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A relentless fight. The sportswomen They have traveled a winding path to make their way in a patriarchal culture and sport is no exception, since the salary gap is brutal compared to men.
Women athletes have fought to be visible and with brilliant performances they have destroyed the myth that sport is made for men. However, the pay is far from what men receive; for sample the list of 100 highest paid athletesin which no woman is present.
Sportico, a website specialized in sports finance, provided the list of the 100 highest-paid athletes in 2023. Derek Carr, American football player for the New Orleans Saints, closes the count with a figure of 32.5 million dollars (more than 550 million Mexican pesos under the current exchange rate).
While the highest-paid female athlete in 2023 is the Polish tennis player Iga Świątek with 23.9 million dollars (more than 400 million Mexican pesos).
If we do this exercise, but with the highest paid athlete, the result is brutal: Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest paid athlete in 2023 with 275 million dollars (more than 4.7 billion Mexican pesos). That is, the difference with Iga Świątek is more than 4 billion pesos.
The highest paid female athletes in 2023
The current monarch of Roland Garros, Iga Świątek, tops the list of highest paid athletes in 2023. According to Forbes, the 22-year-old athlete earned 23.9 million dollars (more than 400 million Mexican pesos).
According to the list, the tennis players They are the best paid athletes. Iga Świątek is followed by her colleagues Coco Gauff (in third position with 21.7 million dollars), Emma Raducanu (fourth place with 15.2 million dollars) and Naomi Osaka (fifth place with 15 mdd).
The top 5 completes it Eileen Gua skier of Chinese and American nationality, who received 22.1 million dollars, according to the aforementioned list.
The highest paid female players in the world
Out of the top 10 of the highest paid athletes of 2023 a former women’s soccer player is located: Megan Rapinoe (8.2 million dollars, around 141 million Mexican pesos), who recently announced his retirement from the courts.
Up to 14th place is the American soccer player, Alex Morgan, with 7.8 million dollars (132 million Mexican pesos), and outside the top 20 appears Alexia Putellasworld champion in 2023 and multiple champion with FC Barcelona.
According to Forbes, Alexia Putellas is the third highest-paid women’s soccer player in the world with $3.2 million. (more than 54 million Mexican pesos).
A figure that does not even come close to the stratospheric figures that it boasts Cristiano Ronaldo; even well below the 100 highest paid athletes.
The 20 highest-paid female athletes in 2023
In the list of highest paid female athletes in 2023 tennis players dominate. Of the 20 with the highest remuneration, 12 are dedicated to white sports; two to soccer and two to golf; one to basketball, one to skiing, one to badminton and as a representative of gymnastics the great Simone Bileslocated in 16th place.
If we base ourselves only on tennis, Novak Djokovic had an income of 44.9 million dollars (763.3 million pesos); about double what he received in 2023 Iga Świątek. However, on the list of 100 he is only accompanied by the tennis player Carlos Alcaraz.
In this context, we find that Iga Świątek was paid more in 2023 than tennis players such as Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal.
- Iga Świątek | Tennis player | 23.9 million dollars (410 million Mexican pesos)
- Eileen Gu | Skier | 22.1 million dollars (380 million Mexican pesos)
- Coco Gauff | Tennis player | 21.7 million dollars (373 million Mexican pesos)
- Emma Raducanu | Tennis player | 15.2 million dollars (261 million Mexican pesos)
- Naomi Osaka Tennis player | 15 million dollars (258 million Mexican pesos)
- Aryna Sabalenka | Tennis player | 14.7 million dollars (253 million Mexican pesos)
- Jessica Pegula | Tennis player | 12.5 million dollars (215 million Mexican pesos)
- Venus Williams | Tennis player | 12.2 million dollars (210 million Mexican pesos)
- Elena Rybakina | Tennis player | 9.5 million dollars (163 million Mexican pesos)
- Leylah Fernandez | Tennis player | 8.8 million dollars (151 million Mexican pesos)
- Nelly Korda | Golfer | 8.2 million dollars (141 million Mexican pesos)
- Megan Rapinoe | Footballer (retired in November 2023) | 8.2 million dollars (141 million Mexican pesos)
- Candace Parker | Basketball player | 8.1 million dollars (139 million Mexican pesos)
- Alex Morgan | Footballer | 7.8 million dollars (134 million Mexican pesos)
- Qin Wen Zheng | Tennis player | 7.2 million dollars (124 million Mexican pesos)
- Simone Biles | Gymnast | 7.1 million dollars (122 million Mexican pesos)
- PV Sindhu | Badminton | 7.1 million dollars (122 million Mexican pesos)
- Ons Jabeur | Tennis player | 5.7 million dollars (98 million Mexican pesos)
- Brooke Henderson | Golfer | 5.4 million dollars (93 million Mexican pesos)
- Markéta Vondrousová | Tennis player | 5.2 million dollars (89 million Mexican pesos)
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