[ameetgaitonde]

Yeah, the article seems to reference this post:

https://opendorse.com/blog/top-100-highest-paid-athlete-endo...

Yet, this article from Sports Illustrated claims Derrick Rose and John Wall have multi-million dollar endorsement deals with Adidas that would have been active in 2019.

https://www.si.com/nba/2018/02/06/derrick-rose-adidas-sneake...

This article from Forbes claims footballers like Sergio Ramos and Luis Suárez earned more than $1 million through endorsements in 2019.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christinasettimi/2019/06/18/the...

It might not be an order of magnitude, but there are certainly many more professional athletes who earned more than $1 million in endorsements in 2019.

[ameetgaitonde]

On second thought, judging by the endorsement deals of these tennis players in 2019, maybe it is an order of magnitude greater:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2019/08/26/high...