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Richest Tennis Players 2026: Net Worth, Career Earnings and the Highest Paid of All Time

Who is the richest tennis player of all time? Here they are, ranked by what can actually be checked, which is the official ATP and WTA career prize money of 172 players, from Serena Williams and Roger Federer to this season's leaders, with Forbes earnings estimates where Forbes has published them and a clear line between the two.

Most career prize money
$196MNovak Djokovic, official ATP figure
Most by a woman
$95MSerena Williams, official WTA figure
Highest paid, Forbes 2026
$58MJannik Sinner, estimate incl. endorsements

Photos, cropped, from Wikimedia Commons: Novak Djokovic by AndrewHenkelman (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Rafael Nadal by Yann Caradec (CC BY-SA 2.0, source); Roger Federer by Tatiana from Moscow, Russia (CC BY-SA 2.0, source); Serena Williams by Vbrunophotog (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Alexander Zverev by Keith Allison from Hanover, MD, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0, source); Jannik Sinner by Hameltion (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Carlos Alcaraz by 12121343A (CC BY-SA 4.0, source); Andy Murray by JC (CC BY-SA 2.0, source).

At a glance

Who are the richest tennis players?

In briefBy wealth, Roger Federer, whom Forbes values at $1.1 billion. By prize money, Novak Djokovic, with $195.6 million on the official ATP list. Serena Williams leads the women on both counts.

Ask who the richest tennis player of all time is and you get two different lists, depending on whether you count what players won on court or what they own. The first can be checked to the dollar, because both tours publish every player's career prize money, and the ATP and WTA lists of October 26, 2026 are the basis of this page. The second, net worth, is never published by anyone who actually knows it. What exists are estimates, and only a few of them come from someone who shows their method.

So this tracker keeps the two apart. Every one of the 172 players in the leaderboard below has an official career prize money figure, linked to the tour list it comes from. Where Forbes has published an estimate, of a year's earnings or of total wealth, it sits in its own column, labelled as an estimate, with its year. Where nobody credible has published a figure, the cell says so.

The short version: Novak Djokovic has won more prize money than anyone in history. Roger Federer, who won less, is far wealthier, because he earned the bulk of his fortune from sponsors and investments. And the highest-paid player of the past year, by Forbes' count, was Jannik Sinner.

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The leaderboard

Richest tennis players by career prize money: the full leaderboard

In brief172 players, ranked by their official career prize money as of October 26, 2026. Sort by any column, filter by tour or season, or search for a name; estimates appear only where Forbes has published one.

Richest tennis players by career prize money Official ATP and WTA career totals (singles and doubles), prize money earned this season, and Forbes estimates where they exist. Click a column to sort.
# Source
1 Novak DjokovicATP SRB $195,605,543 $3,977,376 $30.2M est.Forbes 2026: $5.2M on court + $25M off court ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
2 Rafael NadalATP ESP $134,946,100 none no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
3 Roger FedererATP SUI $130,594,339 none $1.1B net worth est.Forbes 2026 Billionaires list, source ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
4 Serena WilliamsWTA USA $94,966,162 $149,432 $40.1M est.Forbes 2026: $0.1M on court + $40M off court $350M net worth est.Forbes list of America's Richest Self-Made Women 2025 (No. 100), source WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
5 Alexander ZverevATP GER $74,488,431 $15,176,349 $18.7M est.Forbes 2026: $13.7M on court + $5M off court ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
6 Jannik SinnerATP ITA $69,478,291 $11,607,775 $58.0M est.Forbes 2026: $23M on court + $35M off court ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
7 Carlos AlcarazATP ESP $66,095,691 $5,645,174 $53.7M est.Forbes 2026: $15.7M on court + $38M off court ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
8 Andy MurrayATP GBR $64,687,542 none no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
9 Daniil MedvedevATP RUS $53,684,618 $4,295,896 no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
10 Aryna SabalenkaWTA BLR $53,310,864 $8,135,243 $36.1M est.Forbes 2026: $13.1M on court + $23M off court WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
11 Iga SwiatekWTA POL $48,139,729 $4,499,239 $20.5M est.Forbes 2026: $5.5M on court + $15M off court WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
12 Venus WilliamsWTA USA $43,357,200 $489,836 no published estimate WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
13 Pete SamprasATP USA $43,280,489 none no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
14 Simona HalepWTA ROU $40,236,618 none no published estimate WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
15 Stefanos TsitsipasATP GRE $38,898,851 $2,109,743 no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
16 Victoria AzarenkaWTA BLR $38,890,473 none no published estimate WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
17 Maria SharapovaWTA RUS $38,777,962 none no published estimate WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
18 Stan WawrinkaATP SUI $38,742,890 $938,778 no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
19 Petra KvitovaWTA CZE $37,653,615 none no published estimate WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
20 Coco GauffWTA USA $36,836,617 $7,077,496 $35.5M est.Forbes 2026: $7.5M on court + $28M off court WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
21 Caroline WozniackiWTA DEN $36,479,231 none no published estimate WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
22 Elena RybakinaWTA KAZ $35,573,137 $11,134,420 $17.4M est.Forbes 2026: $11.4M on court + $6M off court WTA listas of Nov 2, 2026
23 Andrey RublevATP RUS $34,454,499 $2,504,982 no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
24 Marin CilicATP CRO $33,545,408 $981,630 no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026
25 Taylor FritzATP USA $32,672,664 $3,370,028 no published estimate ATP listas of Oct 26, 2026

