Here are the top-paid women athletes from around the world for the 2024 calendar year, according to the figures published by Forbes Magazine. This year the highest paid sports woman was US tennis player Coco Gauff. Last year's highest earner Iga Świątek was second this year.

Tennis players continue to dominate the annual pay ranking for women athletes, though athletes from skiiing, golf and gymnastics made the top 10.

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Name Country Sport earnings
(US$ million)		 previous year rank
1 Coco Gauff USA Tennis 34.4 3
2 Iga Świątek Poland Tennis 23.8 1
3 Eileen Gu USA Skiing 22.1 2
4 Qinwen Zheng China Tennis 20.6 15
5 Aryna Sabalenka Belarus Tennis 18.7 6
=6 Naomi Osaka Japan Tennis 12.9 5
=6 Emma Raducanu UK Tennis 12.9 4
8 Nelly Korda USA Golf 12.5 11
9 Venus Williams USA Tennis 12.1 8
10 Simone Biles USA Gymnastics 11.2 =16

Notes

  • The earnings totals (in US dollars) are derived from salaries, bonuses, prize money, appearance fees, licensing and endorsement income in the 2024 calendar year. Taxes or agents' fees are not factored into the figures.