Not a single woman was named to a list of the 100 highest-paid athletes compiled and released by Sportico on Wednesday.
The list, which includes players from eight sports and 27 countries, puts soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo at the top with a reported $260 million from his salary, winnings and endorsements during 2024.
Following Ronaldo with reported earnings of $153.8 million is Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry. Tyson Fury, Lionel Messi and LeBron James round out the top five.
As the list goes on, dozens of athletes from basketball, soccer, football, golf and more tout millions of dollars in earnings.
U.S. tennis phenomenon Coco Gauff was the top-earning female athlete last year, raking in an estimated $30.4 million in earnings. That puts her $7 million off No. 100, Minnesota Vikings quarterback Daniel Jones, who earned $37.5 million in 2024.
Jones notably left the New York Giants in November after he was benched earlier in the month because poor game performances. While he was with the Giants, its offense be ranked dead last in the league, scoring 15.6 points per game, the NFL reported.
Gauff made history last summer as the youngest Olympic flag bearer for Team USA, lifting up the stars and stripes in Paris at just 20 years old.
She also claimed the doubles title at the French Open in June, becoming the youngest player in 19 years to win both a singles and a doubles Grand Slam title.
In November, Gauff took the gold in the singles championship at the WTA finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, becoming the fourth American to win the tournament before having turned 21.
Despite tacking her name on those record boards, Gauff stayed outside the bubble of the 100 top-earning athletes last year.
The 2024 report is the fourth annual list from Sportico on top athlete’s earnings and the second in a row that included no women.
Tennis champion Naomi Osaka was the last woman to make the list, being the highest-paid female athlete in 2022 and ranking 20th on the list with her reported $53.2 million in earnings. The same year, Serena Williams was listed as 52nd, earning $35.3 million.
Osaka and Williams also made the 2021 list, with Osaka ranking 15th, with $55.2 million in earnings, and Williams coming in at 44th, with $35.5 million in earnings.
Sportico estimated the top 100 this year earned $6.2 billion in total income in 2024, including $4.8 billion in salary and prize money. The total figure also counts $1.4 billion made outside of actual competition.
The top 12 earners made over $100 million, finishing with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott, at $100.4 million in earnings.
New Orleans Pelicans power forward Zion Williams came in at No. 47, making him the last athlete on the list to have made over $50 million last year. The remaining 53 athletes all made $37.5 million to $49.8 million in 2024.
Top earner Ronaldo scored his massive salary after he transferred to Saudi Arabia’s Al Nassr and from being a longtime star on the Portuguese national team. He also made a hefty $45 million of his earnings through off-field endorsements.
The move to Al Nassr has so far proved successful for Ronaldo, who has scored 82 goals throughout 90 games for the club. In September, he also became the first man to claim 900 career goals.
Runner-up top earner Curry made his mark in 2024 as a top performer for Team USA at the Paris Olympics. Curry’s mastery on the court helped earn the squad a gold medal, taking victory over France in their home country.
Fury took third place on the list, earning $140 million from his boxing salary and winnings, plus a reported $7 million in endorsements.
No women were on the 2024 list even as viewership for women’s sports has increased. Nielson reported 19 million viewers on average for the 2024 women’s NCAA basketball final between Iowa and South Carolina, featuring rising star Caitlin Clark. It was the first women’s final with more viewers than the men’s final.
Viewership also soared at the Olympic Games, where Team USA clinched gold in women’s soccer. NBC Sports reported 9.4 million viewers during the final.
Outside of the tournaments, both the NWSL and the WNBA had record highs in viewership last year. Viewership for the NWSL championship game in November increased 18%. Over the course of the season, the league had a fivefold gain from 2023, reaching 18.7 million total viewers.
The WNBA reported a 115% increase from 2023 for its championship game, estimating 1.6 million viewers on average.