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Highest paid athletes in the world

1. Tiger Woods: $100 million
2. Oscar De La Hoya: $43 million
3. Phil Mickelson: $42.2 million
4. Kimi Raikkonen: $40 million
5. Michael Schumacher: $36 million
6. David Beckham: $33 million
7. Kobe Bryant: $32.9 million
8. Shaquille O'Neal: $31.9 million
9. Michael Jordan: $31 million
10. Ronaldinho: $31 million
11. Valentino Rossi: $30 million
12. Alex Rodriguez: $29.2 million
13. Roger Federer: $29 million
14. Derek Jeter: $28.3 million
15. LeBron James: $27.3 million
16. Floyd Mayweather: $26.5 million
17. Yao Ming: $26.3 million
18. Vijay Singh: $25.8 million
19. Leonard Davis: $25.4 million
20. Arnold Palmer: $25.0 million
21. Jeff Gordon: $24.5 million
22. Kevin Garnett: $24.3 million
23. Reggie Bush: $23.8 million
24. Allen Iverson: $23.3 million
25. Maria Sharapova: $23 million

Figures include endorsements and bonuses
For the period ending October 2007
Source: Forbes magazine