Making a lucrative career out of tennis with only four major tournaments to define the calendar year can be quite challenging. However, every grand slam tournament match matters as these tournaments boast prize money ranging from $44 million to $65 million. The difference between making the second and third round for some athletes could be life changing.
It’s no surprise that 24-time major champion Novak Djokovic sits atop the list with total career earnings of over $181.5 million. Djokovic is coming off a 2023 season in which he won three of the four major titles.
Holding the second position is the king of clay, Rafael Nadal. The 14-time French Open champion has career earnings of over $134 million. Trailing Nadal is Swiss legend, Roger Federer with career earnings of over $130 million.
There is a significant drop off in earnings between the third and fourth slot as Federer’s $130 million doubles that of fourth place Andy Murray who sits at $64 million. Pete Sampras rounds out the top five with total career earnings of $43.28 million.
The Highest-Paid Tennis Players
Here is the full list of the 25 highest-paid male tennis players by total career earnings. The list was compiled using data from Spotrac.
- Updated: April 30, 2024
- Will be updated again: July 1, 2024
| Rank | Player | Major Championships | Compensation |
| 1 | Novak Djokovic | 24 | $181,599,018 |
| 2 | Rafael Nadal | 22 | $134,659,704 |
| 3 | Roger Federer | 20 | $130,594,339 |
| 4 | Andy Murray | 3 | $64,416,100 |
| 5 | Pete Sampras | 14 | $43,280,489 |
| 6 | Alexander Zverev | 0 | $40,014,770 |
| 7 | Daniil Medvedev | 1 | $39,459,322 |
| 8 | Stan Wawrinka | 3 | $36,666,434 |
| 9 | David Ferrer | 0 | $31,483,911 |
| 10 | Marin Cilic | 1 | $31,301,586 |
| 11 | Andre Agassi | 8 | $31,152,975 |
| 12 | Dominic Thiem | 1 | $30,145,297 |
| 13 | Tomas Berdych | 0 | $29,491,328 |
| 14 | Stefanos Tsitsipas | 0 | $29,212,195 |
| 15 | Carlos Alcaraz | 2 | $27,477,147 |
| 16 | Juan Martin del Potro | 1 | $25,896,046 |
| 17 | Grigor Dimitrov | 0 | $25,594,250 |
| 18 | Kei Nishikori | 0 | $25,102,112 |
| 19 | Boris Becker | 6 | $25,080,956 |
| 20 | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 2 | $23,883,797 |
| 21 | Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | 0 | $22,524,073 |
| 22 | John Isner | 0 | $22,430,808 |
| 23 | Andrey Rublev | 0 | $22,329,631 |
| 24 | Gael Monfils | 0 | $21,989,320 |
| 25 | Ivan Lendl | 8 | $21,262,417 |
