By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday December 5, 2024
Coco Gauff has cracked a big off-court milestone, in line with Sportico.
The 20-year-old American topped Sportico’s listing 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 girl in sports activities to earn greater than $30 million in a given yr, after Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams.
Athletes from 5 totally different sports activities made Sportico’s lower, led by tennis with 9 entries.
Sportico’s listing of the High 15 feminine athlete earners for 2024, topped by none aside 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 listing are tennis gamers.
9 of the High 15 are tennis gamers, with Jasmine Paolini, Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina additionally making the listing.
Per Sportico, the earnings embrace prize cash, salaries and bonuses throughout 2024 for energetic athletes, together with Olympic medal payouts and prize cash from the Billie Jean King Cup.