The sports activities enterprise web site has ranked Red Bull driver Verstappen at No 4 behind Paris Saint-Germain striker Kylian Mbappe, tennis celebrity Naomi Osaka and NFL participant Josh Allen.
The full listing:
10. Jayson Tatum (basketball) – £20.4 wage, £4m endorsements = £24.4m whole
9. Donovan Mitchell (basketball) – £20.6m wage, £5.6m endorsements = £26.2m whole
8. Trevor Lawrence (NFL) – £20m wage, £6.5m endorsements = £26.5m whole
7. Devin Booker (basketball) – £23m wage, £5.6m endorsements = £20.8m whole
6. Jake Paul (boxing) – £24m wage, £5.6m endorsements = £29.6m whole
5. Marshon Lattimore (NFL) – £33m wage, £80,000 endorsements = £33.8m whole
4. Max Verstappen (F1) – £31.4m wage, £3.2m endorsements = £34.6m whole
3. Kylian Mbappe (soccer) – £25.6m wage, £13.7m endorsements = £39.3m whole
2. Naomi Osaka (tennis) – £97,000 wage, £42m endorsements = £42.1m whole
1. Josh Allen (NFL) – £50.3m wage, £3.2m endorsements = £53.5m whole
Sportico have reported Verstappen’s annual wage at $39 million (£31.4m) whereas The Guardian had beforehand reported that the F1 world champion’s new deal, which runs till 2028, was value £40m per yr.
Verstappen now sits alongside rival Lewis Hamilton, who’s 13 years older at 37, because the best-paid driver in F1.
Hamilton lately dropped out of Forbes listing of the highest 10 highest-earning sportspeople on the earth. He had been included twice beforehand and, final yr, was ranked at eighth.
Verstappen’s whole revenue is estimated by Sportico at £19m lower than NFL star Allen within the listing of the world’s high incomes athletes underneath the age of 25.
F1 has a number of different well-paid younger weapons beneath the age of 25 whose futures are brilliant.
Lando Norris, 22, is pocketing an estimated £20m per yr and is impressing for McLaren.
Charles Leclerc, 24, is competing to assert his first F1 world title whereas incomes £9.8m from Ferrari.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, 23, is getting £8.1m whereas Mercedes’ George Russell, 24, and Alpine’s Esteban Ocon, 25, every earn £4.1m.
Guanyu Zhou, 22, of Alfa Romeo and Mick Schumacher, 22, of Haas each pocket £816,000 per season.
Yuki Tsunoda, 22, of Alpha Tauri is the lowest-paid driver on the grid. He earns £615,000 per yr.