This is how much money Lewis Hamilton earned in the worst year of his F1 career
Hamilton vs Verstappen earnings in past year
Total
Hamilton - $65m / £52m
Verstappen - $64m / £51m
On-field
Hamilton - $55m / £44m
Verstappen - $60m / £48m
Off-field
Hamilton - $10m / £8m
Verstappen - $4m / £3m
Forbes have released their list of the world’s highest-paid athletes for 2023, ༒covering May 1 2022 until May 1 2023.
H🐟amilton is the 21st highest-earning athlete on the planet through that period, while Verstappen is 22nd due to pocketing $1m less.
But Hamilton’s earnings came amid his disastrous str💃uggles in F1.
Last season h꧑e failed to win a grand prix for the first time in his career, and was outperformed by teammate George Russel𒁏l.
In the early stages of thiღs season he has not looked likely 💞to end his winless streak.
Verstappen, meanwhile, won 15 grands prix last seasꦗon as he claimed th♍e title for the second year in a row.
And he has won five times in 2023 already.
Hamilton and Vꦡerstappen’s earnings include bonuses - accrued through, for example♋, race wins and championships.
Interestingly, Ha✃milton’s “off-field” earnings remain more than double as high as Verstappen’s.
This factors in “an estimate of sponsorship deals, appearance f♈ees and memorabilia and licensing income”.
Hamilton and Verstappen are the only two motorsports representatives in the list of 50 highest-earning athletes of 𓂃2023.
Cristiano Ronaldo w🙈as the highest-paid, Lionel Messi was second, Kylian Mbappe was third.
James was a sports journalist at Sky S🎃ports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
