Maria Sharapova is highest earning Russian sport star

18-year-old Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova tops the list of Russia’s wealthiest athletes according to Finance magazine today. Maria’s income in 2005 was said to be US$14.5 million.

On top of prize money she has a host advertising contracts and mobile phone tunes to boost here income.

2nd = Basketball player Andrey Kirilenko of the Utah Jazz, US$10.97 million
3rd = Hockey player Alexei Yashin of the New York Islanders,US $7.6

6 of the other 7 in the top ten were ice hockeyists palying in North America: Nikolay Khabibulin of the Chicago Blackhawks with $6.75 million, Ilya Kovalchuk of Atlanta Thrashers with $6.5 million, Sergey Fyodorov of Columbus Blue Jackets with $6.08 million, Alexei Kovalyov of Montreal Canadiens with $4.5 million, Alexei Zhamnov of Boston Bruins with $4.1 million and Sergey Zubkov of Dallas Stars with $4 million.

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