Tennis maintains its reign atop the list of the highest-earning female athletes for 2024 as reported by Sportico, with rising star Coco Gauff at the forefront. read more Coco Gauff has once more secured the title of the highest-earning female athlete globally for the second consecutive year according to Sportico’s rankings, while tennis continues to […]
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Tennis maintains its reign atop the list of the highest-earning female athletes for 2024 as reported by Sportico, with rising star Coco Gauff at the forefront.
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Coco Gauff has once more secured the title of the highest-earning female athlete globally for the second consecutive year according to Sportico’s rankings, while tennis continues to showcase the largest representation among the top 15 athletes. Gauff topped the 2023 rankings for the 15 highest-paid female athletes with total earnings of $22.7 million. She again leads the list with total earnings of $30.4 million, marking her as only the third female athlete, following Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams, to surpass the $30 million threshold within a single year.
Collectively, the top 15 female athletes earned $221 million in 2024, reflecting a 27% increase from last year. Moreover, 11 athletes surpassed the $10 million mark in earnings, compared to six in 2023.
In addition to the nine tennis players, the top-15 list featured three athletes from golf and one each from skiing (Eileen Gu), basketball (Caitlin Clark), and gymnastics (Simone Biles).
List of Sportico’s 15 highest-paid women’s sports athletes
1. Coco Gauff: $30.4 million
Prize money: $9.4 million | Endorsements: $21 million
2. Eileen Gu: $22.1 million
Prize money: $62,000 | Endorsements: $22 million
3. Iga Świątek: $21.4 million
Prize money: $8.4 million | Endorsements: $13 million
4. Zheng Qinwen: $20.6 million
Prize money: $5.6 million | Endorsements: $15 million
5. Aryna Sabalenka: $17.7 million
Prize money: $9.7 million | Endorsements: $8 million
6. Naomi Osaka: $15.9 million
Prize money: $870,000 | Endorsements: $15 million
7. Emma Raducanu: $14.7 million
Prize money: $671,000 | Endorsements: $14 million
8. Nelly Korda: $14.4 million
Prize money: $4.4 million | Endorsements: $10 million
9. Simone Biles: $11.1 million
Prize money: $135,000 | Endorsements: $11 million
10. Caitlin Clark: $11.1 million
Salary/bonus: $100,000 | Endorsements: $11 million
11. Jasmine Paolini: $10 million
Prize money: $6.5 million | Endorsements: $3.5 million
12. Jeeno Thitikul: $9.1 million
Prize money: $7.1 million | Endorsements: $2 million
13. Jessica Pegula: $8.2 million
Prize money: $4.2 million | Endorsements: $4 million
14. Elena Rybakina: $7.9 million
Prize money: $3.9 million | Endorsements: $4 million
15. Lydia Ko: $6.7 million
Prize money: $3.2 million | Endorsements: $3.5 million
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