According to sports business outlet Sportico, Nelly Korda and Jeeno Thitikul are among the 15 highest earning female athletes in the world for 2025.
On the list, Korda’s $13.8 million ranked seventh overall, while Thitikul’s $10.1 million came in at 15.
Korda’s earnings, of course, center primarily around her endorsement deals, which far surpass any other player on the LPGA Tour. According to Sportico, Korda earned $11 million on endorsements, most notably with her clothing sponsor Nike, her visor sponsor Goldman Sachs, her equipment provider Taylormade and her bag sponsor T-Mobile. Korda’s winless season meant she earned just $2.8 million on course.
Her placement at No. 7 slots just below Caitlin Clark at No. 6 on the list. The two have played together in The Annika pro-am the past two years.
Thitikul’s earnings came much more from on the course action, she was actually the highest ratio for winnings vs endorsements on the top 15. Thitikul won the CME Group Tour Championship plus two other events to bring her total on-course to $7.6 million while her endorsements were well behind at $2.5. That is likely to change soon.
No. 1 on this list was tennis star Coco Gauff. 10 of the top 15 on the list came from tennis with golf being the only other sport with more than one representative.
In 2024 there were three representative on the list, Korda, Thitikul and Lydia Ko. Both Korda and Thitikul made more money though in this year than they did in 2024. In 2023, Korda was the only golf representative at just $6.5 million, so she has doubled that in just two years.
