Naomi Osaka is the Highest Paid Woman Athlete in 2021 (Again!)
Here are the top-paid women athletes from around the world for 2020-21 according to the figures from Forbes Magazine. Again this year the highest paid is tennis player Naomi Osaka. Osaka and Serena Williams were the only females in the top-50 highest-paid athletes for 2021, ranking 12th and 28th respectively.
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| Name | Country | Sport | earnings (US$ million) |
previous year rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naomi Osaka | Japan | Tennis | 57.3 | 1 |
| 2 | Serena Williams | USA | Tennis | 45.9 | 2 |
| 3 | Venus Williams | USA | Tennis | 11.3 | >10 |
| 4 | Simone Biles | USA | Gymnastics | 10.1 | >10 |
| 5 | Garbiñe Muguruza | Spain | Tennis | 8.8 | 6 |
| 6 | Jin Young Ko | South Korea | Golf | 7.5 | >10 |
| 7 | P.V. Sindhu | India | badminton | 7.2 | >10 |
| 8 | Ashleigh Barty | Australia | Tennis | 6.9 | 3 |
| 9 | Nelly Korda | USA | Golf | 5.9 | >10 |
| 10 | Candace Parker | USA | Basketball | 5.7 | >10 |
Notes
- The earnings totals (in US dollars) are derived from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income for the 2021 calendar year. Taxes or agents' fees are not factored into the figures.
tennis is the most lucrative sport for womenSource
- This top female athlete earners list was first published on the Forbes.com website in January 2022.
Related Pages
- Other lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes
- The highest paid athletes (male and female) for 2021
- Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- More sporting lists
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