It seems that three fellow Asian athletes are making enough dough to be one of the top 20 highest paid non-American athletes (known as The International 20) according to Sports Illustrated. Manny Pacquiao takes up the #3 spot with Yao Ming and Ichiro Suzuki following him in the 7th and 15th positions respectively.

Each of these talented men earned more than twenty million dollars this year. Ichiro Suzuki made $22,500,000 this year dropping him from 10th place last year to the 15th spot this year. Yao Ming bumped up a spot from his 8th position last year to the 7th position with an income of $33,070,550 this year. Manny Pacquiao comes in at third place with $40,000,000. Now what impresses me about Pacquiao’s ranking is not the amount of money he makes (although that is something to be impressed about), but rather his remarkable nab at the #3 spot. He didn’t have a ranking last year but was able to make it to the top 3 this year. Amazing.

These men deserve a round of applause for their hard work and effort!

[Source:Sports Illustrated]