The Highest Earning Athletes of the 2012 Olympics (20 pics)

There are some extremely wealthy athletes at this year’s Olympics and here are the ones who earned the most money over the previous 12 months.

Marc Gasol (Spain)

Sport: basketball
Age: 27
Earnings: $10.9 million

Tyson Chandler (USA)

Sport: basketball
Age: 29
Earnings: $11 million

Andre Iguodala (USA)

Sport: basketball
Age: 28
Earnings: $11.4 million

Manu Ginobili (Argentina)

Sport: basketball
Age: 35
Earnings: $11.5 million

Andy Murray (Great Britain)

Sport: tennis
Age: 25
Earnings: $12 million

Tony Parker (France)

Sport: basketball
Age: 30
Earnings: $13.1 million

Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark)

Sport: tennis
Age: 22
Earnings: $13.7 million

Serena Williams (USA)

Sport: tennis
Age: 30
Earnings: $16.3 million

Pau Gasol (Spain)

Sport: basketball
Age: 32
Earnings: $17.2 million

Deron Williams (USA)

Sport: basketball
Age: 28
Earnings: $18.2 million

Li Na (China)

Sport: tennis
Age: 30
Earnings: $18.4 million

Chris Paul (USA)

Sport: basketball
Age: 25
Earnings: $19.2 million

Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Sport: tennis
Age: 28
Earnings: $19.8 million

Usain Bolt (Jamaica)

Sport: athletics
Age: 25
Earnings: $20.3 million

Carmelo Anthony (USA)

Sport: basketball
Age: 28
Earnings: $22.9 million

Kevin Durant (USA)

Sport: basketball
Age: 23
Earnings: $25.5 million

Maria Sharapova (Russia)

Sport: tennis
Age: 25
Earnings: $27.1 million

Kobe Bryant (USA)

Sport: basketball
Age: 33
Earnings: $52.3 million

LeBron James (USA)

Sport: basketball
Age: 27
Earnings: $53 million

Roger Federer (Switzerland)

Sport: tennis
Age: 30
Earnings: $54.3 million