Naomi Osaka also in 2022 highest earning athlete in the world
Naomi Osaka is the highest paid athlete in the world for the third time in a row. Behind the Japanese follows Serena Williams in second place.
by Nikolaus Fink
last edit: Dec 23, 2022, 02:43 pm
All good things come in threes: According to the annual Forbes ranking list, Naomi Osaka is the highest-earning athlete in the world for the third time after 2020 and 2021. Overall, the four-time Grand Slam winner, who scores particularly well with top-class sponsorship contracts in her home country Japan, took in 51.1 million US dollars this year. Exciting: Only $1.1 million comes from tennis court earnings.
Serena Williams is in second place. The American earned $41.3 million in 2022, followed by freestyle skier Eileen Gu ($20.1 million) in third place. Places four through seven are filled by Emma Raducanu ($18.7 million), Iga Swiatek ($14.9 million), Venus Williams ($12.1 million) and Coco Gauff ($11.1 million). US dollars) then again occupied by tennis players.
In any case, the Forbes ranking shows once again that tennis is the most lucrative sport for women. Of the 25 places listed by the world-renowned business magazine, twelve go to women tennis players.
The highest paid female athletes in 2022:
1. Naomi Osaka, tennis: $51.1 million
2. Serena Williams, tennis: $41.3 million
3. Eileen Gu, Freestyle Ski: $20.1 million
4. Emma Raducanu, Tennis: $18.7 million
5. Iga Swiatek, tennis: $14.9 million
6. Venus Williams, tennis: $12.1 million
7. Coco Gauff, Tennis: $11.1 million
8. Simone Biles, gymnastics: $10 million
9. Jessica Pegula, tennis: $7.6 million
10. Minjee Lee, Golf: $7.3 million
13. Leylah Fernandez, tennis: $7 million
15. Ons Jabeur, tennis: $6.5 million
16. Paula Badosa, tennis: $6.2 million
24. Caroline Garcia, tennis: $5.2 million
24. Garbine Muguruza, tennis: $5.2 million