60. Felix Hernandez
Takings/Payouts: $22.7 million
Advertisements: $200,000
Total earnings: $22.9 million
Nicknamed "King Félix", Hernandez is a Venezuelan professional baseball
starting pitcher for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball, who made
his MLB debut in 2005
The Mariners signed him to a 7-year,
$175 million deal extension in 2013. The contract hits the highest point with a
salary of $27 million in 2019. He has finished in the top four of the AL Cy
Young Award voting four of the past seven years, taking home the award in 2011.
He finished second in the 2014 Cy Young voting. A top finished would have made
a profit of a $200,000 bonus.
61. Jimmie Johnson
Takings/Payouts: $16.2 million
Advertisements: $6.5 million
Total earnings: $22.7 million
He is an American
professional stock car racing driver and a six-time champion in the NASCAR
Sprint Cup Series, currently drives the No. 48 Chevrolet SS for Hendrick
Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series.
Johnson is in the final year of his
contract with Hendrick Motorsports, but is working on an extension through 2017
to match the term of his car sponsor Lowe's. Johnson has chosen a few new
endorsement contracts after his sixth Sprint Cup title in 2013. The Gap,
Mission and Seiko signed endorsement contracts with Johnson over the last 12
months, joining Chevy, Gatorade and others in his endorsements line up.
61. Cole Hamels
Takings/Payouts: $22.5 million
Advertisements: $200,000
Total earnings: $22.7 million
He is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of
Major League Baseball who played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies from 2006
to 2015.
The Philadelphia Phillies signed Hamels
in 2012 to a 6-year $144 million contract, the second-biggest contract ever
taken by a pitcher at the time. The contract pays $22.5 million yearly between
2014 and 2019. He went on to continue the 2012 season with a career high in
wins (17) and strikeouts (216). His name has been a constant in trade
speculation with the Phillies in rebuilding mode.
63. Wladimir Klitschko
Takings/Payouts: $19 million
Advertisements: $3.5 million
Total earnings: $22.5 million
He is a Ukrainian
professional boxer and the reigning Heavyweight World Champion, holding the
WBA, IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring heavyweight titles.
He has been the world's most dominant
heavyweight since 2005, reeling off 20 straight title bout wins, a popular
pitchman in Europe and has a profitable contract with RTL television station in
Germany to broadcast his fights. He won a unanimous decision against Bryant
Jennings in April at Madison Square Garden, which was his first time fighting
in the United States since 2008.
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