Top 10 highest paid athletes in the world

You love to see your favourite sportspersons perform on the field. And then you see them off-field, enjoying their luxurious lifestyle, expensive cars, big villas and more of that. You wonder how much money they are making by just playing.Well, here is a list of the top 10 highest paid athletes.

#10 Matt Ryan

Matt Ryan is the highest paid American footballer

Age	29
Sport Played	Football
Earnings	$ 43.8 Million
Salary	$42 M
Endorsements	$1.8 M

Ryan signed a five-year, $103.75 million contract last year with the Atlanta Falcons that included a $28 million signing bonus and a $12 million option bonus paid in March. The deal made him the NFL's top-paid player over the last 12 months. The $20.75 million average annual value was the second highest in the NFL behind only Aaron Rodgers at the time of the signing (Colin Kaepernick has since surpassed Ryan). Matty Ice bolsters his playing income with nearly $2 million a year from appearances, memorabilia and sponsors Nike, Comcast and Liquid Nutrition