8 Sports That Can Make You Super Rich

BANGALORE: Soccer, Golf, Cricket, Football, Tennis and a lot others take the audiences to various levels of emotional burst during the period of game. The audience cries, laughs, screams, dances, frets and does many other frenzied things before ending up with the moments to cherish for life.

The sportsmen and sports are equally revered- where some gets bestowed with the titles like “God of Cricket,” and some with the popular phrases “Bend it like Beckham.” The popularity garnered by the sportsmen, most often than not, gets them lots of money, be it in salaries, advertising, appearances and others. Read on to know top 10 highest paid personalities in the world as compiled by Sporteology.

1. Basketball

Basketball is one of the world's most popular and widely viewed sports. Ball player Michael Jordan tops the Forbes list of richest players with $35.9 million in 1992, $36.0 million in 1993, $30.01 million in 1994, $43.9 million in 1995, $78.3 million in 1997 and $69 million in 1998. Another fabulous player Shaquille O'Neal accomplished the 6th place in the Forbes list of Richest Players with $15.2 million in 1993 and again accomplished the 2nd spot in the list with $16.7 million in 1994.

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