Highest-earning athletes in the U.S.

In case you missed it a couple weeks ago, SI.com came out with a list of the top 50 highest-earning athletes in the U.S. I’m gonna take it a step further and out of those top 50 see what sport comes out on top. Let’s do this:

NBA: $584,570,587 (Highest-earning, Lebron James $40,455,000)
MLB: $210,650,000 (Highest-earning, Alex Rodriguez $35,000,000)
PGA: $206,029,437 (Highest-earning, Tiger Woods $127,902,706)
NFL: $143,775,069 (Highest-earning, Peyton Manning $30,500,000)
NASCAR: $71,812,577 (Highest-earning, Dale Earnhardt Jr $27,221,970)
Boxing: $40,250,000 (Highest-earning, Floyd Mayweather Jr $40,250,000)

Wow, the NBA likes to rock the party?

In Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Football, Golf, NASCAR June 19, 2008