Mayweather and Pacquiao’s final earnings from the fight, which Mayweather won by unanimous decision, have not been tabulated, but Forbes estimates that Mayweather’s 12-month total is $300 million, while Pacquiao comes in at $160 million.
Rounding out the top five are Katy Perry ($135 million), One Direction ($130 million) and Howard Stern ($95 million).
More than one-quarter of the list of the 100 highest earners on the Forbes list play sports for a living.
Other athletes on the list are Cristiano Ronaldo (No. 10, $79.5M), Lionel Messi (13th, $74 million), Roger Federer (16th, $67 million), LeBron James (18th, $65 million), Kevin Durant (30th, $52 million), Phil Mickelson (36th, $52 million), Tiger Woods (37th, $50.5 million), Kobe Bryant (39th, $49.5 million), Ben Roethlisberger (40th, $49 million), Rory McIlroy (41st, $48.5 million), Novak Djokovic (42nd, $48 million).
More athletes included in the top 100 include Lewis Hamilton and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (55th, $39 million), Ndamukong Suh (57th, $38.5 million), Fernando Alonso and Gareth Bale (67th, $35M), Jon Lester and Derrick Rose (69th, $34 million), Sebastian Vettel (73rd, $33 million), Rafael Nadal (76th, $32.5 million), Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Neymar (82nd, $31 million), Carmelo Anthony (86th, $30.5 million), Maria Sharapova (88th, $29.5 million), Carson Palmer and James Rodriguez (89th, $29 million).
Model Gisele Bundchen is ranked 46th with a total of $44 million. New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, her husband, did not crack the list.
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