LeBron James leads the 2013 Power 100. His agent is Rich Paul of Klutch Sports. Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
Every year, Businessweek produces the Power 100, a compilation that ranks the world’s best-performing athletes based on statistics, the popularity and viewing audience of their sports, endorsement earnings, and their reach on social media. The rankings are curated by CSE and Horrow Sports Ventures, which use E-Poll Market Research and Nielsen/E-Poll N-Score data to determine the list.
Last year, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees topped the charts. This year’s Power 100, which was announced this morning, is led by LeBron James of the NBA’s Miami Heat.
We decided to take the top 25 names on the 2013 Power 100 list and provide them here, along with their agents, as a unique feature offered only by Sports Agent Blog. The athletes and their rankings, sport and representatives, are located below.
| Rank | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | Athlete | Sport | Agency |
| 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | James, LeBron | Basketball | Rich Paul |
| 2 | 12 | 3 | 1 | Woods, Tiger | Golf | Mark Steinberg |
| 3 | 51 | 1 | 5 | Manning, Peyton | Football | Tom Condon |
| 4 | 1 | 7 | 25 | Brees, Drew | Football | Tom Condon |
| 5 | 6 | 15 | 17 | Federer, Roger | Tennis | Tony Godsick/Self |
| 6 | 9 | NR | NR | Djokovic, Novak | Tennis | IMG |
| 7 | 13 | 14 | 12 | Bryant, Kobe | Basketball | Rob Pelinka |
| 8 | 34 | 12 | 7 | Phelps, Michael | Olympics | Peter Carlisle |
| 9 | 3 | 5 | 30 | Brady, Tom | Football | Don Yee |
| 10 | 2 | 35 | NR | Rodgers, Aaron | Football | David Dunn |
| 11 | 17 | 25 | 31 | Durant, Kevin | Basketball | Rob Pelinka |
| 12 | 25 | 18 | 16 | Williams, Serena | Tennis | Jill Smoller |
| 13 | 58 | 19 | 35 | Beckham, David | Soccer | Simon Fuller |
| 14 | 21 | NR | NR | McIlroy, Rory | Golf | Conor Ridge |
| 15 | 48 | NR | 27 | Bolt, Usain | Olympics | Ricky Simms |
| 16 | 38 | 44 | 97 | Cabrera, Miguel | Baseball | SFX |
| 17 | 15 | 17 | 18 | Manning, Eli | Football | Tom Condon |
| 18 | NR | NR | NR | Douglas, Gabby | Olympics | CAA |
| 19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | Mickelson, Phil | Golf | Lagardere |
| 20 | 33 | 83 | 80 | Sharapova, Maria | Tennis | IMG |
| 21 | 10 | 50 | NR | Johnson, Calvin | Football | Bus Cook |
| 22 | 5 | 16 | 11 | Nadal, Rafael | Tennis | Self |
| 23 | 31 | 70 | NR | Braun, Ryan | Baseball | Nez Balelo |
| 24 | 27 | 33 | 8 | Peterson, Adrian | Football | Ben Dogra |
| 25 | 16 | 20 | 6 | Wade, Dwyane | Basketball | Henry Thomas |
