Who Are the Highest-Paid Tennis Players? Top 25 Rankings by Career Earnings

Who Are the Highest-Paid Tennis Players? Top 25 Rankings by Career Earnings

With an ATP Tour career spanning more than two decades, Novak Djokovic's on-court earnings far exceed the next closest tennis star.

Chris Licata
Aug 11
Who Are the Highest-Paid Tennis Players? Top 25 Rankings by Career Earnings

Similar to the golf career earnings leaderboard, many of today's tennis stars have far surpassed the legends of the past as the sport's popularity (and prize money) continues to grow following the golden age of tennis from the 1990s through the 2010s.

However, unlike golf, the women's tour has far more representation when it comes to on-court winnings.

Still, there is one athlete who reigns high above the rest of the tennis world when it comes to career earnings.

Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams Lead the ATP and WTA Tours in Total Winnings

Novak Djokovic, who turned pro in 2003, has played his way onto tennis' Mount Rushmore, and his bank account surely backs that up, too.

The Serbian star has amassed over $193 million in winnings across nearly a quarter-century of competition. It makes sense then that he is the all-time leader in singles major championships, and one of only five tennis players to surpass 20 in their career.

Financially, the gap between Djokovic and the next closest challenger (Rafael Nadal: $134 million) is over $58 million, which on its own, is more than the career earnings of all but seven other tennis players in history.

Pro Tennis Career Earnings Leaderboard

Serena Williams and Venus Williams play in Women's Doubles on day four of the 2022 U.S. Open tennis tournament.

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Here is a look at the combined top 25 rankings in tennis career earnings, including money made while competing on the ATP Tour and WTA Tour.

Eleven (11) women made the list, including Serena (No. 4 overall) and sister Venus Williams (No. 13), both in the top four among WTA players.

One of today's rising stars, Coco Gauff, is also quickly closing in on the top 20 after turning pro in 2018 at the age of 14.

Ranking

Player

Career Earnings

1

Novak Djokovic

$193.4 million

2

Rafael Nadal

$134.9 million

3

Roger Federer

$130.5 million

4

Serena Williams (WTA)

$94.9 million

5

Alexander Zverev

$66.0 million

6

Carlos Alcaraz

$64.9 million

7

Jannik Sinner

$64.8 million

8

Andy Murray

$64.6 million

9

Daniil Medvedev

$51.9 million

10

Aryna Sabalenka (WTA)

$50.2 million

11

Iga Swiatek (WTA)

$45.8 million

12

Pete Sampras

$43.2 million

13

Venus Williams (WTA)

$43.0 million

14

Simona Halep (WTA)

$40.2 million

15

Victoria Azarenka (WTA)

$38.8 million

16

Maria Sharapova (WTA)

$38.7 million

17

Stan Wawrinka

$38.4 million

18

Stefanos Tsitsipas

$37.8 million

19

Petra Kvitova (WTA)

$37.6 million

20

Caroline Wozniacki (WTA)

$36.4 million

21

Coco Gauff (WTA)

$33.8 million

22

Andrey Rublev

$33.7 million

23

Marin Cilic

$33.3 million

24

Angelique Kerber (WTA)

$32.5 million

25

Grigor Dimitrov

$31.8 million

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