Bloomberg business Week List of America’s most powerful athletes Released on Wednesday is based on earning potential and was compiled with the assistance of CSE and Horrow Sports Ventures.

Infidelity public last year after Thanksgiving Day, Tiger Woods still tops list of most powerful athletes because he would have held the top spot.

LeBron James of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers was second, followed by golfer Phil Mickelson, Albert Pujols of baseball's St. Louis Cardinals, Peyton Manning of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts, Dwyane Wade of the NBA's Miami Heat, swimmer Michael Phelps, Adrian Peterson of the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, the Cavaliers' Shaquille O'Neal and cyclist Lance Armstrong.