While Casey Stoner may not earn $ 35 million a year like his rival Valentino Rossi , the Aussie motorcycle champion does hold his own in his native country.
Stoner was ranked 8th in the Top 10 for Australia’s Business Review Weekly magazine’s Top 50 Sports Earners of 2009.
The 2007 MotoGP World Champion moved into the top ten with $ 5 million in earnings last year, up from 16th place in 2008, while motocross star Chad Reed was the fifth biggest sports earner last year, with $8.
8 million, falling from number 3 the year before.
Check out the Top Ten List after the jump.
BRW Top 10 Sports Earners of 20091.
Greg Norman (Golf) $15m2.
Andrew Bogut (Basketball) $14m3.
Harry Kewell (Soccer) $9.
5m4.
Mark Webber (Motor sport – Formula One) $9m5.
Chad Reed (Motor sport – motocross) $8.
8m6.
Geoff Ogilvy (Golf) $6.
34m7.
Marcos Ambrose (Motor sport – NASCAR) $5.
44m8.
Casey Stoner (Motor sport – MotoGP) $5m9.
Robert Allenby (Golf) $4.
93m10.
Tim Cahill (Soccer) $ 4.
6mAnyone want to bet that Stoner is going to get a big pay raise come contract time?
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