American tennis star, Coco Gauff, tops the list; this gives her one of the best years by a female athlete ever recorded, only behind Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams who topped at $57.3 million and $45.9 million in total earnings, respectively, according to Forbes List in 2021.
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| Coco Gauff. Photo: Getty Images |
Top twenty (20) World’s highest-paid female athletes 2024:
- Coco Gauff | US | Tennis | $34.4 million
- Iga Świątek | Poland | Tennis | $23.8 million
- Eileen Gu | China | Freestyle Skiing | $22.1 million
- Qinwen Zheng | China | Tennis | $20.6 million
- Aryna Sabalenka | Belarus | Tennis | $18.7 million
- Naomi Osaka | Japan | Tennis | $12.9 million
- Emma Raducanu | UK | Tennis | $12.9 million
- Nelly Korda | US | Golf | $12.5 million
- Venus Williams | IS | Tennis | $12.1 million
- Simone Biles | US | Gymnastics | $11.2 million
- Jessica Pegula | US | Tennis | $10.2 million
- Jeeno Thitikul | Thailand | Golf | $9.3 million
- Caitlin Clark | US | Basketball | $8.1 million
- Jasmine Paolini | Italy | Tennis | $8 million
- Elena Rybakina | Kazakhstan | Tennis | $7.9 million
- Alex Morgan | US | Soccer | $7.6 million
- P.V. Sindhu | India | Badminton | $7.1 million
- Leylah Fernandez | Canada | Tennis | $6.5 million
- Sabrina Ionescu | US | Basketball | $6.3 million
- Lydia Ko | New Zealand | Golf | $6.3 million
