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Can you name the 2008 Highest Earning Worldwide Athletes? Enter an athlete (last names acceptable) in the box below Correctly named athletes will show up in the table below Answers do not have to be guessed in order Earnings include salary and endorsements (compiled by SI.com) You have 8 minutes to guess after you click the button below.	Search: Popular trivia games today 4 Letter Capitals 5190 TV Shows (U.S.) 3506 Broadway Opening Lines 3470 You Do Know Jack 1497 Lousy descriptions of Tom Hanks movies 1444 Same Last Name 1214 And more...
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Earnings (millions)	Athlete	Sport
$127.9		Golf
$62.3		Golf
$48.2		Football (Soccer)
$46		Auto Racing
$40.4		Basketball
$40.2		Boxing
$37.5		Football (Soccer)
$35.8		Football (Soccer)
$35.4		Basketball
$35.1		Tennis
$35		Basketball
$35		Baseball
$35		Auto Racing
$34		Motor Sports
$31.7		Basketball

Earnings (millions)	Athlete	Sport
$31		Basketball
$30.5		Football (American)
$30.3		Football (Soccer)
$30		Baseball
$27.6		Baseball
$27.6		Auto Racing
$27.2		Auto Racing
$27.1		Basketball
$26.1		Football (Soccer)
$25.9		Basketball
$25.9		Auto Racing
$25.2		Football (American)
$25		Basketball
$25		Basketball
$22.5		Basketball

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	lakers22:	Nov 4th, 2008 at 22:27 GMT	-1 points
	james woods mickelson were easy

	lafayet:	Nov 30th, 2008 at 07:38 GMT	5 points
	would have never known about Kevin Durant...

	Blue_Iguana:	Dec 1st, 2008 at 01:46 GMT	7 points
	knew none of the basketball/baseball ones..... feel stupid for missing henry and rossi though.

	some_guy:	Dec 11th, 2008 at 22:36 GMT	3 points
	never think Yao Ming would be there. Feel pretty stupid because i missed beckham and ronaldinho

	Tom Benedict:	Jan 13th, 2009 at 13:39 GMT	-2 points
	only got 16/30! d'oh!

	RobH:	Jan 23rd, 2009 at 19:38 GMT	-2 points
	13/30 Only got Kobe Bryant from the American sports (NFL, baseball, American racing series). Got all the football (soccer) players though and all the F1 stars!

	bsd987:	Jan 24th, 2009 at 08:30 GMT	4 points
	should not "Yao" be accepted? It is his family name, just like "Ichiro" is accepted.

	Nuclear_Knuckles:	Jan 28th, 2009 at 00:16 GMT	-3 points
	Some of these guys are making a huge % of their income in endorsements. For example I doubt Durant made much more than about $2M in salary last year. I had no idea he had so many endorsements. Those will look silly when he never becomes close to a franchise player.

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	bsd987:	Feb 16th, 2009 at 05:49 GMT	8 points
	@mike, the quiz says 2008, so no, he does not need to be put on this list.

	Statto:	Mar 14th, 2009 at 20:08 GMT	3 points
	@Nuclear Knuckles - I think you're right about endorsements being a major income source. Number 1 on the list missed about half of 2008 through injury but with his endorsement deals his number 1 position was safe.

	DCRedskinsRule:	Mar 21st, 2009 at 12:09 GMT	4 points
	26/30 ... missed 4/5 Auto Racing. lol

	Nimish Todi:	Apr 8th, 2009 at 19:58 GMT	7 points
	Who is Räikkönen? I have never heard of him but hes paid as the fourth most paid sportsman

	RossN:	Apr 26th, 2009 at 03:55 GMT	2 points
	@Nimish - He's big in Formula 1 - the worldwide version of Nascar if you like, except much better. Not a round track for a start! He won the Driver's Championship in 2007. Personally, as a Brit living in the USA, I did pretty well - 29/30. Never heard of Ichiro Suzuki but to be fair, never watch baseball. Only got Rodriguez and Jeter as I'd heard their names before

	Jordan Barry:	May 11th, 2009 at 01:56 GMT	2 points
	"Kimi Raeikoenen" should be accepted.

	Nitram_Odarp:	May 26th, 2009 at 04:22 GMT	4 points
	Wow, tough one. Didn't get any of the F1 guys and the only soccer player I got was Beckham. Wasn't expecting to see Durant on the list already.

	Brooklyn_Girl:	May 30th, 2009 at 07:37 GMT	4 points
	I clearly need to expand my soccer knowledge.

	Benaldo:	Jun 20th, 2009 at 22:47 GMT	3 points
	cant believe daisuke matsuzaka isnt on here

	brian21:	Jun 22nd, 2009 at 23:49 GMT	3 points
	i didnt expect roethlisberger to be here

	kevmurph55:	Jul 4th, 2009 at 16:27 GMT	2 points
	i would never knew tmac would be on that list

	tennisrocks:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 04:17 GMT	-2 points
	spelled "carmelo" with a w, dang

	kevmurph55:	Jul 11th, 2009 at 23:11 GMT	0 points
	they should make some new quizzes

	kevmurph55:	Jul 12th, 2009 at 17:38 GMT	0 points
	i pwn.27/30

	dtro:	Jul 15th, 2009 at 19:37 GMT	-2 points
	Should've got Ichiro and could really care less about F1. Really surprised by Durant, though.

	TIMTEBOW15:	Jul 21st, 2009 at 02:35 GMT	1 point
	whos that girl who makes more than lebron and twice what 'melo makes?

	PoisonSumac:	Jul 22nd, 2009 at 22:24 GMT	0 points
	@GoGatorsMagicRays: that girl is a man - sadly there are no women on the list

	cinterclawz:	Jul 31st, 2009 at 20:07 GMT	1 point
	several of these people aren't even on the SI.com page provided as a source. where did their info come from?

	omnipotent1:	Aug 16th, 2009 at 03:02 GMT	1 point
	You know athletes are raking in the dough when you see how much Anthony is making and think to yourself 'Wow, chump change' compared to the others. I'd be happy just to make 10% of what Anthony makes.

	darksilver2820:	Nov 6th, 2009 at 06:58 GMT	1 point
	I'm a NASCAR guy and I got Raikkonen, Alonso, Hamilton, but not Dale Jr. Hm...

	GiantsJoe2110:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 05:09 GMT	1 point
	I'm suprised that there are more basketball and American football players on here than baseball players because, of the big 4 sports, baseball players have the highest salary. I guess they just don't have the same name and facial recognition because one player can't carry a team so they don't get as much money from endoresments.