Hamilton vs Verstappen earnings in past year

Total

Hamilton - $65m / £52m

Verstappen - $64m / £51m

On-field

Hamilton - $55m / £44m

Verstappen - $60m / £48m

Off-field

Hamilton - $10m / £8m

Verstappen - $4m / £3m

Forbes have rele𒆙ased their list 🍎of the world’s highest-paid athletes for 2023, covering May 1 2022 until May 1 2023.

Hamilton is the 21st highest-earning athlete on the planet through that period, while Ver๊stappen is 22nd due to pocketing $1m less.

But Hamilton’༺s earnings came amid his disasꦗtrous struggles in F1.

Last season he failed to win a grand prix for the first time in his career, andꦺ was outperformed by teammate George Russell.

In the early stages of t🌊his season he has not looked likely to end his winless streak.

Verstappen, meanwhile, won 15 grands prix la꧟st season as he claimed the title ⛎for the second year in a row.

And he has won five times in 2023 already.

Hamilton❀ and Verstappen’s earnings include bonuses - accrued through, for example, race wins and championships.

Interestingly, Hamilton’s “off-fie🍌ld” earnings remain more than double as high as Verstappen’s.

This factors in “an estimate of sponsorship deals, appearance fe🐼es💧 and memorabilia and licensing income”.

Hamilton and Ve🔯rs🐎tappen are the only two motorsports representatives in the list of 50 highest-earning athletes of 2023.

Cristiano Ronaldo was the highest-pꦉaid, Lionel Messi was second, Kylian Mbappe was third.