Forbes list of 100 highest-paid athletes
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2023 5:50 am
Every year, Forbes releases Daniel Pribyl Kids Jersey a list of the 100 highest-paid athletes in the world. The list for 2018 was released on Wednesday, and to the surprise of exactly nobody, -- 18, to be exact.That group of 18 players is led by quarterback , who checked in at No. 9 overall with an estimated $67.3 million in 2018 pay. That's $62.3 million in salary and $5 million in endorsements, according to Forbes. The $62.3 million in salary comes from the brand-new, five-year, $150 million contract extension Ryan signed this offseason. The deal featured a $46.5 million signing bonus and $6 million base salary in 2018, plus a $2.4 million option bonus, per Spotrac. It's unclear where the additional $7.4 million in salary is coming from.Ahead of Ryan on the list are Floyd Mayweather, Lionel Me TJ Brodie Jersey si, Cristiano Ronaldo, Conor McGregor, Neymar, , Roger Federer, and . Directly behind Ryan at No. 10 on the list is quarterback , whose five-year, $135 million contract extension signed last offseason was structured to include a large payday in 2018. Ryan and Stafford lead a group of 10 quarterbacks on the Forbes list, which also includes , , , , , , , and . The non-quarterbacks who appear on the list are , , , , , , , and .Here' Matthew Tkachuk Kids Jersey s a look at where each of those players lands on the list, as well as Forbes' estimate of their 2018 pay: Matt Ryan, No. 9, $67.3 millionMatthew Stafford, No. 10, $59.5 millionDrew Brees, No. 17, $42.9 millionDerek Carr, No. 19, $42.1 millionAlex Smith, T-No. 20, $41.4 millionTrumaine Johnson, No. 27, $37 millionJimmy Garoppolo, No. 28, $36.2 millionRyan Tannehill, No. 32, $35.2 millionVon Miller, No. 33 TJ Brodie Kids Jersey , $35.1 millionKirk Cousins, No. 55, $28.4 millionEli Manning, No. 68, $25.5 millionDeAndre Hopkins, T-No. 69, $25.3 millionDavante Adams, T-No. 77, $24.5 millionStephon Tuitt, No. 79, $24.4 millionSam Bradford, No. 80, $24.3 millionJarvis Landry, T-No. 92, $23.2 millionNate Solder, T-No. 92, $23.2 millionMelvin Ingram, No. 99, $23 millionBrees led the way among that group of Curtis Lazar Kids Jersey players with $13 million in endorsement pay, nearly twice as much as the next-closest football player (Manning, with $7 million). Ryan, Miller, Carr, Stafford, Cousins, and Hopkins were the only other football players on the list with more than $1 million in endorsement earnings.