US EditionBillie Jean King Reacts as Coco Gauff, Aryna Sabalenka & Other WTA Stars Dominate Highest-Paid Female Athletes List
Ten of the top 15 highest-earning female athletes in 2025 are tennis players, with Coco Gauff leading at $31 million, mostly from endorsements, Sportico reports.
- Dec. 3, 2025 — Sportico released its 2025 top-earning women's athletes list showing tennis players again dominated, with ten of the top 15 from the sport and Coco Gauff leading with $31 million, $23 million from endorsements.
- Endorsements account for much of the listed totals, as Sportico's table shows, with Eileen Gu, freestyle skier competing for China, making nearly all of her $23 million income from endorsements.
- Iga Swiatek appears on the list with $23.1 million in combined earnings, according to Sportico's ranking, with Zheng Qinwen showing $20.6 million in total.
- Two golfers, one gymnast and one basketball player make up the rest of the list, and Simone Biles earned 11M$ in endorsements despite recording zero competition earnings in 2025.
- Caitlin Clark made $16.1 million in 2025, with $16 million from endorsements despite playing only 13 games due to injuries.
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Gauff is the highest-paid female athlete for third straight year
Coco Gauff topped the list with $31 million, followed by Aryna Sabalenka ($30 million) and Iga Swiatek ($23.1 million). Of the 15 athletes on Sportico's annual list, 10 play on the Hologic WTA Tour.
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