Athlete With the Highest Net Worth in 2022 – It’s Not Floyd Mayweather, LeBron James, or Serena Williams

Published 08/26/2022, 12:00 PM EDT

Sports personalities earn some of the biggest figures in the economy of the world. Fields such as professional boxing, basketball, ice hockey, and golf yield some of the finest earnings one may have the capacity to think of. With liabilities and debts kept apart, one’s possession of assets and investment in the world of financial growth help us calculate one’s net worth. As per the recent discovery, it is not Floyd Mayweather, LeBron James, or Serena Williams who top the chart in 2022.

In a shocking discovery to the most, the familiar faces, Mayweather, James, and Williams, are from being in the top ten. Instead others, some who don’t even now take active part in sports have filled the places.

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Here are the entities who now rule the list of figures with a commendable net worth in 2022.

Athlete with the highest net worth in 2022

According to the list, Michael Schumacher, the retired German racing driver, occupies the 10th place. As per the reports available, Schumacher has a net worth of $600 Million. Although retired in 2012, the only driver to win seven Formula One World Championships is still around ready to haunt the net-worth list.

Footballer Lionel Messi, with seven Ballon d’Ors, occupies the 8th place on the list. He has a net worth of $600 Million. Messi currently plays for the club Paris Saint Germain and is on his way to take part in probably the last world cup of his life.

The legendary golfer Tiger Woods has the fifth place on the list. Woods has played 22 PGA Championship tournaments and won four. He has a net worth of $800 Million.

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According to data available, Mayweather, LeBron James, and Serena Williams respectively have the net worth of $1.2 billion, $500 million, and $250 million. In a surprising move, the entity that tops the chart of net worth in 2022 is Michael Jordan. Yes, the six times NBA champion, Jordan is still there to fly over others and dunk. According to a recent study, he has a net worth of $2.2 billion.

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

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Ajinkya Aswale

Athlete With the Highest Net Worth in 2022 – It’s Not Floyd Mayweather, LeBron James, or Serena Williams

Athlete with the highest net worth in 2022

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