ManU,Woods top Forbes rich lists

Manchester Utd is the richest team in sports,while Tiger Woods is the highest-earning athlete,according to Forbes.

Manchester United is the richest team in sports,while Tiger Woods is the highest-earning athlete,according to Forbes magazine.

English Premier League soccer team Manchester United is worth $1.84 billion and Woods,the top-ranked player in the Official World Golf Ranking,earned $105 million in the year through June,Forbes said. Four US teams follow United in the ranking. The five-time Super Bowl champion Dallas Cowboys are No 2 with a value of $1.65 billion,$50 million more than the New York Yankees,who last year won a record-extending 27th World Series title. The National Football Leagues Washington Redskins ($1.55 billion) and New England Patriots ($1.36 billion) round out the top five.

Woods is the only athlete to have surpassed $1 billion in career earnings,Forbes said in October. The 14-time winner at golfs four major championships has seen his endorsement income slump by $22 million to $70 million since he admitted in December to marital infidelity,Sports Illustrated said on Wednesday. Woods earned $90.5 million in 2009,SI.com said.

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Boxer Floyd Mayweather ranks second on the Forbes list behind Woods,with $65 million in annual earnings. Mayweather,who aptly uses the nickname Money, has held six world titles in five weights.

Mayweather is the World Boxing Council welterweight champion. Ring magazine ranks Mayweather and Pacquiao,who is eighth on the Forbes list with annual income of $42 million,as the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers is the third-highest paid athlete,with an income of $48 million. Masters Tournament champion Phil Mickelson,ranked second in the world behind Woods,is next on the list with $46 million in annual income and the top five is completed by Los Angeles Galaxy soccer player David Beckham,the England international who made $43.7 million in the year through June. United is one of nine soccer clubs included among the top 50 sports properties by value,which is defined by Forbes as a teams equity plus its net debt.

Record nine-time European champion Real Madrid is the second-most valuable team in the sport at $1.32 billion,followed by Uniteds rival Arsenal,which Forbes said is worth $1.18 billion. The soccer teams values are the same as those attributed to them by the magazine on April 21.

THE TOP 10

1. Manchester United (soccer) $1.835-billion

2. Dallas Cowboys (NFL) $1.650-billion

3. New York Yankees (MLB) $1.600-billion

4. Washington Redskins (NFL) $1.550-billion

5. New England Patriots (NFL) $1.361-billion

6. Real Madrid (soccer) $1.323-billion

7. New York Giants (NFL) $1.183-billion

8. Arsenal (soccer) $1.181-billion

9. New York Jets (NFL) $1.170-billion

10. Houston Texans (NFL) $1.150-billion