Rybakina among Top 10 highest-paid female athletes of 2023

Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina ranks among the Top 10 highest-paid female athletes of 2023. The list compiled by sportico.com, is dominated mainly by tennis stars, Kazinform News Agency reports.

Here is the list of the highest-paid female athletes this year

1. Coco Gauff (U.S., 19) - $22.7 million ($6.7 million prize money)
2. Iga Swiatek (Poland, 22) - $21.9 million ($9.9 million prize money)
3. Eileen Gu (China, 20, snowboarding) - $20 million ($27,000 prize money)
4. Emma Raducanu (Great Britain, 21) - $16.2 million ($238,000 prize money)
5. Naomi Osaka (Japan, 26) - $15 million (no prize money)
6. Aryna Sabalenka (Belarus, 25) - $12.2 million ($8.2 million prize money)
7. Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan, 24) - $9 million ($6 million prize money)
8. Jessica Pegula (U.S., 29) - $9 million ($6 million prize money)
9. Simone Biles (U.S., 26, gymnastics) - $8.5 million (no prize money)
10. Nelly Korda (U.S., 25, golf) - $7.9 million ($1.4 million prize money)

The figures are all before taxes and any agent fees, sportico.com says.