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Compare two tennis players

In briefPick any two players from the tracker and see their career prize money, Grand Slam singles titles and current ranking side by side.

Career prize money

$196M
$66.1M

Grand Slam singles titles

24
7

Current singles ranking

No. 11
No. 3

Novak Djokovic SRB, ATPCarlos Alcaraz ESP, ATP

All time

The richest tennis players of all time

In briefOn career prize money the all-time top three are Djokovic ($195.6 million), Nadal ($134.9 million) and Federer ($130.6 million). Only 3 players in history have passed $100 million, and Serena Williams, fourth with $95.0 million, is the leading woman.

The all-time top ten by career prize money

Official ATP and WTA career totals, singles and doubles, as of the latest list.

  1. 1 Novak DjokovicATP, SRB $195.6M
  2. 2 Rafael NadalATP, ESP $134.9M
  3. 3 Roger FedererATP, SUI $130.6M
  4. 4 Serena WilliamsWTA, USA $95.0M
  5. 5 Alexander ZverevATP, GER $74.5M
  6. 6 Jannik SinnerATP, ITA $69.5M
  7. 7 Carlos AlcarazATP, ESP $66.1M
  8. 8 Andy MurrayATP, GBR $64.7M
  9. 9 Daniil MedvedevATP, RUS $53.7M
  10. 10 Aryna SabalenkaWTA, BLR $53.3M

The all-time table is a table of eras as much as of players. Prize money has grown so fast that a long career in the 2010s and 2020s outweighs almost any record from before. Pete Sampras now stands at $43.3 million, behind active players such as Zverev and Sinner. Andre Agassi's total is $31.2 million. John McEnroe earned $12.6 million in a career that peaked in the early 1980s, and Bjorn Borg $3.7 million.

That is also why the top three look the way they do. Djokovic, Nadal and Federer dominated the majors in exactly the years when Slam cheques rose steeply, and all three played on into their mid-thirties or beyond. Novak Djokovic is still adding to that total: $3.98 million so far this season.

Andy Murray, eighth with $64.7 million, shows that more than a decade near the top of the game pays almost as well as a cabinet full of majors. Below them the list thins quickly. Only 10 players, men and women, have passed $50 million in prize money.

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Prize money is what a player wins. Wealth is what the rest of the week pays: the shirt, the watch, the interview backdrop.

Active players

Richest active tennis players right now

In briefAmong players who have earned prize money this season, Djokovic leads the men and Serena Williams the women. Zverev, Sinner and Alcaraz follow among the men, Sabalenka and Swiatek among the women.

Men career prize money, active in 2026

  1. Novak Djokovic $195.6 million
  2. Alexander Zverev $74.5 million
  3. Jannik Sinner $69.5 million
  4. Carlos Alcaraz $66.1 million
  5. Daniil Medvedev $53.7 million
  6. Stefanos Tsitsipas $38.9 million

Women career prize money, active in 2026

  1. Serena Williams $95.0 million
  2. Aryna Sabalenka $53.3 million
  3. Iga Swiatek $48.1 million
  4. Venus Williams $43.4 million
  5. Coco Gauff $36.8 million
  6. Elena Rybakina $35.6 million

Official ATP and WTA career totals, singles and doubles, as of Oct 26, 2026. "Active" means the player earned prize money this season.

"Active" here has a plain, checkable meaning. The player has earned prize money on the official list this season. The most surprising name near the top is the season's ATP money leader, Alexander Zverev. His career total of $74.5 million is the fourth-highest in men's tennis, and he has earned more prize money than anyone else on the ATP list this year: $15.18 million, against $11.61 million for Jannik Sinner.

