Athletes Making More Money Than Lebron James

Cristiano Ronaldo $42 Million

Lionel Messi $39 Million

Alex Rodriguez $29 Million

Kobe Bryant $25.2 Million

Johan Santana $24 Million

Wayne Rooney $24 Million

Joe Mauer $23 Million

Prince Fielder $23 Million

CC Sabathia $23 Million

Mark Teixeira $22.5 Million

Rashard Lewis $22.1 Million

Cliff Lee $21.5 Million

Tim Duncan $21.3 Million

Kevin Garnett $21.2 Million

Vernon Wells $21 Million

Kaka $21 Million

Miguel Cabrera $21 Million

Adrian Gonzalez $21 Million

Justin Verlander $20 Million

Ryan Howard $20 Million

Roy Halladay $20 Million

Carl Crawford $19.5 Million

Gilbert Arenas $19.5 Million

Dirk Nowitzki $19.1 Million

Dwight Freeney $19 Million

Barry Zito $19 Million

Tony Romo $18.9 Million

Pau Gasol $18.7 Million

Felix Hernandez $18.5 Million

Carlos Lee $18.5 Million

Carmelo Anthony $18.5 Million

Amare Stoudemire $18.2 Million

Joe Johnson $18 Million

John Terry $18 Million

Yaya Toure $18 Million

Peyton Manning $18 Million

Carlos Zambrano $18 Million

Tim Lincecum $18 Million

Torii Hunter $18 Million

Haloti Ngata $17.9 Million

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Matt Stafford $17.25 Million

Elton Brand $17.1 Million

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Matt Holliday $17 Million

Fernando Torres $17 Million

Jake Peavy $17 Million

Ichiro Suzuki $17 Million

AJ Burnett $16.5 Million

Deron Williams $16.4 Million

Chris Paul $16.3 Million

Kevin Durant $16.3 Million