🏆 Athletes’ Net Worth

How we estimate athletes’ wealth

We only list an athlete when Forbes (or another named, reputable outlet such as Bloomberg, Sportico, the Sunday Times Rich List, the Financial Review Rich List, or a national rich list such as Bilanz in Switzerland, Kapital in Norway, Quote 500 in the Netherlands, Forbes Slovensko, Finance Manager in Slovenia, the TOP 500 list in Lithuania, De Rijkste Belgen in Belgium, Wprost in Poland or the Hurun India Rich List) has published a net worth estimate for them, such as Forbes’ billionaire lists, its richest self-made women list, or a Forbes article that states a figure. In rare cases the figure is an official wealth declaration that was publicly reported, and the profile says so. We show that figure exactly as published, in the currency it was published in and with its date, and never adjust it, average it with other sites or fill gaps with guesses.

Some estimates are several years old, so each card shows when it was published. Where Forbes also tracks yearly pay in its highest-paid athlete rankings, the profile adds a year-by-year earnings chart as background. Earnings are income before taxes and fees, not wealth.

Sources: Forbes highest-paid athletes, Forbes billionaire lists and profiles, the Sunday Times Rich List, the Financial Review Young Rich List, Bilanz, Kapital, Quote 500, Forbes Slovensko, Finance (Slovenia), TOP 500 (Lithuania), De Rijkste Belgen, Wprost, the Hurun India Rich List, How we handle estimates.