Woods still the highest earner

Tiger Woods is still the world's highest earning athlete, according to the 2010 rankings,below is a list of the overall top 10:

1. Tiger Woods - Golf (£59.527,723)

2. Roger Federer- Tennis (£40,627,103)

3. Phil Mickelson - Golf (£40,556,493)

4. Floyd Mayweather Jr. - Boxing (£39,636,452)

5. LeBron James - Basketball (£30,117,628)

6. Lionel Messi - Football (£28,946,700)

7. David Beckham - Football (£26,640,962)

8. Cristiano Ronaldo - Football (£26,312,100)

9. Manny Pacquiao - Boxing (£24,993,547)

T10. Alex Rodriguez - Baseball (£24,335,598)

T10. Ichiro Suzuki - Baseball (£24,335,598).