But with some reports suggesting Mike Ashley is worth (with assets) a staggering £2.2 BILLION ... the Toon owner has more money than Beckham in his arse pocket!
Beckham, now 37 and playing for LA Galaxy, is one of 48 football players past and present in the list of the 100 richest current and former sportsmen in Britain and Ireland.
The Sunday Times ranked Beckham 10th in its list of the world's richest sports figures, a group led by golfer Tiger Woods with an estimated £538m.
Woods, who is still on course to be sport's first billionaire despite a £60m divorce and a drop in sponsorship income, was followed by German Formula One driver Michael Schumacher and former basketball player Michael Jordan.
Russian Maria Sharapova was the world's richest sportswoman, worth £55m. Sharapova, like Beckham, has augmented her earnings from sport with lucrative fashion and other endorsements.
Not all the figures on the list are household names.
Behind Beckham in second spot was former rugby union player Paul Caddick, who now runs a property and construction company and is chairman of rugby league club Leeds Rhinos.