Floyd "Money" Mayweather Jr. is once again the the highest-earning athlete in American sports for the second straight year according to SI.com’s Fortunate 50 list. potentially Mayweather is projected to earn somewhere between $90 million and $128 million in 2013. Well he has the right nickname "Money".
Heat star LeBron James is a distant second at $56.5 million. Drew Brees vaults into the rankings at No. 3 at $47.8 million thanks to a new contract signed before last season. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is fourth at just under $47 million.Tiger Woods is fifth with $40.8 million, his lowest spot since SI started the list in 2004. He was No. 1 through 2011.
The top 50 include 25 baseball players, 13 basketball players and eight football players, and with no female athletes for the fifth consecutive year.
The SI list combines the athletes' salary, winnings and endorsements.
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