Coco Gauff is the Highest Paid Woman Athlete in 2024
Here are the top-paid women athletes from around the world for the 2024 calendar year, according to the figures published by Forbes Magazine. This year the highest paid sports woman was US tennis player Coco Gauff. Last year's highest earner Iga Świątek was second this year.
Tennis players continue to dominate the annual pay ranking for women athletes, though athletes from skiiing, golf and gymnastics made the top 10.
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| Name | Country | Sport | earnings (US$ million) |
previous year rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coco Gauff | USA | Tennis | 34.4 | 3 |
| 2 | Iga Świątek | Poland | Tennis | 23.8 | 1 |
| 3 | Eileen Gu | USA | Skiing | 22.1 | 2 |
| 4 | Qinwen Zheng | China | Tennis | 20.6 | 15 |
| 5 | Aryna Sabalenka | Belarus | Tennis | 18.7 | 6 |
| =6 | Naomi Osaka | Japan | Tennis | 12.9 | 5 |
| =6 | Emma Raducanu | UK | Tennis | 12.9 | 4 |
| 8 | Nelly Korda | USA | Golf | 12.5 | 11 |
| 9 | Venus Williams | USA | Tennis | 12.1 | 8 |
| 10 | Simone Biles | USA | Gymnastics | 11.2 | =16 |
Notes
- The earnings totals (in US dollars) are derived from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income in the 2024 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 2024.
Related Pages
- Other lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes
- The highest paid athletes (male and female) for 2024
- Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- Women in Sport
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