Top-10 Highest Earning Sports Females in 2025
The highest paid sports woman in 2025, according to Forbes Magazine, was US tennis player Coco Gauff, the same as in 2024. Tennis players make up the majority of the top earners.
| # | Name | Sport | Earnings
($ million) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coco Gauff | Tennis | 31 |
| 2 | Aryna Sabalenka | Tennis | 30 |
| 3 | Iga Świątek | Tennis | 23.1 |
| 4 | Eileen Gu | Skiing | 23 |
| 5 | Zheng Qinwen | Tennis | 20.6 |
| 6 | Caitlin Clark | Basketball | 16.1 |
| 7 | Nelly Korda | Golf | 13.8 |
| 8 | Madison Keys | Tennis | 13.4 |
| 9 | Elena Rybakina | Tennis | 12.6 |
| 10 | Naomi Osaka | Tennis | 12.5 |
Notes
- The figures are taken from the annual list of highest-paid women athletes published by Forbes magazine in December 2025.
- 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.
- Coco Gauff was top of the list the previous year (2024).
- The highest paid male from 2025 was Cristiano Ronaldo with 275 million in total earnings.
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