Mia Hamm: Retired In 2004
Career Earnings: $8 million
Current Net Worth: $10 million
For current stars such as Alex Morgan, professional soccer player Mia Hamm paved the way. The 48-year-old won two Olympic gold medals and has twice won the FIFA Women’s World Cup as well. You can’t get that much better. Hamm joined the North Carolina Tar Heels while attending the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and helped the team to become extremely successful. By this point, however, she had already played for the women’s national team since the age of 15. Hamm now has two children and runs a foundation called Mia Hamm Foundation.
Tiger Woods: Still Active
Career Earnings: $1.7 billion
Current Net Worth: $800 million
Golfing stars are rarely well-known faces to those outside the sport, but Tiger Woods became a celebrity in his own right. He took the professional golfing world by storm when he burst onto the scene in 1996, hitting No.1 in the world in 1997. His very public personal life influenced his professional career. He took a brief break from the game, slipping in the world rankings to number 58. However, at a comfortable $800 million, his bank balance still remains intact.
