Federer One Of The Best-Paid Young Celebs

Swiss tennis star Roger Federer is at No. 5 Rank in Forbes Magazine's latest list of Best-Paid Celebs Under 30, earning a total of $35 million from on-court prize money and sponsorship deals added together.

The Swiss, who who earned a handsome amount of $10.1 million in prize money during the year 2007 with victories at three of the four majors, earned an additional $25 million from his endorsements with Nike, Gillette, Mercedes-Benz, Wilson, and Swiss companies Emmi and Jura.

Earlier this year, Forbes placed Federer at No. 23 in its Celebrity top 100 rankings recognizing the world's most powerful and highest-paid celebrities. Oprah Winfrey came in at No. 1, followed by Tiger Woods, Angelina Jolie, Knowles and David Beckham.

Federer is the all-time ATP leader in career prize money, with earnings of $44.5 million to date. He overtook Pete Sampras's mark of $43 million this past October at Masters Series Madrid.

Maria Sharapova, the highest-paid sportswoman endorser, joined Federer as the only other tennis player in the Top 10 with her reported earnings of $26 million placing her at No. 7. Serena and Venus Williams finished at No. 11 and 12 respectively.

Beyonce Knowles finished as the Best-Paid Celeb Under 30 with $80 million in earnings last year, nearly double the amount of Justin Timberlake at No. 2 ($44 million). NBA stars Kobe Bryant ($39 million) and LeBron James ($38 million) followed the two singers on the power list.