9. Tiger Woods
Total Earnings – $50.6 million; Sport: Golf
The Thanksgiving of 2009 saw the life and career of the World’s greatest golfer fall apart. That night Tiger Woods, one of the World’s highest paid athletes for several years, was chased around by his wife with a golf club.
Exposed as a serial cheater, Woods had no place to hide. Overnight he lost deals with Nike, Gatorade, Gillette and Accenture. Gillette and Accenture alone earned him about $25 million a year. Following this revelation that shook the sporting world, though Woods’ game fell apart he earned $54 million which was roughly half of what he earned before the scandal.
His comeback in the game was a pretty muted one. However that has not stopped this 14-time Major winner from picking new endorsement deals with MusclePharm and Hero Motorcycles. His golf course design business has picked up since 2014 and has been making waves in Mexico, China and Dubai.
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