Ovechkin topped the rating of Russian celebrities according to Forbes
MOSCOW, 27 Jun — RIA Novosti. The captain of the Washington capitals ‘ Alexander Ovechkin and the hockey team of Russia Alexander Ovechkin topped the rating of Russian stars of show business and sports according to Forbes.
According to the publication, the athlete’s income amounted to $ 14 million. Second place in the ranking took singer Philip Kirkorov, the income of which is estimated at 7.4 million dollars, and the third —the singer Grigory Leps (six million dollars).
In the first ten except Ovechkin was even two hockey players — striker “Pittsburgh” Yevgeny Malkin and the goalkeeper “Columbus” Sergey Bobrovsky. They finished sixth and eighth in the list respectively.
Also in the top 10 was Timati, Dima Bilan, Egor Krid, Anna Netrebko and Ksenia Sobchak.
Will be observed that since 2005 the leader of the rating (with the exception of 2011 and 2012) was tennis player Maria Sharapova. However, amid the doping scandal, Sharapova dropped to 19th place with an income of $ 3 million.
As says the publication, the rankings take into account factors such as the income for the year, media attention and interest in the celebrity side of the Internet audience.