Tiger Woods has not completed a tournament at the top of the classification in 18 months. Nonetheless, Forbes says that former World No. 1 golfer remains the biggest celebrity in the world of sport.
Woods is no. 6 on the compilation of "celebrity 100" annual Forbes of the more powerful people or groups in the business of entertainment, the highest rank of one of the 19 athletes who made the list.
The 2011 Forbes "Celebrity 100" list, 19 are athletes, but only two are in the top 10. Forbes said his formula calculation includes income before taxes for the year ending May 1, media visibility and the power of social media Facebook and Twitter.
RankCelebrityEarnings2010 gradeMiami Heat star LeBron James is 10th, up to 18 seats to a year, and Kobe Bryant of Los Angeles Lakers was no. 14 for the second consecutive year.
Lady Gaga at the top of Forbes global rankings, followed by Oprah Winfrey, Justin Bieber, U2, and Elton John.
Forbes said that its formula includes income before taxes for the year ending May 1, media visibility and the power of social media Facebook and Twitter.
Woods will drop to at least no. 11 in the next world ranking, which will be published Monday. This will be the first time, it is out of the top 10 since he was no. 13 on 6 April 1997, the week before he won the Masters for the first of his 14 majors.
His star power remains apparently almost as brilliant as ever, though.
Woods was no. 5 on the Forbes list in 2010, when the magazine estimated his annual compensation to $ 105 million. His earnings estimates for the past 12 months total $ 75 million.
Even after a rider great hits after the scandal that ended his marriage, Woods still made $ 22 million more than in the past year Bryant, Forbes said.
Woods will be not able to improve his golf ranking soon.
He started the year at no. 2 and decreased regularly points. Woods, who tied fourth masters last month, withdrew the Players Championship week last because of injuries to the left of Achille and left knee. It said on its website Monday that it will try to return to the US Open from 16 to 19 June.
"I will do all that is needed to play at the US Open, and I hope that I can be there to compete," said.
Woods was at the World Summit for the weeks 623 in his career, by far the longest of any golfer since the ranking in 1986. He had been no. 1 June 2005, until that Lee Westwood of England has supplanted him last November.
Since the emergence of revelations of adultery Thanksgiving night in 2009, Woods was seriously argued that a single tournament - he lost in a match at the Chevron World Challenge in December after losing a four-shot lead in the final round. It has been in the top five in only four other tournaments.
Next week will mark the first time since the 1997 Masters that Tiger Woods will be ranked in the top 10.
* Will be 11th or lower May 23Forbes listed gains James' to $ 48 million, $ 5 million of the previous year and ranked No. 2 behind only Winfrey in terms of media visibility.
Roger Federer tennis star has 25 on the list, placing him fourth among athletes.
The heat had two top 100, with Dwyane Wade (No. 57) joined James. And the New York Yankees had also two entries, with Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez No. 49 at no. 69, tying him with actress Julia Roberts.
Other figures on the list of sports: David Beckham and Phil Mickelson (linked to no. 35); Cristiano Ronaldo (No. 43); Rafael Nadal (No. 46); Tom Brady (No. 55); Dwight Howard (No. 59); Lionel Messi (No. 62). Peyton Manning (No. 72). Maria Sharapova (No. 80). Serena Williams (No. 84); Venus Williams (No. 86); and Danica Patrick (No. 96).
Combined, Forbes said that 19 athletes on the list of this year received combined of $ 647 million.
Among the people in the world of sports that were classified in 2010, but fell from the most recent list of celebrity Forbes were Michael Jordan (20th in 2010). Floyd Mayweather (31st). Shaquille O'Neal (52). Manny Pacquiao (55th). and Lance Armstrong (65th).
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