The Players And Agents In Bloomberg’s Power 100

LeBron James leads the 2013 Power 100. His agent is Rich Paul of Klutch Sports. Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports

Every year, Businessweek produces the Power 100, a compilation that ranks the world’s best-performing athletes based on statistics, the popularity and viewing audience of their sports, endorsement earnings, and their reach on social media. The rankings are curated by CSE and Horrow Sports Ventures, which use E-Poll Market Research and Nielsen/E-Poll N-Score data to determine the list.

Last year, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees topped the charts. This year’s Power 100, which was announced this morning, is led by LeBron James of the NBA’s Miami Heat.

We decided to take the top 25 names on the 2013 Power 100 list and provide them here, along with their agents, as a unique feature offered only by Sports Agent Blog. The athletes and their rankings, sport and representatives, are located below.

Rank	2011	2010	2009	Athlete	Sport	Agency
1	4	11	2	James, LeBron	Basketball	Rich Paul
2	12	3	1	Woods, Tiger	Golf	Mark Steinberg
3	51	1	5	Manning, Peyton	Football	Tom Condon
4	1	7	25	Brees, Drew	Football	Tom Condon
5	6	15	17	Federer, Roger	Tennis	Tony Godsick/Self
6	9	NR	NR	Djokovic, Novak	Tennis	IMG
7	13	14	12	Bryant, Kobe	Basketball	Rob Pelinka
8	34	12	7	Phelps, Michael	Olympics	Peter Carlisle
9	3	5	30	Brady, Tom	Football	Don Yee
10	2	35	NR	Rodgers, Aaron	Football	David Dunn
11	17	25	31	Durant, Kevin	Basketball	Rob Pelinka
12	25	18	16	Williams, Serena	Tennis	Jill Smoller
13	58	19	35	Beckham, David	Soccer	Simon Fuller
14	21	NR	NR	McIlroy, Rory	Golf	Conor Ridge
15	48	NR	27	Bolt, Usain	Olympics	Ricky Simms
16	38	44	97	Cabrera, Miguel	Baseball	SFX
17	15	17	18	Manning, Eli	Football	Tom Condon
18	NR	NR	NR	Douglas, Gabby	Olympics	CAA
19	18	4	3	Mickelson, Phil	Golf	Lagardere
20	33	83	80	Sharapova, Maria	Tennis	IMG
21	10	50	NR	Johnson, Calvin	Football	Bus Cook
22	5	16	11	Nadal, Rafael	Tennis	Self
23	31	70	NR	Braun, Ryan	Baseball	Nez Balelo
24	27	33	8	Peterson, Adrian	Football	Ben Dogra
25	16	20	6	Wade, Dwyane	Basketball	Henry Thomas

4 replies on “The Players And Agents In Bloomberg’s Power 100”

Thanks for the list. Doesn’t Henry Thomas work for CAA, or have you listed the individual agents where known?

Yes he does, but as you noticed, I chose to name individuals when known.

Interesting.
Where did Dwight Howard fall to? For obvious reasons I’m assuming he fell despite moving to the Los Angeles market this year…

From looking over this list, the one thing that stands out to
me is the lack of female athletes represented. Firstly, most of the athletes in
this ranking are males with the exception of Serena Williams (#12) and Maria
Sharapova (#20). The question is, how come there are not more females accounted
for? We know that there are talented, competitive female athletes among us, yet
they still fail to gain the attention and popularity as their male counterparts.
These rankings are partially based on media relations and audience viewing
numbers, which leave one to ponder how much of an impact the media is having
on women’s leagues/organizations and the careers of female athletes.

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By Darren Heitner

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