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Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes

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Wisconsin sports fans unite behind their favorite teams with big-hearted enthusiasm. But no matter the team colors and the tailgating and the hoopla that surround our fan favorites, it requires healthy payrolls for professional franchises to stay at the top of their games. The Milwaukee Business Journal's Barb Zaferos took a look at the state's highest-paid athletes. For the full list, click here.

Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes While the Green Bay Packers' quarterback is still recovering for now, Aaron Rodgers makes more than any other athlete in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Business Journal lists Rodgers as number one, making well over $20 million a year. Photo by: Tom Pennington Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes Left fielder Ryan Braun is the second highest-paid athlete in Wisconsin. The Brewers player's salary is $20 million. Photo by: Stacy Revere Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes Bucks player Greg Monroe makes over $17 million, making him number three on the Milwaukee Business Journal's list.Photo by: Maddie Meyer Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes Number 22 for the Bucks, Khris Middleton, comes in fourth place on the list.Photo by: Kevin C. Cox Clay Matthews of the Green Bay Packers is appearing in a Verizon ad campaign Photo by: Elsa Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes Wide receiver Randall Cobb comes in at number 6 on the Business Journal's list. The Packers player makes over $12.5 million.Photo by: Ronald Martinez Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes Milwaukee Brewers' pitcher Matt Garza is the seventh highest paid athlete in the state, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.Photo by: Stacy Revere Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes John Henson, number 31 for the Bucks, comes in eighth place, with a salary of just over $12 million.Photo by: Maddie Meyer Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes Number 87 for the Green Bay Packers, Jordy Nelson, is the ninth highest-paid athlete in Wisconsin with an over $11 million salary.Photo by: Jonathan Daniel Top 10 highest-paid Wisconsin athletes Milwaukee Bucks player Mirza Teletovic comes in at number 10, raking in $10.5 million according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.  Photo by: Stacy Revere
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While the Green Bay Packers' quarterback is still recovering for now, Aaron Rodgers makes more than any other athlete in Wisconsin. The Milwaukee Business Journal lists Rodgers as number one, making well over $20 million a year. Tom Pennington
Left fielder Ryan Braun is the second highest-paid athlete in Wisconsin. The Brewers player's salary is $20 million. Stacy Revere
Bucks player Greg Monroe makes over $17 million, making him number three on the Milwaukee Business Journal's list.Maddie Meyer
Number 22 for the Bucks, Khris Middleton, comes in fourth place on the list.Kevin C. Cox
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Wide receiver Randall Cobb comes in at number 6 on the Business Journal's list. The Packers player makes over $12.5 million.Ronald Martinez
Milwaukee Brewers' pitcher Matt Garza is the seventh highest paid athlete in the state, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.Stacy Revere
John Henson, number 31 for the Bucks, comes in eighth place, with a salary of just over $12 million.Maddie Meyer
Number 87 for the Green Bay Packers, Jordy Nelson, is the ninth highest-paid athlete in Wisconsin with an over $11 million salary.Jonathan Daniel
Milwaukee Bucks player Mirza Teletovic comes in at number 10, raking in $10.5 million according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.  Stacy Revere
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