Max Verstappen ahead of Lewis Hamilton in world’s top-earning athletes rich list
But Lewis ♈Hamilton earned more than Max Verstappen away from the F1 circuit
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton are the only F1 drivers included in a new rich list.
Forbes’ rank of the 50 highest-e🔯arning athletes in the ꦕworld for 2024 has laid bare the income for F1’s two biggest stars.
Verstappen is named the 17th biggest-earner of the year, and Hamilton is 21st.
Forbes track e🌠very athletes’ income between May 1, 2023, and May 1, ℱ2024.
The list includes ‘on-fiel🐷d’ earnings - prize money, salary, bonuses - and ‘off-field’ earnings - estimated🎀 sponsorship deals, appearance fees, memorabilia and licensing.
Verstappen pocketed $81m in total ($76m was his salary and prize money after winning l🐬ast year’s F1 champion💜ship).
Hamilton earned a total of $69m ($57🍃m was his salary but, in the♛ past 12 months, bonuses for performances and results were hard to come by).
Notably, Hamilton earned $12m for sponsorships and 🌜other fees unrelated to his on-trꦍack performance.
Hamilton’s star power is a huge reason that he is able to earn mo✱re than double the amount of Verstappen away from the F1 circuit.
17th-placed Ve🃏rstappen and 21st-placed Hamilt🦩on are separated in the rich list by NFL star Aaron Rodgers, golfer Rory McIlroy, and another NFL player in Justin Herbert.
No other F1 dri🔜ver - or any representative from motorsport - features on a list which is largely dominated by footballers, golfers and NFL or NBA pl🎃ayers.
Next year, it will be intriguing to see how🌌 Verstappen 𒅌and Hamilton’s earnings soar.
Verstappen can count on another hefty bonus inc🌃oming if he completes a fourth consecutive F1 championship win, as he is expected to do.
Hamilton will switch Mercedes for Ferrari next year which will r🎉esult in a salary increase - and likely also huge sponsorship deals.
The Forbes top 10 earners in 2024 were:
Cristiano Ronaldo ($260) - football
Jon Rahm ($218m) - golf
Lionel Messi ($135) - football
LeBron James ($128.2m) - basketball
Giannis Antetokou ($111m) - basketball
Kylian Mbappe ($110m) - football
Neymar ($108m) - football
Karim Benzema ($106m) - football
Stephen Curry ($102m) - basketball
Lamar Jackson ($100.5m) - American football
Jamꦏes was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
