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20th Aug 2015

PIC: The difference between what men and women in professional sport are paid is staggering

It doesn't seem quite right to us

Alan Loughnane

It doesn’t seem quite right to us…

The amount of money earned at the top tier of professional sports for men is outrageous in some sports with soccer springing straight to mind.

We recently had the list of the top ten highest paid women in sport and unsurprisingly, tennis stars dominated the list with a dash of Ronda Rousey thrown into the mix.

But what about the other sports in the world, how much do the women get paid compared to their male counterparts?

Not a lot in some sports, according to this infographic from vouchercloud after they investigated the often gaping pay differences between men and women at the highest level of professional sport.

Money in Sport: Men vs Women – An infographic by the team at vouchercloud