On the women's side, Aryna Sabalenka's $53.3 million is already the second-highest total in WTA history, and Iga Swiatek ($48.1 million) is third. Elena Rybakina leads this season's WTA money list with $11.13 million. If you want the player behind the numbers, our profiles of Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz, Aryna Sabalenka and Iga Swiatek cover their careers, coaches and earnings in detail.

Women

Richest female tennis players

In briefSerena Williams is the richest female tennis player: $95.0 million in official prize money, more than any other woman in history, and a Forbes net-worth estimate of $350 million in 2025. Aryna Sabalenka, Iga Swiatek and Venus Williams follow on the prize money list.

The richest women by career prize money

WTA career totals, from the same official list.

  1. 1 Serena WilliamsWTA, USA $95.0M
  2. 2 Aryna SabalenkaWTA, BLR $53.3M
  3. 3 Iga SwiatekWTA, POL $48.1M
  4. 4 Venus WilliamsWTA, USA $43.4M
  5. 5 Simona HalepWTA, ROU $40.2M
  6. 6 Victoria AzarenkaWTA, BLR $38.9M

The women's money list is led by a gap. Serena Williams' $95.0 million is $41.7 million more than the next woman, Aryna Sabalenka ($53.3 million), and more than four times the total of Steffi Graf ($21.9 million), Martina Navratilova ($21.6 million) or Lindsay Davenport ($22.2 million). Serena Williams' wealth outgrew her prize money long ago. Forbes put her net worth at $225 million in 2019, when she became the first athlete on its list of the richest self-made women, and at $350 million in 2025, built mostly on endorsements and her investment business.

Williams returned to the tour in June 2026 after almost four years away, and that comeback is why she is on the 2026 Forbes earnings list: nearly all of her $40.1 million came from sponsors, with prize money of barely $0.1 million.

Venus Williams, with $43.4 million, has the fourth-highest total in the women's game. Many websites attach a precise net worth to her name, but none of them shows how it was worked out, so we do not repeat any of them. The same goes for Maria Sharapova, whose official prize money is $38.8 million.

Billie Jean King's row is the one that puts the others in context. Her official career prize money is $2.0 million, less than two WTA 1000 titles pay today. Chris Evert earned $8.9 million. Most of the money in women's tennis arrived after the generation that built the tour.

Highest paid

Highest paid tennis players of 2026: the Forbes list

In briefJannik Sinner tops the Forbes 2026 list with $58 million, ahead of Carlos Alcaraz ($53.7 million) and Serena Williams ($40.1 million). More women than men are in the top ten: 6 of them.

The ten highest-paid tennis players, on and off the court Forbes estimates in US$ million, pretax, for the 12 months before the 2026 US Open; published August 28, 2026. Off-court income makes up 71% of the top ten's combined total.
On-court versus off-court earnings of the ten highest-paid tennis players, Forbes 2026 Jannik Sinner: $58 million in total, $23 million on court and $35 million off court. Carlos Alcaraz: $53.7 million in total, $15.7 million on court and $38 million off court. Serena Williams: $40.1 million in total, $0.1 million on court and $40 million off court. Aryna Sabalenka: $36.1 million in total, $13.1 million on court and $23 million off court. Coco Gauff: $35.5 million in total, $7.5 million on court and $28 million off court. Novak Djokovic: $30.2 million in total, $5.2 million on court and $25 million off court. Qinwen Zheng: $22.6 million in total, $0.6 million on court and $22 million off court. Iga Swiatek: $20.5 million in total, $5.5 million on court and $15 million off court. Alexander Zverev: $18.7 million in total, $13.7 million on court and $5 million off court. Elena Rybakina: $17.4 million in total, $11.4 million on court and $6 million off court. On court (prize money) Off court (endorsements, fees, business) $0 $10M $20M $30M $40M $50M $60M Jannik Sinner $58M Carlos Alcaraz $53.7M Serena Williams $40.1M Aryna Sabalenka $36.1M Coco Gauff $35.5M Novak Djokovic $30.2M Qinwen Zheng $22.6M Iga Swiatek $20.5M Alexander Zverev $18.7M Elena Rybakina $17.4M On-court versus off-court earnings of the ten highest-paid tennis players, Forbes 2026 On courtOff court Jannik Sinner $58M Carlos Alcaraz $53.7M Serena Williams $40.1M Aryna Sabalenka $36.1M Coco Gauff $35.5M Novak Djokovic $30.2M Qinwen Zheng $22.6M Iga Swiatek $20.5M Alexander Zverev $18.7M Elena Rybakina $17.4M

Source: Forbes, The World's Highest-Paid Tennis Players 2026. On-court figures are prize money; off-court figures are Forbes estimates.

