World's highest paid athletes 2018/19
The statistic shows the 10 highest-paid athletes worldwide in 2018/19. The basketball player LeBron James ranked eighth with a salary of 36 million U.S. dollars and endorsement deals worth another 53 million U.S. dollars.
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Athletes ranked by earnings from salary and endorsements worldwide in 2018/19 (in million U.S. dollars)*
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Forbes. (June 10, 2019). Athletes ranked by earnings from salary and endorsements worldwide in 2018/19 (in million U.S. dollars)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 22, 2019, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/250295/highest-paid-athletes-worldwide/
Forbes. "Athletes ranked by earnings from salary and endorsements worldwide in 2018/19 (in million U.S. dollars)*." Chart. June 10, 2019. Statista. Accessed October 22, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250295/highest-paid-athletes-worldwide/
Forbes. (2019). Athletes ranked by earnings from salary and endorsements worldwide in 2018/19 (in million U.S. dollars)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 22, 2019. https://www.statista.com/statistics/250295/highest-paid-athletes-worldwide/
Forbes. "Athletes Ranked by Earnings from Salary and Endorsements Worldwide in 2018/19 (in Million U.S. Dollars)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 10 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250295/highest-paid-athletes-worldwide/
Forbes, Athletes ranked by earnings from salary and endorsements worldwide in 2018/19 (in million U.S. dollars)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/250295/highest-paid-athletes-worldwide/ (last visited October 22, 2019)