Bogut: Australia's Richest Sportsman for 2018
Here are the richest Australian sportspeople for the year 2018, as published by the Australian Financial Review. Every year it publishes the Young Rich List, which ranks the country's richest people under 40 years old. From that list we have been able to extract just the sports people and rank them. This list has been published since about 2003.
Basketball player Andrew Bogut topped the sports people on the list. Compare this to the Forbes highest paid athlete for 2018. Debutantes this year were Steve Smith and Daniel Ricciardo. There were no women on the list.
| Rank | Name | Sport | Earnings ($AUD millions) | last year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Bogut | Basketball | 81 | |
| 2 | Adam Scott | Golf | 77 | |
| 3 | Harry Kewell | Soccer | 58 | |
| 4 | Jason Day | Golf | 49 | |
| 5 | Tim Cahill | Soccer | 40 | |
| 6 | Chad Reed | Motocross | 35 | |
| 7 | Daniel Ricciardo | Formula 1 | 34 | |
| 8 | James Spithill | Sailing | 31 | |
| 9 | Steve Smith | Cricket | 27 |
Source: Australian Finiancial Review, as published in online on October 2018.
The AFR also publish annually Young Rich List, based on their combined wealth. This is different from the sporting earnings which account for the rankings above. Here are the top Australian sportspeople (under 40) on the 2021 rich list.
The Australian sporting names on the list includes Andrew Bogut, Adam Scott, Harry Kewell, Tim Cahill, Daniel Ricciardo, Jason Day, Chad Reed, Steve Smith and James Spithill.
The top 5 are:
Andrew Bogut – $81 million (30)
Adam Scott – $77 million (33)
Harry Kewell – $58 million (48)
Jason Day – $49 million (53)
Tim Cahill – $40 million (63)
Related Pages
- Australia's Richest athletes for each year
- Compare to the international annual top earners list by ESPN, SI and Forbes
- 2018: The year in Australian Sport
- A summary of Sport in Australia
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