Forbes' list, published on August 28, 2026, measures something different from the prize money table. It covers twelve months of earnings up to the US Open, combining prize money with Forbes' estimate of what each player made from sponsors, appearance fees and businesses. The ten players earned $333 million between them, $237 million of it off the court. That is 71 percent from sponsors and business rather than from winning matches.

The split varies a lot. Alexander Zverev earned most of the $18.7 million on court, while Serena Williams earned $40.1 million with only $0.1 million of it on court. Carlos Alcaraz's $38 million off the court is the most of any man, and Coco Gauff's $28 million is second among the women only to Serena Williams.

One caution: the Forbes figures are estimates of pretax income. They tell you who earned the most in a year, not who is worth the most.

How players make money

How tennis players make money: prize money versus endorsements

In briefAt the top, mostly from sponsors. Off-court deals made up 71 percent of what the Forbes top ten earned in the 2026 list. Further down the rankings, prize money is the main income, and it has to pay for coaches and travel.

A tennis player's income has three parts. Prize money is paid by tournaments for the last round a player reaches, before tax; our tennis prize money guide shows what each event pays. Endorsements are the clothing, racquet, shoe, watch and car contracts, plus everything a famous name can sell. And at the very top there is business: equity stakes, production companies, venture funds.

The best example of how far the second and third parts can go is Roger Federer. Forbes estimated his 2020 earnings at $106.3 million, before taxes and agents' fees, which made him the highest-paid athlete in the world that year. His 2018 deal with Uniqlo was worth about $300 million over ten years, and his stake of about 3% in the Swiss shoe brand On, which went public in 2021, is a big reason Forbes now counts him as a billionaire.

Most players never see that kind of money. A coach, a physio and a season of flights and hotels are paid out of the player's own income, and for a lower-ranked player they can eat most of what they win. Who those coaches are, and what is known about how they are paid, is the subject of our tennis coaches directory.

Beyond the top

How much do professional tennis players make?

In briefThis season, by October 26, 2026, 85 men and 74 women had earned $1 million or more in prize money. The 100th-best-paid man had $936,280, the 100th woman $749,122; the 500th on each list less than $50,000.

How steep the money list is

Prize money earned this season at set positions on the official lists. Bars use a square-root scale so the 500th place stays visible.

  1. 1st $15,176,349 $11,134,420
  2. 10th $3,728,925 $4,360,897
  3. 50th $1,440,566 $1,246,427
  4. 100th $936,280 $749,122
  5. 200th $352,524 $274,143
  6. 500th $48,376 $29,523

The official money lists show how steep the pyramid is. Only a handful had earned more than $5 million by October 26, 2026 (4 men, 6 women), and the figures drop by more than half from the 100th player to the 200th.

Two things are worth knowing when you read those numbers. They are gross, because tax is withheld in many countries before the money is paid, and the player then pays coaches, travel and accommodation. And they include doubles, which is why a few specialists, such as the doubles players near the top of the WTA list, earn more than their singles ranking would suggest.

Net worth

Tennis player net worth: what the figures online mean

In briefA player's net worth is never published by the player, the tours or the tax authorities; every figure online is an estimate. Forbes publishes the best-documented ones. Two people from tennis are on its billionaire lists: Roger Federer ($1.1 billion) and Ion Tiriac ($2.3 billion).

Search for any tennis player net worth and you will find a precise-looking number, often the same one on dozens of sites, rarely with a source or a date. Net worth means assets minus debts: houses, investments, company stakes, cash. None of that is public for an athlete, so any figure is an outside estimate. That is why this page treats the official prize money as the hard number and shows a net-worth figure only when it comes from Forbes, with its date.

Forbes' billionaire lists contain two people from tennis. Roger Federer's estimated $1.1 billion (as of March 10, 2026) rests largely on his endorsement income and his stake in On. The other is Ion Tiriac, a Romanian who won the 1970 French Open men's doubles title with Ilie Nastase and later managed players such as Boris Becker. His fortune, estimated by Forbes at $2.3 billion on October 21, 2026, comes from banking and insurance, so his career prize money is a footnote to it.

