Here are the top-paid women athletes from around the world for 2017-18 according to the figures from Forbes Magazine. Serena Williams again was the highest paid female athlete in 2018, despite only winning $62,000 - the rest of her earnings are from endorsement deals. There were no women in the list of the top 100 highest paid athletes for 2018. In 2017, Serena Williams was the only female to make the top 100 list of all athletes, coming in at 51. This was a result of her missing much of the year to give birth to her first child. Tennis players took up eight of the top 10 slots.

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Name Country Sport earnings
(US$ million)		 previous year rank
1 Serena Williams USA Tennis 18.1 1
2 Caroline Wozniacki Denmark Tennis 13 7
3 Sloane Stephens USA Tennis 11.2 >10
4 Garbine Muguruza Spain Tennis 11 6
5 Maria Sharapova Russia Tennis 10.5 >10
6 Venus Williams USA Tennis 10.2 5
7 P. V. Sindhu India Badminton 8.5 >10
8 Simona Halep Romania Tennis 7.7 10
9 Danica Patrick USA Auto Racing 7.5 3
10 Angelique Kerber Germany Tennis 7 2

Notes

  • The earnings totals (in US dollars) are derived from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income in the 12 months from May 1, 2017 to May 1, 2018. Taxes or agents' fees are not factored into the figures.