Although athletes are not fighting for the top spot in the earnings list, it is a 'sports discipline' that always attracts a lot of attention, as athletes are considered to be among the highest earners in the world. Of course, we are only talking about Messi, sorry, only a handful, because even most athletes can only dream about six-figure numbers. So who are the ones who get paid the most for breaking a sweat?
The fact is that the market value of an athlete is already determined in advance by the category of the sport itself, since, for example, a world-class karate player cannot earn the salary of a soccer grandmaster. But athletes at the beginning of their careers - I dare to say that the majority - do not decide on a discipline based on its market value, because only heart, dedication and perseverance, and not chasing after money, lead to top results.
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Individuals' earnings (ranked from richest to lowest) include both the athlete's salary and all other income that has accrued to their personal brand account. Unfortunately, there is no woman on the list among the top twenty top earners, even the closest to this select group tennis player Maria Sharapova.
Check out the list of the 20 highest paid athletes in the gallery
