still the highest paid player on the court in the NBA,

and still has a very lucrative pact with Nike,

uh, started something called Kobe Inc. to make investments.

Tiger Woods ranks number 9 at $50.6 million.

Tiger's been sidelined a lot in the last 12 months,

missed a ton of cuts, really struggling.

He made only $600,000 in terms of prize money,

but, still, Nike pays him more than $20 million dollars a year,

and his golf course design business has picked up.

Phil Mickelson comes in at number 8.

He outearned Tiger for the first time in his career.

Phil is very popular with his sponsors.

They're gonna continue to use Phil long after his best playing days are behind him.

Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder ranks number 7, $54.1 million,

uh, signed a huge deal last year, it's gonna be payout $300 million, including royalties.

It was a huge bidding war between Nike and Under Armour,

and the winner at the end of this, Kevin Durant.

LeBron James comes in at number 6, with $64.8 million.

His shoes sold $340 million worth for Nike in 2014, and that's just in the U.S.

Roger Federer comes in at number 5 with earnings of $67 million,

pulls in $58 million from sponsors and appearance fees,

and then made $9 million on the court, in terms of prize money, over the last 12 months.

Lionel Messi ranks number 4 overall.

Barcelona redid his contract in 2014, adding $9 million to his playing salary.

He is Adidas' biggest sponsor when it comes to promoting soccer around the world.

Cristiano Ronaldo comes in at number 3, at nearly $80 million.

The three time Player of the Year is a corporate dream.

He's got a huge social media presence, with 158 million followers across Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

Manny Pacquiao ranks second overall.

Manny had the biggest payday of his career in his May 2nd fight against Floyd Mayweather.

Also, added sponsors this year leading up to the fight,

so signed deals with Footlocker, Nike had his own apparel line,

made a deal with Nestlé.

And the highest paid athlete in the world, for the second year in a row and third time in four years, Floyd Mayweather,

earned $300 million over the last 12 months.

He controls the purse strings by also acting as promoter.

He's ignored sponsorship deals in the past, but leading up to this fight,

he signed deals with FanDuel, Hublot, Burger King,

and he also has his popular TMT merchandise,

so Floyd earned about $15 million outside of the ring, over the last year.