The List: Top five earning female athletes

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Updated: 8/24/2010 11:41 am
Syracuse (WSYR-TV) - The exorbitant salaries of LeBron James, Tiger Woods, and Alex Rodriguez are well known.

But who are the top-paid female athletes? Forbes recently created a List of the top paid female athletes and the NewsChannel 9 morning team used the opportunity to break it down.

5.) Kim Yu-Na, figure skating, $9.7 million
4.) Danica Patrick, auto racing, $12 million
3.) Venus Williams, tennis, $15.4 million
2.) Serena Williams, tennis, $20.2 million
1.) Maria Sharapova, tennis, $24.5 million
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