| Sport or competition | Athlete | League, competition | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Skiing (women) | Lindsey Vonn | FIS World Cup Skiing, 2011 prize money | $612,417 |
| Alpine Skiing (men) | Marcel Hirscher | FIS World Cup Skiing, 2011 prize money | $510,192 |
| Auto racing | Fernando Alonso | Formula 1, Ferrari, 2011 salary and prize money | $40,000,000 |
| Badminton (women) | Wang Yihan | BWF Superseries, Grand Prix Gold and Continental Championships, 2011 prize money | $277,550 |
| Badminton (men) | Lee Chong Wei | BWF Superseries, Grand Prix Gold and Continental Championships, 2011 prize money | $267,350 |
| Baseball | Alex Rodriguez | MLB, NY Yankees, 2012 total salary | $30,000,000 |
| Basketball | Kobe Bryant | NBA, LA Lakers, 2011-12 total salary | $25,244,000 |
| Beach volleyball (women) | Larissa Franca/Juliana Felisberta da Silva | FIVB Swatch World Tour, 2011 prize money | $326,700 |
| Beach volleyball (men) | Emanuel Rego/Alison Cerutti | FIVB Swatch World Tour, 2011 prize money | $306,700 |
| Billiards | Shane Van Boening | Billiards, 2011 prize money | $160,450 |
| Bowling | Sean Rash | PBA Tour, 2011-12 prize money | $140,250 |
| Boxing | Manny Pacquiao | guaranteed minimum for two 2011 WBO title bouts | $50,000,000 |
| Bull Riding | Silvano Alves | Professional Bull Riders, 2011 PBR prize money | $1,461,964 |
| Darts | Phil Taylor | Pro Darts Corp. 2011 tournament prize money | $938,497 |
| Distance running (men) | Emmanuel Mutai | Distance running (2011 prize money from various events) | $815,000 |
| Distance running (women) | Liliya Shobukhova | Distance running (2011 prize money from various events)* | $720,000 |
| Drag racing | Del Worsham | NHRA Top Fuel, 2011 prize money | $1,193,000 |
| Eating | Joey Chestnut | Major League Eating, 2011 prize money | $205,000 |
| Equestrian | Rolf-Göran Bengtsson | Show Jumping, 2011 prize money | $1,161,280 |
| Fishing | Kevin VanDam | Bassmaster Elite Series, 2011 prize money | $706,500 |
| Football | Charles Johnson | NFL, Carolina Panthers, 2011 total salary | $34,000,000 |
| Golf (men) | Luke Donald | European, PGA Tours, combined 2011 prize money | $9,509,604 |
| Golf (women) | Yani Tseng | LPGA Tour, 2011 prize money | $2,921,713 |
| Hockey | Brad Richards | NHL, NY Rangers, 2011-12 salary | $12,000,000 |
| Horse Racing (jockey) | Ramon A. Dominguez | Horse Racing, 2011** | $20,567,032 |
| Poker | Pius Heinz | Poker winnings, land-based tournaments, 4/9/11 thru 4/8/12 | $8,876,067 |
| Racquetball | Kane Waselenchuk | International Racquetball Tour, 2011 IRT-Tour earnings | $270,000 |
| Rodeo | Trevor Brazile | Professional Rodeo Cowboys Assn, PRCA 2011 overall earnings | $365,293 |
| Rugby Union | Sebastien Chabal | LNR, French National Rugby, Racing Metro 92, 2011 salary | $1,318,195 |
| Sled dog racing | Dallas Seavey | Iditarod, 2012 first place prize money*** | $50,400 |
| Soccer | Wayne Rooney | EPL, Manchester United, 2011-12 salary | $20,821,300 |
| Squash | Nick Matthew | PSA World Tour, 2011 prize money | $129,592 |
| Sumo wrestling | Hakuho | Japan Sumo Association, 2011 base salary, prize money | $1,100,000 |
| Surfing (men) | Kelly Slater | ASP World Tour, 2011 prize money | $556,250 |
| Surfing (women) | Carissa Moore | ASP World Tour, 2011 prize money | $114,900 |
| Tennis (men) | Novak Djokovic | ATP Tour, 2011 prize money | $12,619,803 |
| Tennis (women) | Petra Kvitova | WTA Tour, 2011 prize money | $5,145,943 |
| Triathlon (men) | Alistair Brownlee | International Triathlon Union, 2011 prize money from ITU events | $162,892 |
| Triathlon (women) | Helen Jenkins | International Triathlon Union, 2011 prize money from ITU events | $151,050 |
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joey chestnut is a god
deserves every red cent
deserves every red cent
Seems like he might need to spend that much on antacid.
Poker and Eating are not sports in my mind.. Sorry but eating is a requirement and putting down a card is barely a effort..
Poker is a strategy game that requires statistical luck.. Depending on which luck you have, good or bad, you win or lose..
eating hot dogs en masse at coney island is THE sport
I knew you snuck down to New York and watched the Yankees, I just had to find a way to prove it.. You Yankee basturd.. :tooth
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Amazing that darts makes so much more than pool (billiards)! I would have thought it to be the other way around.
you know better than that, i ignored your leafs comment but that is just rude ( sticks tongue out)
Whoa. I was surprised by a couple of things.
1) Look at the difference in pay for the top paid male and female surfer. It looks like it was the same competition, but waaaaaay different prize totals.
2) I guess I am surprised that baseball gets paid more than basketball. I mean, I guess Kobe can make due with his meager 25 million dollar salary.
3) I don't think it is worth being a sled dog racer. Those working conditions must be tough. Not to mention that every time I think of sled dog racing, I think of that children's book, Stone Fox where the poor dog's heart explodes at the end of the race. 50,000 isn't worth a dog exploding.
1) Look at the difference in pay for the top paid male and female surfer. It looks like it was the same competition, but waaaaaay different prize totals.
2) I guess I am surprised that baseball gets paid more than basketball. I mean, I guess Kobe can make due with his meager 25 million dollar salary.
3) I don't think it is worth being a sled dog racer. Those working conditions must be tough. Not to mention that every time I think of sled dog racing, I think of that children's book, Stone Fox where the poor dog's heart explodes at the end of the race. 50,000 isn't worth a dog exploding.
you know better than that, i ignored your leafs comment but that is just rude ( sticks tongue out)
The leafs comment was just a tease.. These was a dirty jab..
1) Look at the difference in pay for the top paid male and female surfer. It looks like it was the same competition, but waaaaaay different prize totals.
I think that goes by the sponsorship they can get.. Hence if they can get enough money thrown in, the big prize gets bigger.
2) I guess I am surprised that baseball gets paid more than basketball. I mean, I guess Kobe can make due with his meager 25 million dollar salary.
Well for Hockey it's even worse and more players suffer career ending injuries more often. Richards is making 12 million because that's all the team and league can support under the salary cap. To be quite honest some of those players would make money money boxing...
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