Forbes: World's 100 Highest Paid Sportspeople 2018

The top 100 athletes are fom 23 counties and cpmpete in 11 sports, with Amercans (65) and basketball players (40) the most prevalant. Over the last 12 months, they banked a cumulative of $3.8 billions with 23% derived from endorsement and appearances.

Here are the top 10:

1 Floyd Mayweather - boxing ($285m)

2 Lionel Messi - football ($111m)

3 Cristiano Ronaldo - football ($108m)

4 Conor McGregor - mixed martial arts ($99m)

5 Neymar - football ($90m)

6 LeBron James - basketball ($85,5m)

7 Roger Federer - tennis ($77.2m)

8 Stephen Curry - basketball ($76.9m)

9 Matt Ryan - American football ($67.3m)

10 Matthew Stafford - American football ($59.5m)

(all data from Forbes.com)

Remember there is no a single woman in the top 100.