This week Sports Illustrated came out with their annual Fortunate 50 list of the year's highest-earning athletes. This year they also made an International 20 list, which inspires the question: "Do you have any idea what kind of money international soccer players make?"
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1. Who's got deeper pockets?
Lionel MessiRory McIlroyMessi: $35,100,000 > McIlroy: $33,336,796
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2. Who's got deeper pockets?
Yaya ToureDale Earnhardt Jr.Toure: $19,000,000 > Earnhardt Jr.: $18,416,567
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3. Who's got deeper pockets?
Samuel Eto'oAlex RodriguezEto'o: $30,000,000 > Rodriguez: $29,900,000
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4. Who's got deeper pockets?
KakaPau GasolPaul Gasol: $21,100,000 > Kaka: $16,690,000
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5. Who's got deeper pockets?
Sergio AugeroNovak DjokovicAguero: $23,500,000 > Djokovic: $20,953,737
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6. Who's got deeper pockets?
Zlatan IbrahimovicVincent JacksonJackson: $25,360,000 > Ibrahimovic: $17,200,000
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7. Who's got deeper pockets?
Wayne RooneyJustin VerlanderRooney: $21,500,000 > Verlander: $20,600,000
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8. Who's got deeper pockets?
Didier DrogbaPhil MickelsonMickelson: $39,528,000 > Drogba: $15,200,000
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9. Who's got deeper pockets?
Cristiano RonaldoDwayne WadeRonaldo: $35,300,000 > Wade: $28,682,000
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10. Who's got deeper pockets?
David BeckhamTiger WoodsBeckham: $48,349,000 > Woods: $40,839,027