For a second yr in a row, American tennis star Coco Gauff topped Sportico’s listing of highest-paid female athletes, incomes roughly $30.4M in 2024.
Whereas $21M of her earnings got here from endorsement offers with manufacturers equivalent to New Stability, Rolex, Bose and L’Oreal, Gauff earned $9.4M in prize cash for profitable three singles titles, together with the WTA Finals and China Open. Remarkably, she topped the listing regardless of having a down yr that noticed her underperform in any respect 4 majors and endure a third-round exit on the 2024 Paris Olympics.
By cracking the $30M mark, Gauff joined Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams as the one feminine athletes to achieve the mark for a calendar yr.
American skier Eileen Gu ($22.1M) got here in second, incomes $22M in endorsement offers and $62K in prize cash.
The following 5 athletes on the listing had been all tennis stars, with Iga Swiatek ($21.4M), Zheng Qinwen ($20.6M), Aryna Sabalenka ($17.7M), Naomi Osaka ($15.9M) and Emma Raducanu ($14.7M) rounding off the highest seven.
