A quick perusal of Forbes' list of the highest-earning female athletes of 2018 reveals why women were so upset with this male-dominated list. If all 10 combined their earnings, they wouldn't touch the highest-paid male athlete. Or the runner-up. Or the third-place finisher. As expected, Serena Williams leads the pack of what's almost exclusively tennis players, with the top 10 athletes taking home $105 million total between June 2017 and June 2018, or 4% less than a year earlier, per CNN. Read on to see how much Williams made, and who ranked after her:
- Serena Williams (tennis): $18.1 million
- Caroline Wozniacki (tennis): $13 million
- Sloane Stephens (tennis): $11.2 million
- Garbine Muguruza (tennis): $11 million
- Maria Sharapova (tennis): $10.5 million
- Venus Williams (tennis): $10.2 million
- PV Sindhu (badminton): $8.5 million
- Simona Halep (tennis): $7.7 million
- Danica Patrick (racing): $7.5 million
- Angelique Kerber (tennis): $7 million
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