John Terry
$12.3 million
Annual salary plus bonus: $8.2 million
Other income: $4.1 million
Team: England
The 25-year-old Terry is captain of the Chelsea Football Club and a regular member of the English national team. The hard-tackling center-back has inked contracts with computer-game maker Konami and sports-apparel company Umbro, among others.
Corporate comparison: Larry Ellison, chief executive of Oracle, pulled in $8.4 million in salary and bonus last year. No footballer can match his assets, though. Ellison's stock in Oracle is worth nearly $20 billion.