The American media announced the ranking of the chief athletes of this year, and tennis player Naomi Osaka became the top female player with an annual income of about 6 billion yen and ranked 15th overall.
On the 25th, the American media "Sportico" dealing with the sports economy announced the ranking of athlete leaders based on the annual salary of athletes, the prize money of the tournament earned in one year, and the income from the contract money with the sponsor. did.
According to this, Naomi Osaka, who is second in the world ranking in tennis, ranked first among female players with 55.2 million dollars and about 6 billion yen in Japanese yen, and ranked 15th overall.
Osaka was the top player among all Japanese players.
The breakdown is about 570 million yen in prize money and 5.4 billion yen in contracts with sponsors, and most of the income comes from sponsors such as commercials.
The top Japanese male player was Kei Nishikori of tennis, who ranked 88th with 26.6 million dollars and about 2.9 billion yen in Japanese yen.
Overall, the UFC champion of mixed martial arts, Conor McGregor of Ireland, was about 22.7 billion yen, and Lionel Messi of soccer was about 13.7 billion yen.