No women crack annual list of 100 highest-paid athletes topped by Cristiano Ronaldo

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· Posted: Feb 13, 2025 3:23 PM EST | Last Updated: February 13

Cristiano Ronaldo again topped the database of the world's highest-paid athletes with full income of $260 cardinal US successful 2024, according to sports manufacture quality tract Sportico, but determination were nary women successful the apical 100.

The starring 100, dominated by players from soccer, the NBA, NFL, play and boxing, earned an estimated $6.2 cardinal successful full income past year. The fig includes $4.8 cardinal successful wage and prize money, positive $1.4 cardinal successful endorsements.

Former U.S. Open tennis champion Coco Gauff was the top-earning pistillate jock past twelvemonth astatine $30.4 million, good abbreviated of Minnesota Vikings backmost Daniel Jones who squeezed successful astatine fig 100 with a full income of $37.5 million.

Ronaldo's lucrative declaration with Saudi Arabian shot squad Al-Nassr ensured helium retained apical spot for a 2nd consecutive twelvemonth aft helium moved to the Saudi Pro League successful December 2022.

Sportico said the Portugal forward, who celebrated his 40th day past week, earned a hefty $215 cardinal successful wages portion helium besides made $45 cardinal successful endorsements.

Ronaldo is truthful acold up of the different athletes successful the satellite that Golden State Warriors defender Stephen Curry, who is 2nd connected the list, earned $153.8 cardinal successful examination — much than $100 cardinal abbreviated of the five-times Ballon d'Or winner.

British boxer Tyson Fury, who mislaid to Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk successful a heavyweight clash successful December, is 3rd connected the database astatine $147 million.

The apical 5 are rounded retired by Inter Miami's Argentina skipper Lionel Messi ($135 million) and Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James ($133.2 million) — the lone 40-year-old presently playing successful the NBA.

The apical 100 is made up of athletes from 8 sports and hailing from 27 countries.

While American Gauff, who is lone 20, could ascent up the database successful the years to come, determination person been different women athletes who would person cracked the database successful the past.

Business mag Forbes said Japan's four-times Grand Slam tennis champion Naomi Osaka was the world's highest-paid pistillate jock successful 2022 aft she pulled successful $57.3 cardinal successful prize wealth and endorsements.

Retired tennis large Serena Williams, who won 23 singles majors, earned $41.8 cardinal successful 2021 according to Forbes. The American retired from the athletics successful 2022 astatine the U.S. Open.