Top 10 All Time Richest Figure Skaters in the World

Top 10 All Time Richest Figure Skaters in the World 

Top 10 All Time Richest Figure Skaters in the World
Figure Skaters	Age	Country	Earnings
Kim Yuna	24	South Korea	$35.5 Million
Scott Hamilton	57	USA	$30 Million
Evgeni Plushenko	33	Russia	$21 Million
Brian Boitano	52	USA	$18 Million
Kristi Yamaguchi	44	USA	$18 Million
Johnny Weir	31	USA	$11 Million
Nancy Kerrigan	46	USA	$8 Million
Mao Asada	33	Japan	$8 Million
Michelle Kwan	33	USA	$7.4 Million
Tara Lipinski	35	USA	$6.5 Million

Mostly people think that figure skaters do not earn much . But if we see the past history and some of the Olympics performances and top competitions like (4 Nations Figure Skating Championship) , World Championship . The winners receive a good prize money as well as the Endorsement deals. Kim Yuna is one of the examples.

She is the highest paid athletes in female category from Asia region. Evgeni Plushenko , Johnny Weir , Michelle Kwan , and Kristi Yamaguchi are the icon's of the sports today . They have contributed so much during the professional figure skating careers . 

#1 : Kim Yuna : South Korea : 2 Time World Championship Winner :

Kim Yuna one of the beautiful Korean athletes . She contributed for the sports of figure skating allot during all of her career . She retired after 2014 Sochi games in Russia . She won sliver-medal . But she has won gold medal in 2010 Vancouver games . She becomes the richest figure skater in the world due to her endorsement deals .

#2 : Mao Asada : Japan : 3 Time World Figure Skating Champion :

Mao Asada the most dominating female athlete of Japan . She might not have won any gold medal in Olympic games so far for her country . But in 2010 Vancouver games Olympics she won sliver-medal. She has won "Four Continents Championships" 3 times in her career . She is known for her great flexibility, expressive step sequences and triple axel jumps .

#3 : Evgeni Plushenko : Russia : 2 Times Olympic Gold Medalist :

He is one the legends in figure skating due to his style and expression . He won 2 gold medals for Russia in Olympic games (2006 Turin and 2014 Sochi Games) and 2 sliver medal . He is seven time European Championships winner for the Russia . After 2014 Sochi games he retired but his name will always be listed among the best figure skaters of all time in men category.