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Floyd Mayweather tops Forbes Magazine’s list of the highest-paid athletes for 2015 with a record $300 million in earnings, owing to a career full of monster paydays, with cumulative earnings of $420 million entering 2015.

But Mayweather still craved the score of a lifetime. “Even from day one when I was with Bob Arum, I said I wanted to work extremely hard to get to a certain point in my career, which is to get to a point to be the first fighter to ever make nine figures in one night,” Mayweather said ahead of his May 2 fight with Manny Pacquiao. Mission accomplished for the man they call Money.

Mayweather received a $100 million check on fight night, but the real payoff came after the revenue figures were tallied up. The fight was a dud in many people’s eyes, but it smashed every financial record in boxing, including pay-per-view buys (4.4 million and climbing), total gate ($73 million) and sponsorships ($13 million).

Mayweather earned $285 million over the last 12 months in the ring.

His total earnings was $300 million, made up of $285 million in Salary/Winnings, and $15 million in endorsements.

Mayweather’s $300 million year shatters the record for athlete earnings, which was previously held by Tiger Woods who banked $115 million in 2008.

The top ten on the list are:

1. Floyd Mayweather – $300m

2. Manny Pacquiao – $160m

3. Cristiano Ronaldo – $79.6m

4. Lionel Messi – $73.8m

5. Roger Federer – $67m

6. LeBron James – $64.8 million

7. Kevin Durant – $54.1 million

8. Phil Mickelson – $50.8 million

9. Tiger Woods – $50.6 million

10. Kobe Bryant – $49.5 million

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