Shane Watson tops in Australia's richest cricketers list

Melbourne, Feb 18: Shane Watson of Australia tops the list of highest paid cricketers in 2014, according to BRW Magazine which released its top 50 Australian sports personalities list. Andrew Michael Bogut, an Australian professional basketball player tops the list of highest paid Australian sports personality with a total earnings of $16.2m. There were 13 cricketers in the list of Australia's top 50 earning sports stars.

Here are the 13 top cricketing earners for Australia in the year 2014.

1. Shane Watson with a total earning of $ 4.5m

2. Mitchell Johnson with a total earning of $ 4.1m

3. Michael Clarke with a total earning of $ 4m

4. David Warner with a total earning of $ 3.8m

5. Steve Smith with a total earning of $ 3.1m

6. James Faulkner with a total earning of $ 2.8m

7. Brad Haddin with a total earning of $ 2.5m

8. Glenn Maxwell with a total earning of $ 2.4m

9. Mitchell Starc with a total earning of $ 2.2m

10. George Bailey with a total earning of $ 1.8m

11. Aaron Finch with a total earning of $ 1.8m

12. Brett Lee with a total earning of $ 1.5m

13. Michael Hussey with a total earning of $ 1.4m

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