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Fifteen NFL players made it onto Sports Illustrated’s Fortunate 50 list of the highest-paid American athletes, and they’re a pretty weird group. There’s two brothers near the top, two Redskins, four second-year guys with weird contracts, six quarterbacks and eight guys who didn’t make the playoffs in 2009. Peyton Manning is the highest-paid NFL player, but his total earnings rank only 17th among the world’s highest-paid athletes and 9th among American athletes.
The athletes who made more than Peyton Manning include four NBA players, three MLB players, three soccer players, two golfers, two boxers, a tennis player, and a race car driver.
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Peyton Manning is also making more than twice as much in endorsements as any other NFL player — his $15 million in estimated 2010 endorsement money is nearly half his $30.8 million in total earnings. Peyton’s brother Eli and Brett Favre both will make $7 million from endorsements in 2010 — and are the only other NFL players on the Fortunate 50 list who get over $1 million from endorsements. Only three other NFL players on the list make even $500,000 from endorsements.
Here’s the NFL’s Top 15 (if you didn’t follow the 2009 Draft real close, you might not have even heard of some of these guys):
- QB Peyton Manning, Colts $30.8 million total earnings (9th among US athletes, $15.8m salary/$15m endorsements)
- QB Matthew Stafford, Lions $27.6m (11, $26.9m/$0.7m)
- QB Eli Manning, Giants $26.5m (T13, $19.5m/$7m)
- QB Philip Rivers, Chargers $25.8m (17, $25.6m/$0.2m)
- LB Terrell Suggs, Ravens $24.9m (19, $24.9m/$0.0m)
- DL Albert Haynesworth, Redskins $24.6m (20, $24.6m/$0.1m)
- QB Brett Favre, Vikings $24m (21, $17m/$7m)
- WR Darrius Heyward-Bey, Raiders $21.5m (28, $21.4m/$0.0m)
- RT Jason Smith, Rams $20.6m (33, $20.5m/$0.0m)
- DE Julius Peppers, Bears $20m (36, $20m/$0.0m)
- NT Vince Wilfork, Patriots $18.9m (38, $18.9m/$0.0m)
- CB DeAngelo Hall, Redskins $18.5m (40, $18.5m/$0.0m)
- DE Tyson Jackson, Chiefs $18.1m (42, $18.1m/$0.0m)
- QB Mark Sanchez, Jets $16.9m (48, $16.4m/$0.5m)
- LB DeMarcus Ware, Cowboys $16.8m (49, $16m/$0.8m)
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Let me see it I have this right; Matthew Stafford, Philip Rivers, Brett Favre, and Mark Sanchez each make more at the QB position than Drew Brees? Wow!
You need to update this now that Tom Bradey made his deal. 72 Million over 4 years is 18 Million a year which would put him at #1 over Peyton (endorsements not included).
The list is based on what players make as their salary in 2010 — its their actual salaries for 2010, not their average annual salaries for their whole contracts. Also, Brady’s new deal doesn’t kick in until 2011 — in 2010, he’s still making like $6.5 million.
When peyton gets his new contract at the end of thise season, he will be the most played player in all of sport.
man peyton that man all of yall thats hatin on him let it go he is the best thats then played game FACE IT
Peyton manning is the best that ever played then why does tom brady have 3/4 the qb records? Yeah peyton isnt really that good.
This means that Michael Vick will be paaid about $23m next season as a franchise player… That’s awesome dude..
Please, dudes, Brett Favre is the best! Check out the records…