Statistics Unit

2.5 Measures of Variation

The World's Highest-Paid Athletes 2018

Rank Name Total Pay Salary/Winnings Endorsements Sport
#1 Floyd Mayweather $285 M $275 M $10 M Boxing
#2 Lionel Messi $111 M $84 M $ 27 Soccer
#3 Cristiano Ronaldo $108 M $61 M $47 M Soccer
#4 Conor McGregor $99 M $85 M $14 M Mixed Martial Arts
#5 Neymar $90 M $71 M $19 M Soccer
#6 Lebron James $85.5 M $33.5 M $52 M Basketball
#7 Roger Federer $77.2 M $12.2 M $65 M Tennis
#8 Stephen Curry $76.9 M $34.9 M $42 M Basketball
#9 Matt Ryan $67.3 M $62.3 M $5 M Football
#10 Matthew Stafford $59.5 M $57.5 M $2 M Football
#11 Kevin Durant $57.3 M $25.3 M $32 M Basketball
#12 Lewis Hamilton $51 M $42 M $9 M Auto Racing
#13 Russell Westbrook $47.6 M $28.6 M $19 M Basketball
#14 James Harden $46.4 M $28.4 M $18 M Basketball
#15 Canelo Alvarez $44.5 M $42 M $2.5 M Boxing

Source Highest Paid Athletes List From Forbes

TOTAL PAY

Mean:

$87.08 M

Median:

$76.9 M

Mode:

No mode

Range:

$240.5 M

Quartiles

Low:

$44.5 M

Lower Quartile:

$51 M

Median:

$76.9 M

Upper Quartile:

$99 M

High:

$285 M

BOXPLOT

The title of the box plot is Total Pay. The x-axis on the box plot is numbered from 0 to 300 and counting by 20. the left whisker is at 44.5, the minimum number, and the right whisker is at 285, the maximum number. The box that is drawn contains the lower quartile at 51, the median at 76.9 and the upper quartile at 99.

Standard Deviation:

57.1 M

Range Rule of Thumb for Standard Deviation:

60.1 M

ENDORSEMENTS

Mean:

$24.2 M

Median:

$19 M

Mode:

$19 M

Range:

$63 M

Quartiles

Low:

$2 M

Lower Quartile:

$9 M

Median:

$19 M

Upper Quartile:

$42 M

High:

$65 M

BOXPLOT

The box plot is titled Endorsements. The x-axis is in millions of dollars and goes from 0 to 100, counting by 10. The left whisker is at 2, the minimum number, and the right whisker is at 65, the maximum number. The box that is drawn contains the lower quartile at 9, the median at 19 and the upper quartile at 42.

Standard Deviation:

18.8 M

Range Rule of Thumb for Standard Deviation:

15.8 M