The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes, Ranked by PeekScore

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Becks and Ronaldo
The inspiration for this list could not be simpler. Below are the ten athletes who were highest paid in the world during this past year (as reported by Forbes here).

In keeping with the kinds of things we get up to here at PeekYou, we’ve decided to see to what degree the respective compensations of these individuals corresponds (or doesn’t) to his visibility, activity, impact, presence, and overall influence here in cyberspace; as quantified by our PeekScore scale.

Rank Picture Name Last Year’s Earnings PeekScore
1

David Beckham $47mil 10 / 10
2

Cristiano Ronaldo $44mil 10 / 10
3

LeBron James $60mil 9.91 / 10
4

Kobe Bryant $62mil 9.91 / 10
5

Lionel Messi $41mil 9.80 / 10
6

Tiger Woods $78mil 9.79 / 10
7

Roger Federer $72mil 9.23 / 10
8

Aaron Rodgers $49mil 8.80 / 10
9

Drew Brees $51mil 8.44 / 10
10

Phil Mickelson $49mil 8.15 / 10