Basketball
What is the largest contract ever signed by a WNBA player?
A 228,000 dollar contract was signed by Diana Taurasi.
In comparison, the largest NBA contract of all time is set to be 60 million dollars.
How many fewer sets do female players play compared to men?
Two.
Women play three sets, men play five.
Who said "The cycles of poverty, discrimination, and sexism are much, much harder to break than the record for Grand Slam titles...women of color have to work on average eight months longer to earn the same as their male counterparts do in one year."
Serena Williams.
How much money do rookie WNBA players make on the last year of their rookie contract?
60,000 dollars.
In comparison, men make 14 million dollars.
What is the highest WTA players' career earnings?
Serena Williams earned 94 million dollars.
Novak Djokovic earned 155 million dollars.
Who said "You want stadiums filled? We filled them. You want role models for your kids, for your boys, and your girls, and your little trans kids? We have that. You want us to be respectful? You want us to perform on the world stage?”
Megan Rapinoe.
How many times as much money does the average WNBA player make per year in comparison to an NBA player?
About 62.5 times as much.
The average WNBA player makes 120,000 dollars a year. The average NBA player makes 7.5 million dollars a year.
How many times as much money does the average female tennis player make per year in comparison to a male tennis player?
Female tennis players make about 4/5 as much as their male counterparts.
"I would be curious to know how successful we could be with such a great product if we had the same platform as the guys do...Think about the marketing dollars that they spend on guys, the platform given to them. Branding opportunities, TV deals, endorsement deals. It's kind of like the chicken and the egg."
Skyler Diggins-Smith.