Naomi Osaka Japan, a four-time grand slam tennis champion that has helped raise awareness of mental health problems in sports, is the highest paid female athlete in the world, according to the list published by Forbes business magazine on Thursday.
Osaka swept $ 57.3 million in prize money and ratification for the past year, almost all of which came from the portfolio of approval that had added more than 10 brand partners over the past half year.
This list was published after one year where Osaka withdrew from the Frenchman to focus on his mental health in the midst of a public battle for a compulsory press conference at the Grand Slam, they took too much because of his mental well-being.
Tennis player colleague Serena Williams (45.9 million) and Venus’s sister ($ 11.3 million) next in the list.
American Gymnastics Simone Biles ($ 10.1 million) and Spanish tennis player Garbine Muguruza ($ 8.8 million) rounded up the top five.
Tennis players form five out of 10 listings, which according to Forbes mark the lowest calculation of sports in more than a decade and dramatic changes from 2019 when claiming all 10.
collectively, 10 highly paid female athletes get a total of $ 166.6 million, the forbes Say is a 23% increase over the list of 2020.
South Korean Golfer Ko Jin-Young ($ 7.5 million), Indian badminton player PV Sindhu ($ 7.2 million), world number one tennis player Barty ($ 6.9 million), Golfer Nelly Korta ($ 5.9 Million) and Candace Parker basketball players ($ 5.7 million) are other athletes in the top 10.