By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday December 5, 2024
Coco Gauff has cracked a significant off-court milestone, according to Sportico.
The 20-year-old American topped Sportico’s list of female athlete earners, netting over $30 million in prize money and endorsements for the first time in 2024.
Gauff ranks No. 1 for the second straight year with $30.4 million from prize money and endorsements and is just the third woman in sports to earn more than $30 million in a given year, after Naomi Osaka and Serena Williams.
Athletes from five different sports made Sportico’s cut, led by tennis with nine entries.
Six of the top 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 list are tennis players.
Nine of the Top 15 are tennis players, with Jasmine Paolini, Jessica Pegula and Elena Rybakina also making the list.
Per Sportico, the earnings include prize money, salaries and bonuses during 2024 for active athletes, including Olympic medal payouts and prize money from the Billie Jean King Cup.