Lewis Hamilton remains the richest sportsman in Britain with a fortune of £88million but Wayne Rooney has overtaken Jenson Button to be in second place in the 2015 Sunday Times Sport Rich List.
Formula One world champion Hamilton, who lives as a tax exile in Monaco, remains on pole position in the list but his fortune has spiralled by £20million on last year.
Hamilton has his sights on retaining his world championship title after winning three of the first four races of the season, and is set to sign a new contract with Mercedes worth £27million a year.
Lewis Hamilton is top of the 2015 Sunday Times Sport Rich List with a fortune of £88million
Hamilton and actress Olivia Munn film scenes in Rome for Zoolander 2 on Friday
The scene seems to show the celebrities and fashionistas have gathered to watch Zoolander’s latest show
Hamilton and Munn happily chatted and checked out each other’s phones in between takes
The Sunday Times Rich List 2015 – Britain’s wealthiest sports stars and managersPosition Sportsperson Sport 2015 2014 1Lewis Hamilton Motor racing £88m£68m 2 Wayne Rooney Football £72m £60m 3 Jenson Button Motor racing £71m £63m 4 Andy Murray Tennis £48m £40m 5 Rio Ferdinand Football £44m £44m 6 Steven Gerrard Football £42m £37m 7= Luol Deng Basketball £40m £36m 7= Jose MourinhoFootball £40m New 9 Frank Lampard Football £39m £37m 10= Sir Nick Faldo Golf £38m New 10= Ryan Giggs Football £38m £36m 10= Rory McIlroy Golf £38m £28m 10= Arsene Wenger Football £38m New
The list was released just hours after Hamilton was pictured on the Rome set for the filming of comedy sequel Zoolander 2 on Friday.
Hamilton was sat front row with Olivia Munn and busily chatting in between takes for the film which will be released in February 2016.
Hamilton is making his first live-action cameo on the big screen having previously lent his voice to Disney animation Cars 2.
Rooney’s overall wealth is up £12million to £72million, and the Manchester United and England skipper remains on course to join David Beckham as the only British footballer to amass a fortune of more than £100million.
Rooney’s £300,000-a-week contract with United still has another four seasons to run, and he is just two goals short of Sir Bobby Charlton’s record of 49 goals for England.
Button is £1million behind Rooney and though his net worth has grown by £8million in the past year, he signed a new contract on a reduced salary of around £8 million a year last December.