-*** PFL = PERFORMANCE LAST SEASON NS = NEWSPAPER STORIES SI = Sports Illustrated T = Time SN = Sporting News PV = PANEL VOTES -*****
MONEY RANK $U.S. 2002/ 2001/ NAME mln. PFL NS SI T SN. PV. SPORT 1 2 Michael Schumacher.$80.A+ 409 - - - 6 Automobile racing 2 1 Tiger Woods $69.C+.1,007 3 - - 6 Golf 3 3 Shaquille O'Neal.$29.4 A 269 3 - - 4 Basketball LA Lakers 4 22 Lennox Lewis $36.A+ 425 - - - 5 Boxing 5 21 Venus Williams $20.A- 343 - 1 - 6 Tennis 6 - Michael Jordan $35.B- 404 1 - 4 4 Basketball Washington Wizards7 9 David Beckham $9.3.C+.1,671 - - 4 4 Soccer Manchester United8 15 Kobe Bryant $22.3.A+ 216 2 - 4 1 Basketball LA Lakers9 - Barry Bonds $11 A 229 2 - 2 3 Baseball San Francisco Giants10 - Serena Williams $16.14 264 - 1 - 4 Tennis 11 - Lance Armstrong $7.6.A+ 176 1 - - 2 Bicycle racing 12 47 Ronaldo $8.3.A- 183 - - - 3 Soccer 13 - Steve Yzerman $7.5.B- 240 - - 1 3 Hockey Detroit Red Wings14 - Ichiro Suzuki $5.7.A- 97 1 - 3 2 Baseball Seattle Mariners15 4 Alex Rodriguez $40.3.B+ 159 - - - - Baseball Texas Rangers16 - Randy Johnson $13.4.A+ 155 2 - - - Baseball Arizona Diamondbacks17 12 Derek Jeter $12.6.C- 259 1 - - 3 Baseball NY Yankees18 - Jeff Gordon $14.A+ 60 - - 2 - Automobile racing 19 6 Allen Iverson $21.2 B 203 2 - 1 - Basketball Philadelphia 76ers20 - Jamie Salé and $1.A+ 271 - 1 - - Figure skating David Pelletier 21 11 Sammy Sosa $22.B+ 97 - - 1 1 Baseball Chicago Cubs22 26 Kurt Warner $6.6 A 63 - - - - Football St. Louis Rams23 27 Michael Owen $7.B+.1,039 - - - - Soccer Liverpool24 19 Andre Agassi $14.4.C+ 397 - - - 1 Tennis 25 - Dominik Hasek $8 B 275 - - 2 1 Hockey Detroit Red Wings26 - Oscar de la Hoya $15 A 33 - - - - Boxing 27 8 Vince Carter $5.B- 456 1 - 2 - Basketball Toronto Raptors28 20 Zinedine Zidane $12.2 C 320 - - - 1 Soccer Real Madrid29 16 Joe Sakic $9.8.B- 285 - - - 1 Hockey Colorado Avalanche30 39 Roger Clemens $10.3 B 257 1 - - - Baseball NY Yankees31 34 Luis Figo $7.7 A 221 - - - - Soccer Real Madrid32 5 Mike Tyson $17.5 C 426 1 - - - Boxing 33 42 Marshall Faulk $6.4.A- 43 - - 2 - Football St. Louis Rams34 - Raul $8.A- 290 - - - - Soccer Real Madrid35 - Dale Earnhardt Jr.$5.3.A- 52 - - - - Automobile racing 36 31 Tracy McGrady $13.9.B+ 112 - - - - Basketball Orlando Magic37 - Jarome Iginla $2.6 A 164 - - - - Hockey Calgary Flames38 - Pedro Martinez $13 D 124 - - 1 1 Baseball Boston Red Sox39 17 Rivaldo $6.7.A- 216 - - - - Soccer Barcelona40 - David Duval $12.C- 220 1 - - - Golf 41 48 Annika Sorenstam $2.6.B- 181 - - - 1 Golf 42 - Lleyton Hewitt $9.B- 300 - - - - Tennis 43 - Jennifer Capriati $3.B- 351 - - - - Tennis 44 - Ralf Schumacher $12.C+ 182 - - - - Automobile racing 45 45 Phil Mickelson $9.4 D 268 - - - 1 Golf 46 37 David Coulthard $8.C+ 278 - - - - Automobile racing 47 33 Randy Moss $7.5 C 32 - - 1 - Football Minnesota Vikings48 38 Mats Sundin $7.5.C- 366 - - - - Hockey Toronto Maple Leafs49 41 Daunte Culpepper $2.C+ 18 - - 1 - Football Minnesota Vikings50 44 Anna Kournikova $10.4.D- 194 - - - - Tennis