Coco Gauff Tops Sportico’s Listing of Highest-Paid Feminine Athletes

By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday December 5, 2024

Coco Gauff has cracked a big off-court milestone, based on Sportico.

The 20-year-old American topped Sportico’s checklist of feminine athlete earners, netting over $30 million in prize cash and endorsements for the primary time in 2024.

Gauff ranks No. 1 for the second straight yr with $30.4 million from prize cash and endorsements and is simply the third lady in sports activities to earn greater than $30 million in a given yr, after Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams.

Athletes from 5 totally different sports activities made Sportico’s minimize, led by tennis with 9 entries.

Sportico’s checklist of the Prime 15 feminine athlete earners for 2024, topped by none aside from Coco Gauff pic.twitter.com/ucTMQqYrnA

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Six of the highest seven – Gauff, Iga Swiatek ($21.4 million), Zheng Qinwen ($20.6 million), Aryna Sabalenka ($17.7 million), Naomi Osaka ($15.9 million) and Emma Raducanu ($14.7 million) – athletes on the checklist are tennis gamers.

9 of the Prime 15 are tennis gamers, with Jasmine Paolini, Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina additionally making the checklist.

Per Sportico, the earnings embody prize cash, salaries and bonuses throughout 2024 for energetic athletes, together with Olympic medal payouts and prize cash from the Billie Jean King Cup.