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Maria Sharapova, whose income was down $1.5 million from last year at $24 million, retained first place on Finans magazine's list of the richest Russian athletes. Sharapova earned only $0.9 million on the tennis court, while the rest of her income came from advertising contracts. This is in contrast to the majority of the athletes on the list, for whom their contract with a sports team is the primary and sometimes only source of income
As was the case last year, basketball player Andrei Kirilenko took second place, and is the highest-paid Russian athlete based solely on sporting income. Kirilenko has an estimated income of $15.1 million, which could grow if the former St. Petersburg player moves from the NBA's Utah Jazz to the New Jersey Nets, which Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov recently agreed to buy ice hockey winger Alexander Ovechkin takes third place with an income of $12 million, which unless his contract with the Washington Capitals has changed implies advertising revenues brought in $3 million. Russia's best hockey player, who is two-time reigning NHL MVP, signed a record 13-year, $124 million deal in 2008
Ovechkin barely beat out Andrei Arshavin, a forward for Arsenal in the English Premier League whose income of $11.25 million earned him fourth place. The captain of the Russian national team moved to the London club from his hometown Zenit St. Petersburg in February
Pittsburgh Penguins center Yevgeny Malkin, who placed fifth, improved his position greatly, signing a new five year contract to increase his income from $3.8 million to $8.7 million
Ilya Kovalchuk took sixth place. His contract with Atlanta Thrashers allowed the ice hockey winger to earn $7.5 million this year.
Yury Zhirkov occupies seventh place. The midfielder for the Russian national football team moved to the English Premier League in July after Chelsea paid CSKA Moscow Ј18 million ($30 million) for the transfer. The 25-year-old Russian's five-year contract with one of the world's richest football clubs stipulates that Zhirkov will be paid almost $7.5 million annually.
Ice hockey center Pavel Datsyuk ranks eighth. In July 2007 he signed a seven-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings worth $46.9 million.
Sergei Gonchar's income of $6 million per season allowed the ice hockey defender, right, to place ninth.
Andrei Markov, a defender for the Russian national ice hockey team, took 10th place with $5.8 million.
Maria Sharapova, whose income was down $1.5 million from last year at $24 million, retained first place on Finans magazine's list of the richest Russian athletes. Sharapova earned only $0.9 million on the tennis court, while the rest of her income came from advertising contracts. This is in contrast to the majority of the athletes on the list, for whom their contract with a sports team is the primary and sometimes only source of income
As was the case last year, basketball player Andrei Kirilenko took second place, and is the highest-paid Russian athlete based solely on sporting income. Kirilenko has an estimated income of $15.1 million, which could grow if the former St. Petersburg player moves from the NBA's Utah Jazz to the New Jersey Nets, which Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov recently agreed to buy ice hockey winger Alexander Ovechkin takes third place with an income of $12 million, which unless his contract with the Washington Capitals has changed implies advertising revenues brought in $3 million. Russia's best hockey player, who is two-time reigning NHL MVP, signed a record 13-year, $124 million deal in 2008
Ovechkin barely beat out Andrei Arshavin, a forward for Arsenal in the English Premier League whose income of $11.25 million earned him fourth place. The captain of the Russian national team moved to the London club from his hometown Zenit St. Petersburg in February
Pittsburgh Penguins center Yevgeny Malkin, who placed fifth, improved his position greatly, signing a new five year contract to increase his income from $3.8 million to $8.7 million
Ilya Kovalchuk took sixth place. His contract with Atlanta Thrashers allowed the ice hockey winger to earn $7.5 million this year.
Yury Zhirkov occupies seventh place. The midfielder for the Russian national football team moved to the English Premier League in July after Chelsea paid CSKA Moscow Ј18 million ($30 million) for the transfer. The 25-year-old Russian's five-year contract with one of the world's richest football clubs stipulates that Zhirkov will be paid almost $7.5 million annually.
Ice hockey center Pavel Datsyuk ranks eighth. In July 2007 he signed a seven-year contract with the Detroit Red Wings worth $46.9 million.
Sergei Gonchar's income of $6 million per season allowed the ice hockey defender, right, to place ninth.
Andrei Markov, a defender for the Russian national ice hockey team, took 10th place with $5.8 million.
