2005 SI Fortunate 50
Here are the top 10 of the Sports Illustrated Magazine's fortunate 50 list for the year 2005. This is the 2nd year that the list has been published. As with all Fortunate 50 lists, it only includes athletes from the USA, sorted by total earnings (salary, winnings, endorsements and appearance fees).
Golfer Tiger Woods is again the highest earner, as he was last year. The highest ranked female on the list was tennis player maria Sharapova with $23 million in 20th place. See also the partially complete 2005 International 20 for the top paid sports people from the rest of the world.
| Name | Sport | earnings (US$) | previous year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tiger Woods | Golf | $86,370,407 | 1 |
| 2. | Andre Agassi | Tennis | $45,677,254 | 7 |
| 3. | Shaquille O'Neal | Basketball | $41,696,429 | 2 |
| 4. | Oscar De La Hoya | Boxing | $40,000,000 | 6 |
| 5. | Michael Vick | American Football | $37,100,000 | ? |
| 6. | Kevin Garnett | Basketball | $30,000,000 | 5 |
| 7. | Payton Manning | American Football | $29,665,000 | 4 |
| 8. | LeBron James | Basketball | $28,320,360 | 3 |
| 9. | Phil Mickelson | Golf | $27,384,823 | 36 |
| 10. | Dale Earnhardt Jr. | Auto Racing | $27,201,380 | ? |
Source
- List as published on SI.com
Related Pages
- About the Fortunate 50, and other Sports Illustrated Lists
- Other sporting lists, including the Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- More about the World of Sport
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