American tennis player Corey Gauff is at the top of the ranking of the highest paid athletes of 2023 according to Sportico.
The 19-year-old American earned $22.7 million last year, including $6.7 million in prize money. In second place is the world’s first racket, Polka. Iga Swiętek (21.9 million; 9.9 million prize money), in third place is Chinese snowboarder Eileen Gu (20 million; 27 thousand).
The top 10 included seven tennis players, Belarusian Arina Sabalenka took sixth place and Kazakh Elena Rybakina took seventh place.
The full note is as follows:
1. Corey Gauff (USA, tennis) – $22.7 million ($6.7 million in prize money)
2. Iga Szwiatek (Poland, tennis) – 21.9 million (9.9 million)
3. Eileen Gu (China, snowboard) – 20 million (27 thousand)
4. Emma Raducanu (Great Britain, tennis) – 16.2 million (238 thousand)
5. Naomi Osaka (Japan, tennis) – 15 million (0)
6. Arina Sabalenka (Belarus, tennis) – 12.2 million (8.2 million)
7. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, tennis) – 9.5 million (6 million)
8. Jessica Pegula (United States, tennis) – 9 million (6 million)
9. Simone Biles (USA, artistic gymnastics) – 8.5 million (0)
10. Nelly Korda (United States, golf) – 7.9 million (1.4 million)
11. Alex Morgan (USA, football) – 6.9 million (850 thousand)
12. Megan Rapinoe (USA, football) – 6.8 million (750 thousand)
13-14. Mikaela Shiffrin (United States, alpine skiing) – 6.1 million (1.1 million)
13-14. Leila Fernandez (Canada, tennis) – 6.1 million (1.1 million).
15. Ons Jabeur (Tunisia, tennis) – 5.7 million (3.2 million).
Source : MatchTV
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