Top-10 Highest Earning Sports Females from 2024
The highest paid sports woman in 2024, according to Forbes Magazine, was US tennis player Coco Gauff, pushing last years top earner Iga Świątek into second. Tennis players make up the majority of the top earners.
| # | Name | Sport | Earnings
($ million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coco Gauff | Tennis | 34.4 |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | Tennis | 23.8 |
| 3 | Eileen Gu | Skiing | 22.1 |
| 4 | Qinwen Zheng | Tennis | 20.6 |
| 5 | Aryna Sabalenka | Tennis | 18.7 |
| =6 | Naomi Osaka | Tennis | 12.9 |
| =6 | Emma Raducanu | Tennis | 12.9 |
| 8 | Nelly Korda | Golf | 12.5 |
| 9 | Venus Williams | Tennis | 12.1 |
| 10 | Simone Biles | Gymnastics | 11.2 |
Notes
- The figures are taken from the annual list of highest-paid women athletes published by Forbes magazine in December 2024.
- The earnings totals (in US dollars) are derived from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income. Taxes or agents' fees are not factored into the figures.
- Iga Świątek was top of the list the previous year (2023).
- The highest paid male from 2024 was Cristiano Ronaldo with 260 million in total earnings.
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