NOW YOU KNOW
Athletes with most earnings in 2000, including endorsements, salary, bonuses and other compensation:
Michael Schumacher Earned equivalent of $161,600 a day
Tiger Woods $145,200
Mike Tyson $131,500
Michael Jordan $101,400
Grant Hill $71,200
Dale Earnhardt $67,100
Note--Martina Hingis was the highest-paid woman, at an equivalent of $30,137 a day.
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Source: Forbes Magazine and WFS (March 19, 2001)
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