I am pretty sure that most of you are wondering how much money professional athletes make. I am also sure that you are no longer surprised that they make a huge sum. But really, how much? Let me tell you this, they earn in the millions. Some of them are even on Forbes. Here are the names of people who already made their mark in history.

The first person and the richest of them all is Michael Jordan. Yes, he goes down in history as the greatest NBA Player of all time. No one has beaten that record ever since. He is the owner of Jordan shoes and the Hornets. While he was still playing as a professional athlete, he also was the highest paid NBA athlete, making his net worth $1 billion dollars.

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Michael Schumacher is undeniably the greatest Formula One Race Car driver of all time and because of that earns over 800 million dollars.

The owner of WWE, Vince McMahon, who fights for everyone's entertainment at times, is earning $750 million because of it. Despite being 68 years old, he is still as active and willing than ever to increase his net worth.

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Undoubtedly the third greatest golfer of all time, Arnold Palmer, along with his successful businesses outside golf, has a net worth of $675 million.

Lastly and the most controversial of them all - from cheating on his wife to being the best golf player of all time, Tiger Woods is still keeping his head high while having a net worth of $550 million and still the face of Nike and the PGA Tour.

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