Naomi Osaka Leads the List of Forbes Top 10 Highest Paid Female Athletes in 2021

Naomi Osaka Leads the List of Forbes Top 10 Highest Paid Female Athletes in 2021

Naomi Osaka, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Simone Biles

There are many differences in the facilities, payout structure, media coverage and working conditions of Women’s and Men’s sport. Despite all these there is huge amount of optimism in our players. Leagues are adding new sponsors, expanding their teams and adding new owners. TV ratings are also getting high.

These rise in the sponsors and ratings have also affected the payout structure of the female players. According to Forbes estimate the top ten female athletes’ total earing summed up to $167 million before taxes in 2021.

Top Ten highest paid Athletes

Naomi Osaka
Naomi Osaka

The rise in payouts of athletes have led to increase in the facilities of the players. Here is the list of top ten highest paid female athletes.

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  • 1.Naomi Osaka (Tennis) – $57.3M
  • 2.Serena Williams (Tennis) – $45.9M
  • 3.Venus Williams (Tennis) – $11.3M
  • 4.Simone Biles (Gymnastics) – $10.1M
  • 5.Garbine Muguruza (Tennis) – $8.8M
  • 6.Jin Young Ko (Golf) – $7.5M
  • 7.P.V.Sindhu (Badminton) – $7.2M
  • 8.Ashleigh Barty (Tennis) – $6.9M
  • 9.Nelly Korda (Golf) – $5.9M
  • 10.Candace Parker (Basketball) -$5.7M

According to the list Former World No.1 Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka tops the list with the highest payout and greatest of all times Williams sisters, Serena and Venus are the first and second runner ups respectively. The list also includes World No.3 Garbine Muguruza at the fifth position. Current World No.1 Ash Barty finds herself in the 8th spot with US Gymnast Simone Biles grabbing the No.4 spot.

Other notable names in the list are Golfers Jin Young Ko and Nelly Korda in 6th and 9th place respectively. Indian badminton star P.V. Sindhu takes the 7th spot with a payout of around $7.2M and Candace Parker wraps up the top 10.

As evident, Tennis is one of the highest paying sports of the world. The stars of tennis are payed in huge amount both in prize money and in endorsements. Former World No.1 and Swiss legend Roger Federer is the highest paid tennis star with a payout of about $90M.

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