Forbes published a ranking of the 10 highest paid athletes of the past year, the top three in it were tennis players - Japanese Naomi Osaka and American sisters Serena and Venus Williams.
Osaka, the leader of the ranking, earned $57.3 million in 2021, of which only $2.3 million came from tournament prizes.
The Japanese woman surpassed Serena Williams in the Forbes ranking of female athletes earning Others Accordingly, Osaka earned $ 55 million off the court. Over the past year and a half, she has added more than ten new partner brands, including Louis Vuitton and Tag Heuer. But not only advertising contacts have become a significant source of income for the tennis player. In recent months, the 24-year-old Japanese woman has acquired stakes in VR startup StatusPRO and chicken maker Daring Foods, launched an NFT collection on Tom Brady's Autograph platform, and launched a skincare line called Kinlo.
Serena Williams' income for the year amounted to $45.9 million, of which the American earned only $900,000 on the court. Her sister Venus earned $11.3 million in a year ($300,000 on the court).
Only one non-tennis athlete managed to break into the top five - gymnast Simone Biles, who became fourth. The American woman has $10.1 million on her account (of which $10 million is out of competition). Fifth place was taken by the Spanish tennis player Garbine Muguruza ($8.8 million, of which $2.8 million was prize money on the court).
Sixth place was taken by South Korean golfer Ko Jin Yong ($7.5 million), who earned $3.5 million in competitions. Seventh was Indian badminton player Pusarla Venkata Sindhu ($7.2 million, $200,000 in competitions).
In eighth position is another tennis player - the first racket of the world, Australian Ashleigh Barty, on her account $ 6.9 million, and most of the earnings - $ 3.9 million - were prize money for performance on the court.
Ninth place is occupied by the second representative of golf, American Nelly Korda ($5.9 million, of which $2.4 million is prize money). Rounding out the top 10 is US national basketball player Candice Parker ($5.5 million, including $200,000 for competitions).
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