Maria Sharapova, the highest paid in world sport

Maria Sharapova

Of this amount, $ 23 million sponsorship contracts are, are the remaining $ 6 million in competitive awards. According to Forbes, in the course of his career, Maria Sharapova for 26 years has earned from the advertising about $ 180 million and has accumulated $ 27 million out of awards, which is the third result in tennis history after athletes American Serena and Venus Williams .

Maria Sharapova tops the Forbes list of the highest paid athletes in the world, with an annual income of $ 29 million.