00 | Football |
| #56 | Dirk Nowitzki | $ 26.000.000,00 | Basketball |
| #58 | Paul George | $ 25.800.000,00 | Basketball |
| #58 | Felix Hernandez | $ 25.800.000,00 | Baseball |
| #60 | Jason Pierre-Paul | $ 25.700.000,00 | Football |
| #61 | CC Sabathia | $ 25.600.000,00 | Baseball |
| #62 | David DeCastro | $ 25.075.000,00 | Football |
| #63 | Eli Manning | $ 25.000.000,00 | Football |
| #64 | Buster Posey | $ 24.600.000,00 | Baseball |
| #65 | Prince Fielder | $ 24.200.000,00 | Baseball |
| #66 | Josh Hamilton | $ 24.100.000,00 | Baseball |
| #67 | Zack Greinke | $ 24.050.000,00 | Baseball |
| #68 | Harrison Barnes | $ 23.900.000,00 | Basketball |
| #69 | Joe Mauer | $ 23.800.000,00 | Baseball |
| #70 | Wayne Rooney | $ 23.600.000,00 | Soccer |
| #71 | Bradley Beal | $ 23.300.000,00 | Basketball |
| #71 | Luis Suarez | $ 23.300.000,00 | Soccer |
| #73 | Matt Kalil | $ 23.175.000,00 | Football |
| #74 | Andre Drummond | $ 23.100.000,00 | Basketball |
| #75 | Masahiro Tanaka | $ 23.000.000,00 | Baseball |
| #76 | Chandler Jones | $ 22.900.000,00 | Football |
| #76 | Chandler Parsons | $ 22.850.000,00 | Basketball |
| #78 | Cole Hamels | $ 22.700.000,00 | Baseball |
| #78 | Hassan Whiteside | $ 22.700.000,00 | Basketball |
| #80 | Sergio Agüero | $ 22.600.000,00 | Soccer |
| #81 | Muhammad Wilkerson | $ 22.400.000,00 | Football |
| #82 | Nick Perry | $ 22.300.000,00 | Football |
| #82 | Hanley Ramirez | $ 22.300.000,00 | Baseball |
| #82 | Justin Upton | $ 22.300.000,00 | Baseball |
| #85 | Marc Gasol | $ 22.200.000,00 | Basketball |
| #85 | DeAndre Jordan | $ 22.200.000,00 | Basketball |
| #87 | LaMarcus Aldridge | $ 22.100.000,00 | Basketball |
| #87 | Jose Reyes | $ 22.100.000,00 | Baseball |
| #89 | Anthony Joshua | $ 22.000.000,00 | Boxing |
| #89 | Virat Kohli | $ 22.000.000,00 | Cricket |
| #91 | James Rodriguez | $ 21.900.000,00 | Soccer |
| #91 | Klay Thompson | $ 21.900.000,00 | Basketball |
| #93 | Jimmie Johnson | $ 21.800.000,00 | Auto Racing |
| #94 | Jacoby Ellsbury | $ 21.700.000,00 | Baseball |
| #94 | Adrian Gonzalez | $ 21.700.000,00 | Baseball |
| #94 | Matt Kemp | $ 21.700.000,00 | Baseball |
| #94 | Brook Lopez | $ 21.700.000,00 | Basketball |
| #98 | Nicolas Batum | $ 21.500.000,00 | Basketball |
| #98 | Wladimir Klitschko | $ 21.500.000,00 | Boxing |
| #100 | Dale Earnhardt, Jr. | $ 21.400.000,00 | Auto Racing |
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| $ 3.109.482.000,00 |
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