Despite his injuries and trouble on the golf course, Tiger Woods had a pretty decent year brand wise, raking in $36 million in endorsements.
According to Forbes, LeBron James has the top sports brand around that is worth $37 million. Forbes blamed Tiger’s fall on the fact that EA Sports is no longer making its Tiger Woods golf video game.
The formula for calculating the sports brands is endorsement income, less the average endorsement income of top 10 athletes in same the sport.
Here are the top 10 brands-
The top 10 biggest athlete brands in world sport and their value in 2014:
1. LeBron James – $US 37 million ($42 million)
2. Tiger Woods -$US 36 million ($41 million)
3. Roger Federer – $US 32 million ($36 million)
4. Phil Mickelson – $US 29 million ($33 million)
5. Mahendra Singh Dhoni – $US 20 million ($23 million)
6. Usain Bolt – $US 19 million ($22 million)
7. Cristiano Ronaldo – $US 17 million ($19 million)
8. Kobe Bryant – $US 15 million ($17 million)
9. Lionel Messi – $US 12 million ($14 million)
10. Rafael Nadal – $US 10 million ($11 million)