In total, the world's 50 highest paid athletes hauled in an estimated $3.88 billion over the last 12 months before taxes and agents fees, up 13 percent from last year's record mark of $3.44 billion. $2.94 billion came from on-field earnings partly because of the Middle Eastern money continuing to flow into sports.
在過去的 12 個月裡,全球收入最高的 50 名運動員在稅前和經紀人費用前總共獲得了約 38.8 億美元的收入,比去年創紀錄的 34.4 億美元增長了 13%。其中 29.4 億美元來自賽場收入,部分原因是中東資金繼續流入體育界。