WOW

Top 10 sports earners:

1. Tiger Woods $80.3m
2. Michael Schumacher $80m
3. Peyton Manning (American football) $42m
4. Michael Jordan $35m
5. Shaquille O'Neal (basketball) $31.9m
6. Kevin Garnett (basketball) $29.7m
7. Andre Agassi $28.2m
8. David Beckham $28m
9. Alex Rodriguez (baseball) $26.2m
10. Kobe Bryant (basketball) $26.1m

now I am not one of Mr Beckham's greatest fans but fair play to the bloke, he is the only Brit to make the list and one of only two who are not American (or play their sport in the US as far as I am aware).