Top 10 World’s Highest Paid Female Athletes

10. Agnieszka Radwanska (Tennis), $7 Million
Agnieszka "Aga" Radwanska is a Polish professional tennis player. Radwanska achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 2 in July 2012 and is currently ranked World No. 8 by the Women's Tennis Association.

9. Ana Ivanovic (Tennis), $8 Million
Ana Ivanovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who as of 2 February 2015 is ranked world No. 6 by the Women's Tennis Association.

8. Ronda Rousey (UFC), $8 Million (Expected)
Ronda Jean Rousey is an American mixed martial artist, judoka and actress. She is the first and current UFC Women's Bantamweight Champion, as well as the last Strikeforce Women's Bantamweight Champion.

7. Kim Yuna (Figure Skating), $10 Million
Kim Yuna is a South Korean former figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and 2014 silver medalist in ladies' singles; the 2009, 2013 World champion; the 2009 Four Continents champion; a three-time (2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010) Grand Prix Final champion; the 2006 World Junior champion; the 2005 Junior Grand Prix Final champion; and a six-time (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014) South Korean national champion.

6. Victoria Azarenka (Tennis), $10.4 Million
Victoria Azarenka is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 and is currently world No. 38 as of 2 March 2015.

5. Caroline Wozniacki (Tennis), $13.5 Million
Caroline Wozniacki is a Danish professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 on the WTA Tour, having held this position for 67 weeks. She was the first woman from a Scandinavian country to hold the top ranking position and 20th overall.

4. Eugenie Bouchard (Tennis), $15.5 Million (Expected)
Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard is a Canadian professional tennis player currently ranked world No. 7. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Bouchard became the first Canadian to reach the finals of a Grand Slam in singles, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitová.

3. Danica Patrick (Nascar), $18 Million
Danica Sue Patrick is an American auto racing driver, model, and advertising spokeswoman. She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel racing—her win in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only women's victory in an IndyCar Series race and her third place in the 2009 Indianapolis 500 the highest finish there ever by a woman.

2. Serena William (Tennis), $24.5 Million
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in women's singles tennis. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions.

1. Maria Sharapova (Tennis), $35 Million
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova is a Russian professional tennis player, who as of October 6, 2014 is ranked world No. 2 by the Women's Tennis Association. A United States resident since 1994, Sharapova has competed on the WTA tour since 2001.