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 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 . Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has moved up into second place with wealth of £72m . Formula One driver Jenson Button is just £1m behind Rooney with a fortune of £71m . Andy Murray ( left ) takes up fourth place on the Rich List with wealth put at £48m . Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is in sixth place on £42m , but is £2m behind Rio Ferdinand . Tennis player Andy Murray is now fourth on the list with wealth put at £48million . The 27-year-old signed a three-year deal with Standard Life last year and also left the Adidas stable to take up a new £15m four-year deal with American clothing brand Under Armour . Rio Ferdinand ( £44million ) is ahead of former England team-mate Steven Gerrard ( £42million ) , while British NBA star Luol Deng , who plays for Miami Heat , has a fortune of £40million . Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho ( £40m ) is next on the list ahead of Arsenal 's Arsene Wenger ( £38m ) who is tied in 10th position with Ryan Giggs , the 41-year-old who is now the assistant manager of Manchester United . British NBA star Luol Deng ( right ) in action for the Miami Heat - and his wealth is put at £40m . Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho is in seventh position with £40m , which is £2m more than Arsene Wenger .
Lewis Hamilton 's fortune has spiralled by £20m to £88m in the past year . Wayne Rooney is now third in the Sunday Times Sport Rich List . The Manchester United captain 's fortune is up £12m to £72m . F1 driver Jenson Button is £1m behind Rooney in second place .