Mayweather tops 'SI' earnngs list
No athlete in American sports makes more money that Floyd Mayweather Jr.
For the second consecutive year, the boxer tops Sports Illustrated's annual list, which was released Wednesday, with a projected $90 million in earnings in 2013.
Miami Heat star LeBron James ranks second but is well behind at $56.5 million.
Rounding out the top five were New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees at No. 3 with $47.8 million in earnings after signing a new contract last year, Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers at slightly below $47 million and Tiger Woods at $40.8 million.
Woods was No. 1 from the inception of the rankings in 2004 through 2011.
No female athletes made the list.
The breakdown of the top 50 by sport: baseball, 25; basketball, 13; football, eight; golf, two; boxing, one; and auto racing, one. The New York Yankees had five players on the list.
