Highest-Paid Female Athletes 2025/26
As of 2026-10-13. Forbes female earnings list (2025-12-16, CY2025): Coco Gauff 1st at $33M, Sabalenka 2nd at $30M, Świątek 3rd at $25.1M. Top 20 combined $293M.
Compiled 2026-10-13. The main table follows Forbes’s highest-paid female athletes list (published 2025-12-16, calendar year 2025): Coco Gauff leads at $33 million, Aryna Sabalenka is 2nd at $30m, Iga Świątek 3rd at $25.1m. The Top 20 total $293 million. This is the women-only ranking — not the mixed-gender Top 50.
Forbes highest-paid female athletes Top 20 (2025 日历年)
Figures are USD millions, pretax, on-field plus off-field. Tennis fills most slots; freestyle skier Eileen Gu is 4th, and WNBA names such as Caitlin Clark enter largely via off-field income. Osaka and Rybakina tie at No. 8 on $12.5m; McLaughlin-Levrone and Vonn tie at No. 18 on $8.2m.
| # | Athlete | Sport | Total | On-field | Off-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coco Gauff | Tennis | 33 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | Aryna Sabalenka | Tennis | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| 3 | Iga Świątek | Tennis | 25.1 | 10.1 | 15 |
| 4 | Eileen Gu | Freestyle Skiing | 23.1 | 0.1 | 23 |
| 5 | Qinwen Zheng | Tennis | 22.6 | 1.6 | 21 |
| 6 | Madison Keys | Tennis | 13.4 | 4.4 | 9 |
| 7 | Nelly Korda | Golf | 13 | 3 | 10 |
| 8 | Naomi Osaka | Tennis | 12.5 | 2.5 | 10 |
| 8 | Elena Rybakina | Tennis | 12.5 | 8.5 | 4 |
| 10 | Jessica Pegula | Tennis | 12.3 | 5.3 | 7 |
| 11 | Caitlin Clark | Basketball | 12.1 | 0.1 | 12 |
| 12 | Amanda Anisimova | Tennis | 11.3 | 7.3 | 4 |
| 13 | Sabrina Ionescu | Basketball | 10.5 | 0.5 | 10 |
| 14 | Jeeno Thitikul | Golf | 10.3 | 8.3 | 2 |
| 15 | Angel Reese | Basketball | 9.4 | 0.4 | 9 |
| 16 | Paige Bueckers | Basketball | 9.1 | 0.1 | 9 |
| 17 | Jasmine Paolini | Tennis | 8.3 | 5.3 | 3 |
| 18 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | Track and Field | 8.2 | 0.2 | 8 |
| 18 | Lindsey Vonn | Skiing | 8.2 | 0.2 | 8 |
| 20 | Ilona Maher | Rugby | 8.1 | 0.1 | 8 |
How this ranking was built
Compiled 2026-10-13. The main table copies Forbes’s highest-paid female athletes list (published 2025-12-16), covering calendar year 2025 — pretax, on-field salary/prize money plus off-field endorsements, before agent fees. The May 2026 overall Top 50 includes no women; as of this snapshot the dedicated female list remains the working ruler. Mixed-gender totals: global athlete earnings. Winter medals: Olympic medal table.
| Source | Snapshot | Scope | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes female athletes 2025 (Birnbaum / Knight 2025-12-16) | Published 2025-12-16; fetched 2026-10-13 | Top 20 combined $293m, +13% vs 2024. Coco Gauff $33m No. 1 ($8m on-field / $25m off). Sabalenka $30m. Świątek $25.1m. Eileen Gu $23.1m. Zheng $22.6m. Osaka and Rybakina tie at No. 8 ($12.5m each) | Primary |
| Why no women in 2026 overall 50 (Tucker 22 May 2026) | Published 2026-05-22 | Notes Gauff’s $33m still sits more than $20m below the overall Top 50 cutoff; keeps the female list as the relevant public ranking | Secondary (timing) |
| Forbes athletes overall (athletes list) | 2026 edition | Mixed-gender list; this article does not rewrite those ranks | Secondary |
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