“Boxing’s biggest night of 2017 helped Mayweather and McGregor earn nearly $400m combined,” said Kurt Badenhausen, senior editor at Forbes Media.
“But basketball players dominate the top 100 overall thanks to a soaring salary cap triggered by the NBA’s $24bn TV contract.”
He added: “Forbes’ lists of top-earning athletes have long been testosterone heavy. But there has always been at least one female athlete, and as many as three, who qualified since the list was expanded to at least 50 names in 2010. Not this year.”
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)
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