The Highest Paid Cricketers

When measuring popularity, it certainly doesn’t hurt that cricket is the number one sport in India which has a population of 1.2 billion. Cricket is also extremely popular in Pakistan (population 175 million) Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Bermuda and many other countries around the globe. Bombay-born Sachin Tendulkar is basically the Michael Jordan of the cricket. He is widely considered one of the best batsman of all time, and potentially the best overall cricketer in history. Sachin and the other top players are global superstars who have literally hundreds of millions of fans and huge endorsement deals that put them in line with some of the highest paid athletes on the planet. So how much are the top cricketers making??? The Highest Paid Cricketers:

#1: MS Dhoni – $30 million ($3.5 million salary, $26.5 million endorsements) #2: Sachin Tendulkar – $20 million ($2 million salary, $18 million endorsements) #3: Virat Kohli – $9 million ($3 million salary, $9 million endorsements) #4: Virender Sehwag – $7 million ($3 million salary, $4 million endorsements) #5: Gautam Gambhir – $8 million ($4 million salary, $4 million endorsements) #6: Shane Watson – $6 million (Australian, $3 million base, $3 million endorsements) #7: Michael Clarke – $5 million (Australian, $3 million base, $2 million endorsements) #8: Brett Lee – $5 million (Australian, $2 million base, $3 million endorsements) #9: Ricky Ponting – $4 million (Australian, $2 million base, $2 million endorsements) #10: Yusuf Pathan – $3.9 million ($3.3 base salary, $300 thousand endorsements) #11: Yuvraj Singh – $3 million #12: Rohit Sharma – $2.3 million #13: Suresh Raina – $1.67 million #14: Rahul Dravid – $1.55 million #15: Harbhajan Singh – $1.53 million #16: Zaheer Khan – $1.32 million