The 100 top-earning athletes hail from 21 countries and compete in 11 sports with Americans and basketball players the most prevalent. Over the last 12 months, they banked a cumulative $3.11 billion with 29% derived from endorsements and appearances.

The Cleveland Cavaliers top the list of the highest-paid sports teams in the world

Sue Ogrocki/AP The Oklahoma City Thunder are the new highest-paid sports team in the world, with players making an average of $9.3 million during the 2017-18 season.

Are the world’s highest paid football players overpaid? Big data says yes Computational model shows Lionel Messi is the world’s most overpaid football player

Each professional game and each tournament help the players make large sums of money. And several millionaire athletes are there in the sports world right now. So let us take a look at the Highest Paying Sports in the World.

Major sports contracts keep getting bigger. Thanks to big-money broadcasting deals, the most talented superstars in the world continue to break the bank.

Sep 24, 2015 · It may sound too good to be true, but people actually play video games for a living. And they make a killing. E-Sports Earnings has ranked the 100 players with the highest overall earnings from competitive gaming. Over 100 gamers have earned more than $250,000 in prize money alone, without counting

The highest-paid player in Major League Baseball (MLB) from the 2013 season is New York Yankees’ third baseman Alex Rodriguez with an annual salary of $29,000,000, $4 million higher than the second-highest-paid player, Cliff Lee.

Jan 18, 2018 · Mike Trout will be baseball’s highest-paid player in 2018. The game’s greatest player, Mike Trout, will now be its best-compensated, too.

See the highest and lowest player salaries in the NBA on ESPN.com