Top Athletes

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games drew to a close Sunday following 17 days of competition between more than 10,900 athletes representing 206 nations.

For most Olympians, it’s a grind to make a living and find time to train for their Olympic dreams. But there are a few with Olympian riches: 14 athletes competing in five sports in Brazil have each made more than $18 million over the last 12 months.

Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American competition swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time, with a total of 22 medals in three Olympiads.

Usain St. Leo Bolt, is a Jamaican sprinter. Regarded as the fastest person ever timed, he is the first man to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time measurements became mandatory in 1977.

Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior, commonly known as Neymar or Neymar Jr., is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Spanish club FC Barcelona and the Brazil national team as a forward or winger, and is also the captain of the national team.

Simone Arianne Biles is an American artistic gymnast. Biles is the three-time World all-around champion (2013â??15), four-time United States national all-around champion (2013â??16), three-time world floor champion (2013â??15), two-time world balance beam champion (2014, 2015), and a member of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2014 and the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Gabrielle Christina Victoria "Gabby" Douglas is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team, dubbed the Fierce Five by the media, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won gold medals in the individual all-around and team competitions.

Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player, who is ranked No. 1 in women's singles tennis.