The England captain tops the list of sport's richest young stars, according a tally of top earners to be published in this weekend's Sunday Times.

Sports millionaires under 30

David Beckham (and Victoria) �35m Naseem Hamed �30m Ryan Giggs �13m Roy Keane �13m Michael Owen �12m Andy Cole �10m Robbie Fowler �10m Dario Franchitti �10m Tim Henman �10m Steve McManaman �9m

The soccer ace and his wife singer Victoria Beckham are together worth a total of �35m, placing Beckham ahead of Naseem who is worth a mere �30m.

It means the star is also among Britain's wealthiest 1,000 people, in the list compiled by Philip Beresford.

Deals

His placing is higher than last year, when the player and his wife had their fortunes counted separately - on his own he was third at �12m.

Beckham's high earnings were boosted by his recent deals with Pepsi and adidas.

Robbie Williams is one of pop's high earners

Some of his Manchester United team-mates are in the same league - Roy Keane and Ryan Giggs are joint third with �13m apiece.

Beckham and his wife make it to number 962 in the roll call of Britain's wealthiest people.

Another high earner in the pop world is singer Robbie Williams - also estimated to be worth �35m.

But by far the richest person in the UK music world is Sir Paul McCartney, who stays at �713m, still ahead of Lord Lloyd-Webber, who is runner-up on �420m.

Music millionaires

Sir Paul McCartney �713m Lord Lloyd-Webber �420m Sir Cameron Mackintosh �400m Madonna and Guy Ritchie �200m Robert Stigwood �200m Sir Elton John �160m Mick Jagger �155m Sting �150m The Bee Gees �140m Olivia Harrison �140m

His accounts should be boosted even further with lucrative live dates throughout this year.

Music star maker Pete Waterman - a judge on ITV1's Pop Idol who helped launch the careers of Kylie Minogue and Steps - is a new entry to the list with a fortune of around �45m.

And Sade, whose Lover's Rock album was a massive hit in the US, also makes a new entry with earnings of around �35m.