By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday December 5, 2024
Coco Gauff has cracked a major off-court milestone, in response to Sportico.
The 20-year-old American topped Sportico’s checklist of feminine athlete earners, netting over $30 million in prize cash and endorsements for the primary time in 2024.
Gauff ranks No. 1 for the second straight yr with $30.4 million from prize cash and endorsements and is simply the third lady in sports activities to earn greater than $30 million in a given yr, after Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams.
Athletes from 5 completely different sports activities made Sportico’s reduce, led by tennis with 9 entries.
Sportico’s checklist of the Prime 15 feminine athlete earners for 2024, topped by none apart from Coco Gauff pic.twitter.com/ucTMQqYrnA
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Six of the highest seven – Gauff, Iga Swiatek ($21.4 million), Zheng Qinwen ($20.6 million), Aryna Sabalenka ($17.7 million), Naomi Osaka ($15.9 million) and Emma Raducanu ($14.7 million) – athletes on the checklist are tennis gamers.
9 of the Prime 15 are tennis gamers, with Jasmine Paolini, Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina additionally making the checklist.
Per Sportico, the earnings embrace prize cash, salaries and bonuses throughout 2024 for lively athletes, together with Olympic medal payouts and prize cash from the Billie Jean King Cup.