Here are the top-paid women athletes from around the world for the 2022 calendar year, according to the figures published by Forbes Magazine. Again this year the highest paid is tennis player Naomi Osaka. Osaka and Serena Williams were also the only females in the top-50 highest-paid athletes for 2022, ranking 19th and 31st respectively.

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Name Country Sport earnings
(US$ million)		 previous year rank
1 Naomi Osaka Japan Tennis 51.1 1
2 Serena Williams USA Tennis 41.3 2
3 Eileen Gu USA Skiing 20.1 >10
4 Emma Raducanu UK Tennis 18.7 >10
5 Iga Świątek Poland Tennis 14.9 >10
6 Venus Williams USA Tennis 12.1 3
7 Coco Gauff USA Tennis 11.1 >10
8 Simone Biles USA Gymnastics 10.0 4
9 Jessica Pegula USA Tennis 7.6 >10
10 Minjee Lee Australia Golf 7.3 >10

Notes

  • The earnings totals (in US dollars) are derived from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income in the 2022 calendar year. Taxes or agents' fees are not factored into the figures.
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