Iga Swiatek and Aryna Sabalenka have been a class above over the past 12 months, winning three of the four available Grand Slam titles in 2024.
The WTA Tour’s two top-ranked players enjoyed real success last year, establishing their dominance over the rest of women’s tennis.
Sabalenka won the US Open in September, having won the Australian Open earlier in the year, while Swiatek took home her fourth French Open title.
The pair lead most statistics and hold several records in women’s tennis, although there is one that they are yet to take control of.
Ahead of the Miami Open, a two-time Grand Slam champion jumped to the top of one WTA leaderboard, although Swiatek and Sabalenka are not far behind.
Victoria Azarenka now leads the WTA Tour in career prize money earnings among active players
Venus Williams trained with Ons Jabeur at this year’s Miami Open, but chose not to participate in the event, a decision that has seen her become considered ‘inactive’.
Therefore, a new player took her place at the top of the ‘active’ career prize money earnings list.
| Rank | Name | WTA rank | Career prize money earnings |
| 1 | Victoria Azarenka | 32 | $38,248,302 |
| 2 | Petra Kvitova | – | $37,253,812 |
| 3 | Caroline Wozniacki | 118 | $36,441,868 |
| 4 | Iga Swiatek | 2 | $35,035,177 |
| 5 | Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | $32,163,253 |
| 6 | Karolina Pliskova | 165 | $26,111,050 |
| 7 | Elina Svitolina | 22 | $24,979,619 |
| 8 | Coco Gauff | 3 | $23,059,245 |
| 9 | Naomi Osaka | 61 | $22,282,488 |
| 10 | Madison Keys | 5 | $21,560,817 |
Two-time Grand Slam champion Victoria Azarenka now tops the list, thanks to her performances over the past 20 years.
The Belarussian won back-to-back titles at the Australian Open in 2012 and 2013, losing a further three finals at the US Open.
Victoria Azarenka’s Grand Slam final appearances
- 2012 Australian Open F – Beat Maria Sharapova, 6-3, 6-0
- 2012 US Open F – Lost to Serena Williams, 2-6, 6-2, 5-7
- 2013 Australian Open F – Beat Li Na, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- 2013 US Open F – Lost to Serena Williams, 5-7, 7-6, 1-6
- 2020 US Open F – Lost to Naomi Osaka, 6-1, 3-6, 3-6
Azarenka is unlikely to hold the number one spot for too long, however, as Swiatek and Sabalenka look well placed to overtake her in 2025.
If either player earn as much as they did in 2023 or 2024, they would jump up to number one ahead of the world number 32 who last earned more than $2,000,000 in a single year back in 2016.
Who earned the most money on the WTA Tour in 2024?
Swiatek and Sabalenka were two of the top earners in 2024, but they were split by another top WTA star.
| Rank | Name | WTA rank | 2024 prize money earnings |
| 1 | Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | $9,729,260 |
| 2 | Coco Gauff | 3 | $9,353,847 |
| 3 | Iga Swiatek | 2 | $8,550,693 |
| 4 | Jasmine Paolini | 7 | $5,820,798 |
| 5 | Qinwen Zheng | 9 | $5,559,555 |
| 6 | Barbora Krejcikova | 16 | $4,770,340 |
| 7 | Jessica Pegula | 4 | $4,186,622 |
| 8 | Elena Rybakina | 8 | $3,876,915 |
| 9 | Elise Mertens | 28 | $2,783,414 |
| 10 | Emma Navarro | 10 | $2,751,968 |
Coco Gauff earned over $9,000,000 in 2024, partly thanks to her big win at Saudi Arabia’s year-end WTA Finals.
The American star pocketed $4,800,000 with the win, an amount Gauff described as ‘exciting’ during her post-match press conference.
Gauff currently resides in fourth place for earnings in 2025, as her fellow American leads the way, after her triumph at the Australian Open.
| Rank | Name | WTA rank | 2025 prize money earnings |
| 1 | Madison Keys | 5 | $2,379,924 |
| 2 | Iga Swiatek | 2 | $1,560,061 |
| 3 | Aryna Sabalenka | 1 | $1,456,805 |
| 4 | Coco Gauff | 3 | $1,373,731 |
| 5 | Elena Rybakina | 8 | $1,010,313 |
| 6 | Mirra Andreeva | 6 | $955,543 |
| 7 | Paula Badosa | 11 | $831,256 |
| 8 | Amanda Anisimova | 17 | $749,925 |
| 9 | Karolina Muchova | 14 | $731,940 |
| 10 | Emma Navarro | 10 | $689,071 |
Only time will tell if Swiatek or Sabalenka can pick up enough prize money to overtake Azarenka in the all-time leaderboard this year, but it will certainly be something to look out for as the season unfolds.
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