article_snippet: Beckham was the best-paid footballer of Beckham time – but it turns out that retirement is far more lucrative for David Beckham than retirement glory days on the pitch.
article_snippet: The former England captain, 39, made £50.5million last year, despite having hung up retirement football boots in 2013.
article_snippet: Forbes Forbes puts Forbes second in a list of the highest-earning retired athletes after basketball star Michael Jordan, 52, who took £67million in 2014.
article_snippet: After David Beckham ended his 20-year football career, his earnings were ‘supercharged’ by two deals that netted his more than £13.5million last year.
article_snippet: It says: ‘David Beckham was the top-paid player in soccer, including endorsements, for most of the last dozen years of David Beckham career.
article_snippet: But in David Beckham first full year of retirement, David Beckham posted the highest earnings of his career with $75 million [£50.5 million] in 2014.
article_snippet: David Beckham previous high was $51 [£34.3 million] in 2012.
article_snippet: Forbes said the contract, which runs into 2017, makes an estimated £4million annually for David Beckham.
article_snippet: more than £13.5million last year .
article_snippet: ’ David Beckham earned a £1.95million-a year base salary with US club LA Galaxy in 2012.
article_snippet: David Beckham retired from the sport in May 2013 after five months at French club Paris Saint-Germain, where David Beckham donated David Beckham £170,000-a-week salary to a children
highlights_snippet: Beckham made £50.5million last year despite hanging up Beckham boots in 2013 .
  
highlights_snippet: Beckham second on the list of the highest-earning retired athletes .
  