Who are the highest-paid athletes among the protagonists of the Paris Olympics?
According to the situation created by the specialized website Sportico, the top contains a surprise.
Overall, 20 of the athletes who will participate in the 2024 event each earned more than $35 million last year, bringing their total earnings to $1.35 billion.
The surprise lies in the fact that in first place is not one of the great NBA champions, such as LeBron James or Steph Curry, but rather the Spanish golfer John Rahm, who earned the most with 210 million dollars.
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Rahm’s astronomical compensation was fueled by a nine-figure bonus when he switched sides in golf’s Cold War in December to join LIV Golf, which is backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund (PIF).
It is worth mentioning that golf was reintroduced at the 2016 Summer Olympics, after a hiatus of 112 years.
The dominance of athletes by sport belongs to NBA basketball, which accounts for 13 of the 20 highest-paid athletes, including the four who follow the Rams: LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant.
The classification (the data is the sum of salaries plus sponsorships):
- John Rahm (golf): $210 million
- LeBron James (basketball): 127.7 cm.
- Steph Curry (basketball): 40 inches (101.9 cm).
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (basketball): 100.8 cm.
- Kevin Durant (basketball): 89.7 cm.
- Rory McIlroy (golf): 77.9 cm.
- Scotty Scheffler (golf): 62.6 cm.
- Joel Embiid (basketball): 57.7 cm.
- Nikola Jokic (basketball): 54.7 cm.
- Devin Booker (basketball): 48.1 cm.
- Anthony Davis (basketball): 46.7 cm.
- Victor Hofland (golf): 45.9 cm.
- Carlos Alcarath (tennis): 45 cm.
- Jayson Tatum (basketball): 43.5 cm.
- Rudy Gober (basketball): 42.7 cm.
- Jamal Murray (basketball): 42.4 cm.
- Jrue Holiday (basketball): 41.4 cm.
- Novak Djokovic (tennis): 38.7 cm.
- Zander Kofel (golf): 36.2 cm.
- Cy Gilgeous-Alexander (basketball): 36 cm.
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