30 Jul 2021
Friday Tidbit
- Posted by Dejan Pekic BCom DipFP CFP GAICD, Senior Financial Planner
The modern Olympic Games brings both armature and professional athletes together into an equal competition to win a pinnacle Gold Medal.
However, the pay cheques for the various sporting disciplines are far from equal.
Forbes compiled a list of the highest paid Olympic Athletes competing for a Gold Medal and their earnings over the past 12 months in US dollars.
We doubt that it would come as any surprise that basketball, tennis and golf are the sports that pay their athletes the big dollars.
| Rank |
Olympic Athlete |
Country |
Discipline |
Age |
USD Earning |
| No. 1 |
KEVIN DURANT |
USA |
Basketball |
32 |
$75.0m |
| No. 2 |
NAOMI OSAKA |
Japan |
Tennis |
23 |
$60.0m |
| No. 3 |
DAMIAN LILLARD |
USA |
Basketball |
31 |
$40.5m |
| No. 4 |
NOVAK DJOKOVIC |
Serbia |
Tennis |
34 |
$34.5m |
| No. 5 |
RORY MCILROY |
Northern Ireland |
Golf |
32 |
$32.0m |
| No. 6 |
DEVIN BOOKER |
USA |
Basketball |
24 |
$30.5m |
| No. 7 |
KEI NISHIKORI |
Japan |
Tennis |
31 |
$30.5m |
| No. 8 |
KHRIS MIDDLETON |
USA |
Basketball |
29 |
$27.0m |
| No. 9 |
JRUE HOLIDAY |
USA |
Basketball |
31 |
$23.0m |
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