Serena Williams returns to Forbes' list of the highest-paid athletes (she's still the only woman). (via CNBCMakeIt)
from the No. 1 spot with $127 million in earnings – including his contract with Barcelona, which pays him over $80 million a year through 2020-21, and a lifetime deal with Adidas.
Superstar athletes are not only earning more on the fields, but endorsement deals now separate the ultra-wealthy from the merely rich. At $25 million, cricketer Virat Kohli earned the least of the athletes on this list over the past year — a significant increase from the $17.3 million earned by the No. 100 spot just five years ago,
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