Naomi Osaka is the Highest Paid Woman Athlete in 2020
Here are the top-paid women athletes from around the world for 2019-20 according to the figures from Forbes Magazine. Again this year it is a tennis player, though Naomi Osaka has knocked Serena Williams from the top spot she has held for several years. Osaka and Williams were also the only women in the list of the top 100 highest paid athletes for 2020, ranking 29th and 33rd respectively.
Tennis players made up the top nine sportswomen on the list, tenth was US women's soccer player Alex Morgan (last year all ten were tennis players).
See more lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes.
| Name | Country | Sport | earnings (US$ million) |
previous year rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naomi Osaka | Japan | Tennis | 37.4 | 2 |
| 2 | Serena Williams | USA | Tennis | 36 | 1 |
| 3 | Ash Barty | Australia | Tennis | 13.1 | >15 |
| 4 | Simona Halep | Romania | Tennis | 10.9 | 4 |
| 5 | Bianca Andreescu | Canada | Tennis | 8.9 | >15 |
| 6 | Garbine Muguruza | Spain | Tennis | 6.6 | =10 |
| 7 | Elina Svitolina | Ukraine | Tennis | 6.4 | 9 |
| 8 | Sofia Kenin | USA | Tennis | 5.8 | >15 |
| 9 | Angelique Kerber | Germany | Tennis | 5.3 | 3 |
| 10 | Alex Morgan | USA | Soccer / Football | 4.6 | 12 |
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 June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020. Taxes or agents' fees are not factored into the figures.
tennis player Simona Halep was 4th again this yearSource
- The top female earners list was first published on Forbes.com in August 2020
Related Pages
- Other lists of the World's Highest Paid Women Athletes
- The highest paid athletes (male and female) for 2020
- Forbes list of the World's Best Paid Athletes
- More sporting lists
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