Sharapova for the 10th year in a row becomes the highest paid athlete of the world

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova for the 10th time in a row headed the annual rating of the highest paid athletes in the world according to the version of the American Forbes magazine.

According to experts, in the period between June 2013 and June 2014, Sharapova earned $ 24.4 million. Most of this amount of tennis players brought advertising contracts. The prize fund of Maria for a year amounted to $ 2.4 million.

In addition to Sharapova, the top ten most paid athletes in the world included six more tennis players. In particular, the entire first three is occupied by representatives of this sport. The second place was taken by (23.6 million), the third - Serena Williams (22 million), the sixth - Victoria Azarenko (11.1 million), the seventh - Karolin Voznyatski (10.8 million), the eight - Agnieshka Radvansk (6.8 million) and the ninth - Ana Ivanovich (6.4 million).

In fourth place is the South Korean skater Kim Yuna (16.3 million), who won a silver medal at the Olympics in Sochi. Following is the American race carrier Danika Patrick, who earned 15 million. The ten most paid athletes was closed by the American golf Paula Khrimer, which earned 5.5 million.

Maria Sharapova also leads the rating of 50 Russian stars of show business and sports compiled by the Russian Forbes . In 2014, the editorial office of the American Forbes also included Sharapov in the list of the brightest business stars under 30 years old and in the rating of the 100 most influential celebrities of the world (63rd place).