When you meet a tennis player net worth figure for anyone other than those two, three questions sort the useful ones from the rest: who estimated it, when, and from what? A Forbes earnings estimate answers all three. A figure that appears without them is a guess, however many sites repeat it. For a player's own story, from family to coaches to prize money, see our player profiles.

FAQ

Richest tennis players: questions and answers

In briefAnswers to what readers ask most about tennis players' money, each drawn from the official prize money lists or a dated Forbes estimate.

Who is the richest tennis player?

It depends on what is measured. By estimated wealth it is Roger Federer, whose net worth Forbes put at $1.1 billion on its 2026 billionaires list. By prize money, Novak Djokovic, whose official ATP career total is $195.6 million, the most in the history of the sport.

Who are the richest tennis players of all time?

By official career prize money the top five are Novak Djokovic ($195.6 million), Rafael Nadal ($134.9 million), Roger Federer ($130.6 million), Serena Williams ($95.0 million) and Alexander Zverev ($74.5 million). By total wealth, which nobody outside a player's accountants can see, Roger Federer is the only one Forbes counts as a billionaire.

How much is Serena Williams worth?

Forbes estimated her net worth at $350 million in its 2025 list of America's richest self-made women, most of it from business rather than tennis. Her official WTA career prize money is $95.0 million, the highest total in the women's game.

What is Venus Williams' net worth?

No reputable outlet has published a dated net-worth estimate for Venus Williams, so we do not give one. What is on record is her official WTA career prize money of $43.4 million, the fourth-highest total in the women's game.

How much did Jannik Sinner make?

Forbes estimates that Sinner earned $58 million in the 12 months before the 2026 US Open, $23 million on court and $35 million from sponsors. His official ATP career prize money stands at $69.5 million, with $11.61 million of it earned this season.

How much is Novak Djokovic worth?

Forbes has not published a net-worth figure for Djokovic. His official career prize money is $195.6 million, the highest total in history. Forbes estimated his earnings for the 12 months before the 2026 US Open at $30.2 million, $25 million of it off the court.

Who is the richest female tennis player?

Serena Williams, by any measure: $95.0 million in official prize money and an estimated $350 million fortune (Forbes, 2025). On the money list, $53.3 million puts Aryna Sabalenka second among the women.

Is any tennis player a billionaire?

Two people from tennis are on Forbes' billionaire lists. Roger Federer ($1.1 billion) made his fortune largely from endorsements and a stake in the shoe brand On. Ion Tiriac ($2.3 billion, Forbes real-time estimate) won the 1970 French Open doubles title and built his wealth in banking and insurance.

How much do professional tennis players make?

Far less than the stars. This season, 85 men and 74 women had earned $1 million or more in prize money by October 26, 2026. The 100th-best-paid man had $936,280, the 100th woman $749,122, and the 500th on each list less than $50,000, all before tax and travel costs.

Who is the highest paid tennis player?

In the Forbes 2026 list, Jannik Sinner, with $58 million in the 12 months before the 2026 US Open. Carlos Alcaraz was second with $53.7 million, and Carlos Alcaraz's $38 million off the court was the most of any man.

How much is Rafael Nadal worth?

There is no published Forbes net-worth estimate for Nadal. His official ATP career prize money is $134.9 million, the second-highest total in history.

What is Roger Federer's net worth?

Forbes estimated it at $1.1 billion as of March 10, 2026. He earned $130.6 million in official prize money; the rest came from sponsors such as Uniqlo, whose 2018 deal Forbes valued at about $300 million over ten years, and a stake of about 3% in On.

How much is John McEnroe worth?

We know of no reputable, dated estimate of McEnroe's net worth. His official ATP career prize money, earned mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, is $12.6 million.

How much is Martina Navratilova worth?

There is no reputable published estimate of her wealth. Her official WTA career prize money, singles and doubles, is $21.6 million.

How much does Coco Gauff make?

Forbes estimated her earnings at $35.5 million for the 12 months before the 2026 US Open, $28 million of it from sponsors. Her official WTA career prize money is $36.8 million, including $7.08 million this season.

Is tennis prize money taxed?

Yes. Prize money is taxable income, usually withheld in the country where it is earned, and players also pay their own coaches and travel. The figures on this page are gross, before tax and expenses.

How often is this list updated?

The prize money columns follow the official ATP and WTA lists, which both tours publish every week of the season. Forbes figures change once a year, when Forbes publishes its highest-paid list, and every row shows the date of its figure.

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