With a new contract and a new beginning, Mike Vick has recaptured his spot on the top 10 highest paid black athletes list, but where?
While Baseball and Basketball are known for some of the highest contracts in the world, you’d be surprised which sport cuts the highest check and to the person it does for.
Peep the page #’s below to see the top 10 and let us know who you think deserves to be on the list and who doesn’t.
10. Mike Vick
2011 salary $16.057 million.
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Signing a fresh new deal for $100 Million, Vick is one of the only athletes to be offered two 100 million dollar contracts in his career.
However, he reportedly lowered his cap hit by $2 million per season with the signing of his new conract.
09. Lamar Woodley
2011 salary: $18.1 million
Woodley has 35 sacks over the last three seasons and was handsomely rewarded with a new contract that will pay him more in this upcoming season than any other of the deal.
He has become a feared opponent and a machine on the defensive end.
08. Gilbert Arenas
2011 salary: $19,269,308
At one time, Arenas was one of the best five scorers in the league.
He now is considered the 2nd overpaid player in the NBA.
07. Larry Fitzgerald
2011 salary: $20 million
His $20 million salary makes him the highest paid wide receiver in the league.
He is getting paid for this season’s original salary in addition to the money he received from his bonus.
He’s worth it.
06. Ryan Howard
2011 salary: $20 million
Ryan Howard is one of the premier power hitters in the game and has been the impact player for the Phillies for years.
Howard fits his power-hitting role perfectly.
05.Kevin Garnett
2011 salary: $21.2 million
KG may be WAY past his prime, but his contract says different.
Still one of the highest basketball players period, KG may be on the decline but his money isn’t.
04. Tim Duncan
2011 salary: $21.3 million
Duncan’s tenure in San Antonio has produced four championships and a decade of Western Conference supremacy.
He is entering the last year of his contract, potentially his last with the team.
03. Rashard Lewis
2011 salary: $22.15 million
While Gilbert Arenas is the 2nd most overpaid player in the league, Rashard Lewis is easily number1.
Barely putting up solid stats this year with his newly acquired team, Lewis may be one of the biggest busts in current sports.
02. Kobe Bryant
2011 salary: $25.244 million
Bryant recently extended his deal with the Lakers, which will pay him over $30 million come 2013.
The Lakers have the highest payroll in basketball and have shown no problems with going over the luxury tax. Bryant is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, names in international basketball.
01. Samuel Eto’o
2011 salary: $28.9 million
The former Inter Milan forward was courted by Anzhi Makhachkala and wooed into joining the club by Suleiman Kerimov, a oil tycoon.
This will make the Cameroonian the highest-paid footballer in the world. His nearly $29 million a year contract puts him ahead of the game’s best such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney and Lionel Messi.
