PV Sindhu the twelfth highest-paid sportswoman in 2022, solely Indian in prime 25

Indian badminton participant PV Sindhu is the one participant within the prime 25 in Forbes’ annual record of the highest-paid feminine athletes on the earth, occupying twelfth place behind WNBA participant Candace Parker and forward of tennis participant Leylah Fernandez. The 27-year-old, after profitable a singles gold and doubles silver on the Commonwealth Games, made $7 million of her whole earnings of $7.1 million from off-court sources.

The record indicated that sponsorships and ambassadorships are extra profitable than prize cash or contract values in girls’s sports activities, as a big chunk of the highest-paid sportswomen earned extra off the sphere than they did on it. As is often the case, tennis gamers dominated the record with as many as 12 within the prime 25, and 7 within the prime 10, however success on the court docket was not the rationale why.

The 27-year-old, after profitable a singles gold and doubles silver on the Commonwealth Games, made million of her whole earnings of .1 million from off-court sources.

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek was positioned sixth after a landmark yr that noticed her win 37 matches in a row and the French Open and US Open title. But Naomi Osaka topped the record, Serena Williams adopted in second, and Emma Raducanu in fourth regardless of not one of the trio having a outstanding season or seeing any lively success.

Golf was one other well-represented sport on the record, with the likes of Minjee Lee from Australia, and Lydia Ko from New Zealand being just a few of the handful of examples that racked up extra earnings from prize cash moderately than sponsorships. One of the highlights was eighth-placed Simone Biles, the American gymnast not shedding her place within the prime 10 even in a non-Olympic yr with just about no in-competition earnings.

Americans additionally dominated the record, with 10 of the highest 25 coming from the United States.

Top 10:

1. Naomi Osaka (Japan) – Tennis – $51.1 million

2. Serena Williams (USA) – Tennis – $41.3 million

3. Elieen Gu (China) – Skiing – $20.1 million

4. Emma Raducanu (UK) – Tennis – $18.7 million

5. Iga Swiatek (Poland) – Tennis – $14.9 million

6. Venus Williams (USA) – Tennis – $12.1 million

7. Coco Gauff (USA) – Tennis – $11.1 million

8. Simone Biles (USA) – Gymnastics – $10 million

9. Jessica Pegula (USA) – Tennis – $7.6 million

10. Minjee Lee (Australia) – Golf – $7.3 million

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