Forbes published the ranking of the highest paid athletes of Ukraine: who is on the list

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Forbes magazine published the annual ranking of the richest sportsmen of Ukraine. Boxer Oleksandr Usyk, who earned $54 million last year, remains the leader again.

Forbes magazine has published a ranking of the 15 highest-paid sportsmen of Ukraine in 2024. In total, they earned 105.5 million dollars.

Ukrainian boxer Olexandr Usyk topped the list, who in 2024 defended the “absolute” heavyweight title in a match against Tyson Fury. For this fight, Usyk received about 34 million dollars, and in general, for 2024, Alexander earned approximately 54 million dollars.

Earned $50 million a year?! It's not like that, but let it be – therefore, I will really earn this much, – the absolute world boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk smiles when asked by the editor of Forbes Ukraine about the size of his income from performances in the ring and sponsorship and advertising contracts received in the last 12 months.< /p>

Arsenal defender Olexandr Zinchenko took second place in the rating. He received 44 million income less than the boxer – 10 million dollars. The main part of his income for 2024 is the contract with the London club, as well as sponsorship agreements.

Chelsea winger Mykhailo Mudryk took the third step. The income of the most expensive Ukrainian football player in history is estimated at approximately 6.6 million dollars. The Ukrainian's contract with “Chelsea” runs until 2031.

TOP-15 highest-paid Ukrainian athletes:

1. Olexandr Usyk (boxing ) – 54 million dollars
2. Olexandr Zinchenko (football) – 10 million dollars
3. Mykhailo Mudryk (football) – $6.6 million
4. Anatoly Trubin (football) – $4.2 million
5. Artem Dovbyk (football) – $3.9 million
6. Vasyl Lomachenko (boxing) – $3.7 million
7. Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk (basketball) – $3.5 million
8. Ilya Zabarny (football) – $3.4 million
9. Aleksii Len (basketball ) – $3.3 million
10. Vitaly Mykolenko (football) – $3 million
11. Andrii Lunin (football) – $2.8 million
12. Georgiy Sudakov (football) – $1.9 million
13. Elina Svitolina (tennis) – $1.9 million
14. Viktor Tsygankov (football) – $1.8 million
15. Marta Kostyuk (tennis) – $1.5 million dollars

For the calculation, the publication used information on athletes' incomes from sports contracts or prizes from competitions and advertising integrations.

Ranking of athletes