NAOMI OSAKA
TENNIS
NET WORTH: $25 MILLION

Leading the way is the Women’s Tennis Association’s No.1 ranked tennis player in the world today— meet Naomi Osaka. Naomi Osaka was born on October 16, 1997, in Osaka, Japan. She’s made plenty of milestones in the sport, and she’s the first and only Asian athlete in the world of tennis that reached that mark. She managed to snatch the top spot from Serena Williams, who was the previous title holder of being the highest-paid female athlete for four straight years.

A massive chunk of her earnings came from sponsorship deals and other off-court contracts, which made a huge gamble towards her as the face of their brands. Companies such as Nissan, Nike, Citizen Watch, and even the financial company MasterCard— which is one of the leading credit card companies in the world— made a partnership with her.