Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest paid athlete of 2024, according to a list compiled by Sportico, earning a reported $260 million, but no female athletes featured in the top 100.

Cristiano Ronaldo again topped the list of the world's highest-paid athletes with total income of $260 million in 2024, according to sports industry news site Sportico, but there were no women in the top 100.

Despite missing more games than he played for the past three years, former NBA All Star Ben Simmons remains the highest-paid Australian athlete in the world, while no women featured in the top 100.