Serena WIlliams is the Highest Paid Woman Athlete in 2023
Here are the top-paid women athletes from around the world for the 2023 calendar year, according to the figures published by Forbes Magazine. This year the highest paid sports woman was Polish tennis player Iga Świątek.
Tennis players continue to dominate the annual pay ranking for women athletes. Chinese-American skier Eileen Gu who was second is the only non tennis player in the top 10.
Last year's leader (and in 2020 and 2021) Naomi Osaka had reduced earnings following to her lay off due to pregnancy. Serena Williams was not included on this list following her retirement (though she would have still made a lot of money). Williams was also the only female in the top-50 highest-paid athletes for 2023, ranking 49th.
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| Name | Country | Sport | earnings (US$ million) |
previous year rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iga Świątek | Poland | Tennis | 23.9 | 5 |
| 2 | Eileen Gu | USA | Skiing | 22.1 | 3 |
| 3 | Coco Gauff | USA | Tennis | 21.7 | 7 |
| 4 | Emma Raducanu | UK | Tennis | 15.2 | 4 |
| 5 | Naomi Osaka | Japan | Tennis | 15.0 | 1 |
| 6 | Aryna Sabalenka | Belarus | Tennis | 14.7 | >10 |
| 7 | Jessica Pegula | USA | Tennis | 12.5 | 9 |
| 8 | Venus Williams | USA | Tennis | 12.2 | 6 |
| 9 | Elena Rybakina | Kazakhstan | Tennis | 9.5 | >10 |
| 10 | Leylah Fernandez | Canada | Tennis | 8.8 | >10 |
Notes
- The earnings totals (in US dollars) are derived from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income in the 2023 calendar year. Taxes or agents' fees are not factored into the figures.
Source
- This top female athlete earners list was first published on the Forbes.com website in December 2023.
Related Pages
- Other lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes
- The highest paid athletes (male and female) for 2023
- Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- Women in Sport
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