TIMEOUT : The Forbes 40 Athletes

The 40 athletes who earned the most in 1995, as estimated by Forbes in its Dec. 18 issue. The salary/winnings figure includes salary, prize money and earned incentive bonuses. Endorsements includes licensing money and appearance and exhibition fees. Income from side businesses and equity partnerships is not counted. The magazine does not say how it treats deferred compensation. Figures are in millions.

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Name Sport Salary Endorse Total 1. Michael Jordan Basketball 3.9 40.0 43.9 2. Mike Tyson Boxing 40.0 0.0 40.0 3. Deion Sanders Football/Baseball 16.5 6.0 22.5 4. Riddick Bowe Boxing 22.0 0.2 22.2 5. Shaquille O’Neal Basketball 4.9 17.0 21.9 6. George Foreman Boxing 10.0 8.0 18.0 7. Andre Agassi Tennis 3.0 13.0 16.0 8. Jack Nicklaus Golf 0.6 14.5 15.1 9. Michael Schumacher Auto Racing 10.0 5.0 15.0 10. Wayne Gretzky Ice Hockey 8.5 6.0 14.5 11. Arnold Palmer Golf 0.1 14.0 14.1 12. Drew Bledsoe Football 13.2 0.7 13.9 13. Gerhard Berger Auto Racing 12.0 1.5 13.5 14. Evander Holyfield Boxing 11.0 2.0 13.0 15. Pete Sampras Tennis 4.7 6.5 11.2 16. Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball 6.3 4.0 10.3 17. Greg Norman Golf 1.7 8.0 9.7 18. David Robinson Basketball 7.9 1.7 9.6 19. Patrick Ewing Basketball 7.5 2.0 9.5 20. Dale Earnhardt Auto Racing 2.4 6.0 8.4 21. Ki-Jana Carter Football 7.9 0.5 8.4 22. Jean Alesi Auto Racing 7.0 1.0 8.0 23. Ken Griffey Jr. Baseball 6.2 1.7 7.9 24. Grant Hill Basketball 2.8 5.0 7.8 25. Frank Thomas Baseball 6.3 1.5 7.8 26. Boris Becker Tennis 3.3 4.5 7.8 27. Hakeem Olajuwon Basketball 5.8 2.0 7.8 28. Michael Chang Tennis 2.6 5.0 7.6 29. Barry Bonds Baseball 6.8 0.7 7.5 30. Steffi Graf Tennis 2.5 5.0 7.5 31. Greg Maddux Baseball 6.8 0.4 7.2 32. Charles Barkley Basketball 4.1 3.0 7.1 33. Pernell Whitaker Boxing 7.0 0.0 7.0 34. Mark Messier Ice Hockey 6.0 1.0 7.0 35. Steve Young Football 4.0 3.0 7.0 36. Joe Carter Baseball 6.5 0.5 7.0 37. Jerry Rice Football 6.0 1.0 7.0 38. Michael Irvin Football 6.2 0.7 6.9 39. Cecil Fielder Baseball 6.4 0.3 6.7 40. Dan Marino Football 4.5 1.7 6.2

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