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==List of sportsmen with highest pay-per-view sales==
This tables lists the sportsmen who have had the highest pay-per-view sales, with at least 10{{nbsp}}million buys. It includes sportsmen who have participated in [[boxing]], [[mixed martial arts]], and [[professional wrestling]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Sportsman
! Total sales ({{estimation}})
! Closed-circuit theatre TV
! PPV home television
! Years
! Sport(s)
|-

| rowspan="3" | [[Muhammad Ali]]
| rowspan="3" | {{nts|162,944,000}}
| rowspan="3" | {{nts|162,154,000}}{{efn|name=Ali|See {{Section link|Boxing career of Muhammad Ali|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| rowspan="3" | {{nts|790,000}}{{efn|name=Ali}}
| rowspan="3" | 1963{{ndash}}1985
| [[Boxing career of Muhammad Ali|Professional boxing]]
|-
| [[Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki|Mixed martial arts]]
|-
| [[WrestleMania I|Professional wrestling]]
|-
|  [[Joe Frazier]]
| {{nts|100,500,000}}
| {{nts|100,000,000}}<ref name="ali-frazier-3"/>
| {{nts|500,000}}<ref name="Smith"/>
| 1965{{ndash}}1981
| rowspan="2" | [[Professional boxing]]
|-
|  [[George Foreman]]
| {{nts|52,000,000}}
| {{nts|50,000,000}}<ref name="The Morning Herald"/>
| {{nts|{{#expr:1400000+600000}} }}<ref name="Yahoo Sports 7170256"/><ref name="foreman-morrison"/>
| 1974{{ndash}}1993
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Floyd Mayweather Jr.]]
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|29,090,000}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:50000+(25900000/150) round -3}}|}} }}<ref name="oscar-floyd"/><ref name="espn"/>
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|{{#expr:6000000+22867000}} }}<ref name="mayweather-mcgregor">{{cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/barry-mcguigan-mayweather-mcgregor-verdict-11095339|title=Why beating McGregor shouldn't see Mayweather break Marciano's iconic record|last=McGuigan|first=Barry|date=September 1, 2017|work=[[Daily Mirror]]|author-link=Barry McGuigan}}</ref>{{efn|See {{Section link|Floyd Mayweather Jr.|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| rowspan="2" | 2005{{ndash}}2017
| Professional boxing
|-
| [[WrestleMania XXIV|Professional wrestling]]
|-
|  [[Manny Pacquiao]]
| {{nts|22,214,000}}
| {{nts|{{#expr:25900000/150 round -3}}|}}<ref name="espn"/>
| {{nts|{{#expr:20141000+1900000}}|}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| 2005{{ndash}}2019
| [[Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao|Professional boxing]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Mike Tyson]]
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|20,700,000}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|920,000}}{{efn|name=Tyson|See {{Section link|Mike Tyson|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|19,780,000}}{{efn|name=Tyson}}
| rowspan="2" | 1988{{ndash}}2020
| Professional boxing
|-
| Professional wrestling
|-
|  [[Triple H]]
| {{nts|20,329,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|20,329,000}}{{efn|name=WWE|See [[List of WWE pay-per-view events]] }}
| 1994{{ndash}}2019
| [[Professional wrestling]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |  [[Conor McGregor]]
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|18,400,000}}
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|18,400,000}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Conor McGregor|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| rowspan="2" | 2015{{ndash}}2021
| [[Mixed martial arts]]
|-
| [[Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Conor McGregor|Professional boxing]]
|-
| [[John Cena]]
| {{nts|15,389,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|15,389,000}}{{efn|name=WWE}}
| 2002{{ndash}}2021
| rowspan="3" | Professional wrestling
|-
|[[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]]
| {{nts|14,859,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|14,859,000}}{{efn|See [[Dwayne Johnson]] }}
| 1998{{ndash}}2013
|-
|  [[The Undertaker]]
| {{nts|14,451,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|14,451,000}}{{efn|name=WWE}}
| 1990{{ndash}}2020
|-
| [[Oscar De La Hoya]]
| {{nts|14,140,000}}
| {{nts|50,000}}<ref name="oscar-floyd"/>
| {{nts|14,090,000}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Oscar De La Hoya|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| 1995{{ndash}}2008
| Professional boxing
|-
|  [[Anthony Joshua]]
| {{nts|13,441,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|13,441,000}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Anthony Joshua|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| 2015{{ndash}}2021
| Professional boxing
|-
| rowspan="2" |  [[Brock Lesnar]]
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|12,771,000}}
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
| rowspan="2" | {{nts|12,771,000}}{{efn|See {{Section link|Brock Lesnar|Pay-per-view bouts}}.}}
| rowspan="2" | 2002{{ndash}}2020
| Professional wrestling
|-
| Mixed martial arts
|-
|  [[Evander Holyfield]]
| {{nts|12,720,000}}
| {{nts|{{formatnum:{{#expr:9000000/75}}|}} }}<ref name="Asher"/>
| {{nts|12,600,000}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Pacquiao among biggest PPV draws of all time |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/09/14/pacquiao-among-biggest-ppv-draws-all-time |work=[[ABS-CBN News]] |date=April 9, 2014}}</ref>
| 1984{{ndash}}2003
| Professional boxing
|-
| [[Canelo Álvarez]]
| {{nts|11,070,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|11,070,000}}
| 2013{{ndash}}2023
| Professional Boxing
|-
| [[Shawn Michaels]]
| {{nts|10,160,000}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{nts|10,160,000}}{{efn|name=WWE}}
| 1988{{ndash}}2018
| Professional wrestling
|}