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This is a list of the highest-paid athletes in the world as ranked by Forbes magazine. 2024 list. The 2024 list: [1] Rank Name Sport Country Total Salary/winnings
Tennis champion Naomi Osaka was the last woman to make the list, being the highest-paid female athlete in 2022 and ranking 20th on the list with her reported $53.2 million in earnings.
This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing. Athletes in individual sports , such as golf , tennis , table tennis , boxing , kickboxing , and MMA , are not employed by a team and usually earn money primarily ...
Way.com reports that top earners among the highest-paid athletes include:. Cristiano Ronaldo– $260 million. Jon Rahm – $218 million. Lionel Messi – $135 million. LeBron James – $128 ...
In total, the top 10 athletes earned an estimated $1.11 billion in the past year, breaking the all-time record for the Forbes list, including 2018 when Floyd Mayweather tilted the scales with $285 ...
Forbes list of the world's highest-paid athletes; M. List of highest-paid Major League Baseball players; Mochikyūkin; N. List of highest-paid NBA players by season;
U.S. tennis star Coco Gauff was the top-earning female athlete in 2024 with $30.4 million, but that was more than $7 million short of the minimum $37.5 million cutoff to make the top 100.
The highest-paid NBA players by season has recently eclipsed $40 million. Wilt Chamberlain has the most seasons leading the league with 8. Michael Jordan holds the largest 1-year contract in NBA history, LeBron James is the highest career earner, and Stephen Curry is the highest season earner as well as the largest multi-year contract holder in ...