No women make list of top 100-paid athletes topped by Ronaldo

Sports industry news site Sportico released its list of the highest-paid athletes in 2024 on Thursday, with Portuguese football player Cristiano Ronaldo on top for the second consecutive year, with 260 million U.S. dollars earned.

Stephen Curry, Tyson Fury, Lionel Messi, and LeBron James completed the top 5.

The top 100 athletes collectively earned 6.2 billion dollars, marking a 14% increase from the previous year.

Notably, no female athletes made the top 100 list, with the highest-earning woman being tennis star Coco Gauff, with total earnings of 30.4 million dollars.