Forbes Highest Paid Athletes – International (2019)
data visualization by Amar Singh (@ArmourSingh) / slow reveal by Jenna Laib (@JennaLaib)
(Slide deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)
There are two versions of this slow reveal available: one that uses decimals (e.g. $89.4m) and one without decimals (e.g. $90m).
Type of Graph: bar graph

Source: “Forbes Highest Paid Athletes” by Amar Singh (via Tableau)
(The original is a fun racing bar graph! Check it out.)
Paired Texts:
Rodriguez, Sarah. “Do Athletes Deserve Millions?” Sports Illustrated Kids, published September 12, 2011.
Dalton, Kyle. “Who Are the World’s Highest-Paid Athletes?” Sportscasting, published May 18, 2020. (includes video clips)
Potential Math Content: bar graph, decimals, comparing values, estimating values
Potential Content Connections: sports, money
Russell Wilson, not Williams
Wow! Thank you, obviously I would not have noticed that. 🙃 The slide deck has been updated!