Top 5 highest paid athletes of 2013

The 'Top 5 highest paid athletes' comes with lots of surprises with many familiar sports athletes like David Beckham,Maria Sharapova,Phil Mickelson,Cristiano Ronaldo missing from our list.The list compromises of 2 basketball players,a boxer,a tennis player and a golfer(who has returned to the top after a bit of hiatus).So without further delay,here is our list of 'Top 5 highest paid athletes in 2013':

Highest paid athletes in 2013

1.Tiger Woods

The golfer had a rough patch for sometime after his breakout with his wife and other controversies with women and due to which he also had a bad time with his sponsors and lost many endorsement brands.But in 2013,Tiger Woods has had a comeback in our list of 'Highest Paid Athletes' with a bang and is in top position with an annual earning of about 80 million dollars.

2.Roger Federer

One of the greatest and most popular tennis star,Federer is no.2 in our list of 'Highest paid athletes in 2013' with an annual salary worth around 70 million dollars.And 80% of his 70 million comes from endorsements with match prizes covering the rest 20%.

3.Kobe Bryant

The LA Lakers star who is also in the list of 'Top 5 highest NBA scorers' is 3rd in our list of 'Highest paid athletes of 2013'.The basketball sensation is supposedly earning around 65 million dollars per year just 5 million below Federer.

4.Lebron James

Another basketball player to support Kobe in our list of 'Top 5 highest paid athletes' is Lebron James.According to Forbes,Lebron James(A Miami Heat player) earns a whopping 60 million dollars playing basketball including match fees and endorsements.

5.Manny Pacquiao

The Philippines boxer is a surprise entry in our list of 'Top 5 highest paid athletes' as before 2-3 years back he was no way around the list of highest earning athletes.Due to his hard work and good boxing results in past 2-3 years he has climbed the earning leader very quickly as well he has become famous worldwide.

Top 5 most popular sports in the world

You guys have already known that football is the most popular sport in the world,right?And in our list also it's the same i.e. football is number one.But certainly you are destined to see some surprises in our other positions for sure.So,see below our list of 'top 5 most popular sports' and check out if you guys agree with our list or not.

Most popular sports in the world

Football:

The most popular game in the world which is watched by billions of people all over the world is Football.Football has reached to every corners of the world and this game is loved all around the world.Almost all the countries around the world have football teams and also football is the no.1 sports in many countries.During world cup,the people from all over the world watch football and in some countries there is also national holidays during world cup final.This clearly shows the popularity of this fantastic game.

Baseball:

Although nowhere near the popularity of Football,baseball is second in our'Most popular sports'list.Baseball is mostly popular in countries like America,Canada and other european countries but not played in Africa as well not much popular among Asians.Baseball is also the national sport of America.

Cricket:

Somewhat similar to baseball cricket is number 3 in our list and unlike baseball,this game is famous in all the continents of the world.This game is very famous in South Asia with almost all counties of South Asia being powerhouse of this game all over the world.Moreover,these days cricket has reached newer boundries with countries like China,Japan,America having there national cricket team.

Tennis:

Another popular game which is loved all around the world is Tennis.Both the man tennis and female tennis is popular worldwide unlike in other sports like football,cricket in which female sports is almost negligable.Tennis is played in thrree different courts grass,clay and hard.Novak Djokovic,Federer,Nadal,Sharapova are some popular tennis players with huge fan following.

Basketball:

This is another popular game which is played mostly in countries like America,Canada and is famous among other European countries.Basketball like football has reached worldwide and is played by people in countries ranging from Nepal to Spain.Basically to play basketball one needs good physique and height(above 7 feet).Micheal Jordan,Kobe Bryant,Kevin Durabt are some great basketball legends.

Other popular sports which is also watched and loved by many people but didn't feature in our top 5 list are:

• Rugby
• Golf
• Table Tennis
• Hockey

Top 5 Hottest Female Athletes in 2013

The hottest athletes list compromises of players with awesome body structure along with sports skills.The list compromises of female athletes who are good on the field as well off it.And,the 'hottest female athletes' of 2013 compromises of 2 players from tennis,1 from football and one each from hockey and pole vault.Here's our list of 'Top 5 hottest female athletes in 2013'.Check if your favorite players made it in our list or not:

Hottest female athletes of 2013

Ellen Hog

The field hockey player from Holland is 5th in our list of hottest female athletes.She has shot for various sports related magazines and have appeared numerous number of times in cover page of sports magazines due to her amazing body.

Iva Ivanovic

Many guys argue that Ivanovic is the most beautiful tennis player over Sharapova.Like Sharapova,Ivanovic is having a very successful tennis career as well she has fans all over the world due to her playing as well good looks.The Serbian beauty is certainly a fierce competitor of Sharapova on the court as well off the court

Allison Stokke

The American Pole vault player is 3rd in our list of 'hottest female athletes'.She has an amazing look and equally amazing body as well and believe it or not she is just 20 years old.Allison Stokke,became a celebrity after her photos went viral in the internet.

Alex Morgan

Alex Morgan is a American football player,an olympic goal medalist.Alex is also called 'Baby horse' by her US teammates for her speed,running style and her cute look.Due to her beauty as well playing skills,Morgan is considered as the most famous female footballer,and she certainly deserves the no.2 spot in our'Top 5 hottest female athletes list'.

Maria Sharapova

The russian beauty is the most beautiful and hottest tennis player in the whole world as well she is the hottest female athlete all over the world.Sharapova is very successful on the field as well off the field(doing various photoshoots for sports magazines)as well she recently launched her own sweet brand called 'Sugarpova'.

Other hot female athletes who didn't feature in our above list are:

• Roxy Louw
• Caroline Wozniacki
• Meghan Hardin