The world's highest-earning sports stars

Below are the highest-earning athletes according to Forbes in June 2006. Beckham's new annual income of $55m would put him third on the list.

1 Tiger Woods (Golf) $90m

2 Mchael Schumacher (Formula One) $58m

3 Phil Mickelson (Golf) $47m

4 Kobe Bryant (Basketball) $31m

5= Shaquille O'Neal (Basketball) $30m

5= Valentino Rossi (Superbikes) $30m

7= Alex Rodriguez (Baseball) $29m

7= Tom Brady (American Football) $29m

9 Carson Palmer (American Football) $28m

10 David Beckham (Football) $27m