Four Dodgers In "Top Jocks" List

The new “Top Jocks” list was published in Forbes magazine (I fell upon a copy of Forbes Asia, July 2015), and there are quite a few Dodgers (and former Dodgers!) populating baseball’s 27 representatives (in the top 100). Floyd Mayweather took the top role (and Manny Pacquiao was #2), but here’s where baseball lined up (total / salary / endorsements):

• 19 Jon Lester ($34.1 / $33.4 / $0.7)
• 30 Robinson Cano ($27.6 / $24.1 / $3.5)
• 34 Clayton Kershaw ($26.9 / $25.7 / $1.2)
• 38 Albert Pujols ($25.9 / $23.4 / $2.5)
• 40 Ryan Howard ($25.6 / $25.0 / $0.6)
• 42 Cliff Lee ($25.2 / $25.0 / $0.2)
• 43 Miguel Cabrera ($25.1 / $22.1 / $3.0)
• 48 Prince Fielder ($24.3 / $24.0 / $0.3)
• 50 Joe Mauer ($24.0 / $23.0 / $1.0)
• 51 CC Sabathia ($23.9 / $23.0 / $0.9)
• 53 Zack Greinke ($23.7 / $23.7 / $0.1)
• 56 Justin Verlander ($23.4 / $22.7 / $0.7)
• 58 Mark Teixeira ($23.0 / $22.5 / $0.5)
• 58 Masahiro Tanaka ($23.0 / $22.5 / $0.5)
• 60 Felix Hernandez ($22.9 / $22.7 / $0.2)
• 61 Cole Hamels ($22.7 / $22.5 / $0.2)
• 65 Matt Kemp ($22.2 / $21.0 / $1.2)
• 69 Adrian Gonzalez ($21.5 / $21.1 / $0.4)
• 70 Jacoby Ellsbury ($21.4 / $21.1 / $0.3)
• 75 Matt Cain ($20.8 / $20.4 / $0.4)
• 75 David Wright ($20.8 / $20.0 / $0.8)
• 77 Carl Crawford ($20.7 / $20.4 / $0.3)
• 78 Jayson Werth ($20.6 / $20.4 / $0.2)
• 79 Hanley Ramirez ($20.3 / $20.0 / $0.3)
• 85 Adam Wainwright ($19.8 / $19.7 / $0.2)
• 87 David Ortiz ($19.7 / $15.7 / $4.0)
• 97 Max Scherzer ($18.9 / $18.7 / $0.2)

Surprising how many Dodgers there are on the list, though I suppose I shoudn’t be surprised with the Dodgers’ much-ballyhooed $270M payroll. It also calls out in the sidebar that Zack Greinke’s earning 99.8% of his money from salary and only 0.2% from endorsements is the opposite of Usain Bolt’s, who earns 99.9% of his money from endorsements and appearances, rather than prize money.