continues to be the highest-paid athlete from the world of tennis regardless of retiring from the game final yr, with the likes of , and all lagging behind the Swiss hero by way of earnings over the previous yr. Federer has not performed a aggressive match in over a yr however the 20-time Grand Slam winner was nonetheless in a position to acquire an even bigger paycheque than and .
Federer has not performed competitively since deciding to step away from skilled tennis in September on the Laver Cup following a string of surgical procedures.
But the 41-year-old nonetheless has the very best off-field earnings of any athlete on the planet, based on Forbes knowledge collected between Might 2022 and Might 2023.
His sponsorship offers imply that Federer's complete earnings of £76.3millions ($95m) places him inside the highest 10 highest-earning sports activities stars, with out even lifting a finger as endorsements his alone had been liable for all the cash - other than the £80,000 ($100k) earned from his time on the court docket.
That dwarves even the figures made by Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the top-earning athlete on the planet forward of Lionel Messi in 2022. He raked in a complete of £109.3m ($136m), placing daylight between himself and his Ballon d'Or rival Messi on £104.5m, after transferring to Saudi Arabia in November.
The 38-year-old now earns an eye-watering £170m-a-year with Al-Nassr after penning a two-year contract - making him the highest-paid footballer in historical past by an enormous margin.
However the £72.3m earned by the Portuguese famous person away from his weekly wage was a way in need of Federer's windfall, which certainly makes him one of the vital marketable faces on the planet of sport.
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Federer additionally took dwelling greater than PSG and Brazil star Neymar, who was twelfth on the general checklist with £68m earned in the identical time interval. Surprisingly, Hamilton added £52m to his checking account within the 12 months from Might 1, with the Mercedes star's offers with Tommy Hilfiger paling compared to Federer's shoe deal that has earned him £440m over the house of a decade.
He stays F1's highest-paid star on £40m-a-season, however the seven-time champion efforts to drum up additional earnings away from the monitor have surprisingly been much less profitable than some may need imagined. Golf icon Tiger Woods - who was positioned decrease than Rory McIlroy - collected a cool £60.2m.
What Federer and Woods do have in widespread that youthful athletes like Hamilton and Neymar nonetheless aspire to is becoming a member of the unique membership of sports-made billionaires. Ronaldo and Messi are set to hitch them, and it is probably not too lengthy earlier than Hamilton and Neymar be a part of the likes of Federer as one of many high revenue-makers.