Forbes annual list, PV Sindhu among top 25 highest-paid female athletes
Forbes annual list highest-paid female athletes:
Forbes annual list: The only Indian athlete to rank in the top 25 of Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid female athletes is badminton superstar PV Sindhu. The silver medalist at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Sindhu, is listed in position twelve. Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka tops the list. For the third straight year, Osaka tops Forbes’ annual list of the World’s highest-paid female athletes. The list is dominated by tennis players once again.
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List of 15 highest paid female athletes of the year:
- Naomi Osaka (Japan) – Tennis – $51.1 million
- Serena Williams (USA) – Tennis – $41.3 million
- Elieen Gu (China) – Skiing – $20.1 million
- Emma Raducanu (UK) – Tennis – $18.7 million
- Iga Swiatek (Poland) – Tennis – $14.9 million
- Venus Williams (USA) – Tennis – $12.1 million
- Coco Gauff (USA) – Tennis – $11.1 million
- Simone Biles (USA) – Gymnastics – $10 million
- Jessica Pegula (USA) – Tennis – $7.6 million
- Minjee Lee (Australia) – Golf – $7.3 million
- Candace Parker (USA) – Basketball – $7.2 million
- P.V. Sindhu (India) – Badminton – $7.1 million
- Leylah Fernandez (Canada) – Tennis -$7 million
- Lydia Ko (New Zealand) – Golf – $6.9 million
- Ons Jabeur (Tunisia) – Tennis – $6.5 million
Important facts:
- The ranking is headed by Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka, and silver medallist Sindhu from the 2016 Summer Olympics in Tokyo is ranked number twelve on it. The 27-year-old Sindhu earned $7 million out of her overall earnings of $7.1 million after winning the gold medal in singles and the silver medal in doubles at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham earlier this year.
- For the third year in a row, Osaka topped Forbes’ annual list of the world’s highest-paid female athletes. The list is once again dominated by tennis players.
- Naomi Osaka, the world number 42, topped the list with a total annual earning of $51.1 million, while Serena Williams is a distant second with $41.3 million and Eileen Gu, the freestyle skier, third with a total coffer of $20.1 million.