Roger Federer Becomes History’s Seventh Billionaire Athlete (And Second Billionaire Tennis Player)

• Roger Federer is officially a billionaire, as per the Forbes calculations of his impressive net worth.
• Interestingly enough, only about US$130 million of his US$1.1 billion fortune can be accounted for by on-court earnings; the rest by what’s been described as an “unmatched” sponsor portfolio.
• For the majority of his playing career, Federer has consistently ranked among the world’s highest-paid athletes (crowned the highest-paid in 2020); and even came in at #10 a year after retiring.

Retirement be damned. Three years after stepping away from professional competition, Roger Federer is still making history.

According to Forbes, the Swiss superstar and Grand Slam-era GOAT now boasts an estimated net worth of US$1.1 billion. Not only does this make him the second tennis player to ever join the three-comma club after Ion Țiriac (Romanian French Open doubles champion turned investor), but also just the seventh billionaire athlete in history.

Țiriac aside, the other names in this elite company of high performers include NBA stars Michael Jordan (US$3.8 billion), Magic Johnson (US$1.5 billion), and LeBron James (US$1.2 billion); lesser-known NBA sixth man Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman Jr (US$1.4 billion) – who parlayed his relatively modest player salary into an American hospitality empire with 450 restaurants before passing away this past March – as well as the one and only Tiger Woods (US$1.3 billion).

Federer is also just one of seven athletes to have crossed US$1 billion in career pretax income while still active in their sport, next to the aforementioned James and Woods, another golfer/gambler in Phil Mickelson, football greats Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, as well as undefeated boxer Floyd “Money” Mayweather.

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Roger Federer’s trajectory to the capital B has been quite well documented. To the point where this very headline had been anticipated for years now (and even falsely/pre-emptively reported).

Throughout his career, the maestro beloved by brands retained an enviable portfolio of sponsorships (i.e. Rolex, Moet Chandon, Credit Suisse, Mercedes-Benz, Lindt, Gillette) and business ventures that effectively crowned him the highest-paid tennis player for 16 consecutive years despite banking less prize money than his Big Three rivals: Rafael Nadal (US$135 million) and Novak Djokovic (US$189 million).

For context, Federer’s on-court career earnings only (“only”) amount to US$130 million.

While every single contribution from his off-court hustle was vital to becoming a billionaire, arguably two of the most pivotal deals included his lucrative 10-year/US$300 million agreement with UNIQLO (which was the impetus for ditching longtime partner Nike); along with his 3% minority stake in publicly traded Swiss shoe and apparel company On (valued at approximately US$456 million at the current US$15.2 billion market cap).

Long story short? It pays to be the king.

Roger Federer Net Worth (2025): US$1.1 billion.

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