Valentino Rossi fifth highest earning sportsman
Motorcycling's greatest ranks high up the list of world's top earning sports stars
Visordown News
| 10 Top Earning Non-US Sportsmen 2009 | ||
| David Beckham | Football | £28,000,000 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | Car Racing | £25,000,000 |
| Manny Pacquiao | Boxing | £24,750,000 |
| Lionel Messi | Football | £24,700,000 |
| Fernando Alonso | Car Racing | £22,000,000 |
| Valentino Rossi | Motorcycle Racing | £22,000,000 |
| Yao Ming | Basketball | £20,500,000 |
| Lewis Hamilton | Car Racing | £20,300,000 |
| Roger Federer | Tennis | £18,250,000 |
| Vijay Singh | Golf | £17,800,000 |
VALENTINO Rossi clearly doesn't worry about the credit crunch.
Motorcycling's all-time greatest ranks joint fifth with Fernando Alonso in the non-US top earning sportsmen list, but is also tied in fifth place with Shaquille O'Neal in the combined world's top earning sports stars list.
David Beckham tops the non-US high-rollers list, but Tiger Woods dwarf's even Beckham's earnings; taking home £61,000,000 - over double what Beckham earns.
Still, Valentino earns around £60,000 a day. We'd be happy with that..
