The World’s Highest-Paid

Female Athletes 2023

Iga Świątek

#1. $23.9 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: POLAND | AGE: 22 | ON-FIELD: $9.9 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $14 MILLION

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Eileen Gu

#2. $22.1 million SPORT: FREESTYLE SKIING | NATIONALITY: CHINA | AGE: 20 | ON-FIELD: $0.1 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $22 MILLION

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Coco Gauff

#3. $21.7 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: U.S. | AGE: 19 | ON-FIELD: $6.7 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $15 MILLION

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Emma Raducanu

#4. $15.2 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: UNITED KINGDOM | AGE: 21 | ON-FIELD: $0.2 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $15 MILLION

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Naomi Osaka

#5. $15 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: JAPAN | AGE: 26 | ON-FIELD: $0 • OFF-FIELD: $15 MILLION

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Aryna Sabalenka

#6. $14.7 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: BELARUS | AGE: 25 | ON-FIELD: $8.2 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $6.5 MILLION

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Jessica Pegula

#7. $12.5 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: U.S. | AGE: 29 | ON-FIELD: $6 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $6.5 MILLION

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Venus Williams

#8. $12.2 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: U.S. | AGE: 43 | ON-FIELD: $0.2 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $12 MILLION

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Elena Rybakina

#9. $9.5 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: KAZAKHSTAN | AGE: 24 | ON-FIELD: $5.5 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $4 MILLION

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Leylah Fernandez

#10. $8.8 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: CANADA | AGE: 21 | ON-FIELD: $1.8 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $7 MILLION

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Nelly Korda

#11 (tie). $8.2 million SPORT: GOLF | NATIONALITY: U.S. | AGE: 25 | ON-FIELD: $1.7 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $6.5 MILLION

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Megan Rapinoe

#11 (tie). $8.2 million SPORT: SOCCER | NATIONALITY: U.S. | AGE: 38 | ON-FIELD: $0.7 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $7.5 MILLION

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Candace Parker

#13. $8.1 million SPORT: BASKETBALL | NATIONALITY: U.S. | AGE: 37 | ON-FIELD: $0.1 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $8 MILLION

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Alex Morgan

#14. $7.8 million SPORT: SOCCER | NATIONALITY: U.S. | AGE: 34 | ON-FIELD: $0.8 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $7 MILLION

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Simone Biles

#16 (tie). $7.1 million SPORT: GYMNASTICS | NATIONALITY: U.S. | AGE: 26 | ON-FIELD: $0.1 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $7 MILLION

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P.V. Sindhu

#17 (tie). $7.1 million SPORT: BADMINTON | NATIONALITY: INDIA | AGE: 28 | ON-FIELD: $0.1 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $7 MILLION

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Ons Jabeur

#18. $5.7 million SPORT: TENNIS | NATIONALITY: TUNISIA | AGE: 29 | ON-FIELD: $3.2 MILLION • OFF-FIELD: $2.5 MILLION

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