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Boxing champ and Pinoy pride Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao ranked second in the 20 highest-earning international athletes in the world listed by Fortuante 50. With, 52,500,00 dollars, Pacquiao placed second to Switzerland Tennis athlete Roger Federer.

To date, Pacman, a Filipino boxer and congressman earned more than $50 million for two bouts over the past 12 months.

On the other hand, NBA Dallas top player Dirk nowitzki placed 16th among the multi-millionaire athletes.

In all, this year’s list features eight soccer players, four motor-sports stars, three NBA players, two tennis players, two baseball players and one boxer.

Here are the top 20 international athletes from Fortunate 50:

1
Roger Federer
Tennis
Switzerland
Last Year’s Rank: 1
$52,781,940

2
Manny Pacquiao
Boxing
Philippines
Last Year’s Rank: 5
$52,500,000

3
Fernando Alonso
Auto racing
Spain
Last Year’s Rank: 17
$45,000,000

4
Lionel Messi
FC Barcelona (soccer)
Argentina
Last Year’s Rank: 2
$43,800,000

5
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid (soccer)
Portugal
Last Year’s Rank: 4
$38,800,000

6
Yao Ming
Houston Rockets (NBA)
China
Last Year’s Rank: 8
$35,686,100

7
Rafael Nadal
Tennis
Spain
Last Year’s Rank: 9
$31,506,278

8
Valentino Rossi
Motor sports
Italy
Last Year’s Rank: 7
$30,000,000

9
Wayne Rooney
Manchester United (soccer)
Great Britain
Last Year’s Rank: NR
$29,200,000

10
Kaká
Real Madrid (soccer)
Brazil
Last Year’s Rank: 11
$27,300,000

11
David Beckham
LA Galaxy (MLS)
Great Britain
Last Year’s Rank: 3
$26,800,000

12
Ronaldinho
Flamengo (soccer)
Brazil
Last Year’s Rank: 16
$25,800,000

13
Ichiro Suzuki
Seattle Mariners (MLB)
Japan
Last Year’s Rank: 6
$24,000,000

13
Lewis Hamilton
Auto racing
Great Britain
Last Year’s Rank: 10
$24,000,000

15
Carlos Tévez
Manchester City (soccer)
Argentina
Last Year’s Rank: 18
$21,700,000

16
Dirk Nowitzki
Dallas Mavericks (NBA)
Germany
Last Year’s Rank: 13
$21,278,618

17
Pau Gasol
Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)
Spain
Last Year’s Rank: NR
$20,822,187

18
Miguel Cabrera
Detroit Tigers (MLB)
Venezuela
Last Year’s Rank: 19
$20,250,000

19
Frank Lampard
Chelsea (soccer)
Great Britain
Last Year’s Rank: NR
$20,100,000

20
Michael Schumacher
Auto racing
Germany
Last Year’s Rank: NR
$20,000,000