2. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
The recent poor form of the hugely popular former Indian captain has seen the 37-year old Dhoni ‘s income ranking slip to second place behind that of Virat Kohli. Dhoni who is also the skipper of the hugely successful Chennai Super Kings still managed to rake in $14.4 million in 2018. His endorsements straddle a mind-boggling array of brands like Aircel, Pepsi, Orient PSPO, Spartan Sports, Reebok, Boost, Amity University, Gulf Oil, Amrapali Group, Ashok Leyland, McDowell’s Soda,Big Bazaar, Exide Batteries, TVS Motors, Sony Bravia, Sonata Watches, Dabur Chyawanprash, Lays Wafers, Lafarge Customer Service and Maxx Mobile. Dhoni’s net worth stands at a staggering $111 million. Popularly known as “MSD” and “Mahi”, this small-town Ranchi icon is the co-owner of various sporting franchises such as Chennai based football club Chennaiyin FC, Ranchi based hockey club Ranchi Rays and Supersport World Championship team Mahi Racing Team India. The ex-India skipper is a known automobile freak owning four-wheelers like a Audi Q7, a Hummer H2, Mitsubishi Pajero SFX, a Land Rover Freelander 2, a Ferrari 599 GTO and super-biles like a Confederate Hellcat X132, a Kawasaki Ninja H2, a Harley Davidson Fatboy, a Yamaha Thundercat and many more.
