Tennis, led by Coco Gauff, dominates highest-paid feminine athletes record for 2024, as per Sportico

Coco Gauff emerged because the highest-paid feminine athlete on the earth for a second 12 months working in Sportico’s rankings whereas tennis as soon as once more was the game with the best numbers of gamers within the prime 15. Gauff led Sportico’s rankings in 2023 for the world’s 15 highest-paid feminine athletes with a complete incomes of $22.7 million. She is once more on the prime of the rankings with a complete incomes of $30.4 million, making her simply the third feminine athlete after Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams to cross the $30 million mark in a single 12 months.

The 20-year-old American’s earnings in 2024 have jumped by round 34%. Similar to Gauff, tennis has additionally maintained its main place with 9 out of 15 feminine athletes belonging to the game, the identical as final 12 months.

General, the highest 15 feminine athletes collectively made $221 million in 2024 which is 27% greater than final 12 months. Additionally, 11 athletes earned at the least $10 million as in comparison with six in 2023.

Aside from 9 athletes from tennis, the top-15 record included three gamers from gold and one every from snowboarding (Eileen Gu), basketball (Caitlin Clark), and gymnastics (Simone Biles).

Checklist of Sportico’s 15 highest-paid ladies’s sports activities athletes

1. Coco Gauff: $30.4 million
Prize cash: $9.4 million | Endorsements: $21 million

2. Eileen Gu: $22.1 million
Prize cash: $62,000 | Endorsements: $22 million

3. Iga Świątek: $21.4 million
Prize cash: $8.4 million | Endorsements: $13 million

4. Zheng Qinwen: $20.6 million
Prize cash: $5.6 million | Endorsements: $15 million

5. Aryna Sabalenka: $17.7 million
Prize cash: $9.7 million | Endorsements: $8 million

6. Naomi Osaka: $15.9 million
Prize cash: $870,000 | Endorsements: $15 million

7. Emma Raducanu: $14.7 million
Prize cash: $671,000 | Endorsements: $14 million

8. Nelly Korda: $14.4 million
Prize cash: $4.4 million | Endorsements: $10 million

9. Simone Biles: $11.1 million
Prize cash: $135,000 | Endorsements: $11 million

10. Caitlin Clark: $11.1 million
Wage/bonus: $100,000 | Endorsements: $11 million

11. Jasmine Paolini: $10 million
Prize cash: $6.5 million | Endorsements: $3.5 million

12. Jeeno Thitikul: $9.1 million
Prize cash: $7.1 million | Endorsements: $2 million

13. Jessica Pegula: $8.2 million
Prize cash: $4.2 million | Endorsements: $4 million

14. Elena Rybakina: $7.9 million
Prize cash: $3.9 million | Endorsements: $4 million

15. Lydia Ko: $6.7 million
Prize cash: $3.2 million | Endorsements: $3.5 million