6Ryan Lochte – Net worth: $3 million
With a net worth of $3 million, Ryan Steven Lochte ranked #6 on our top 10 list of the wealthiest swimmers in history.
He began swimming when he was only 5 years old and took this sport seriously at age 14 after a loss at the Junior Olympics.
He competed successfully in the 2004 Olympics, winning a team gold in the 200-meter relay and an individual silver medal in the 200-meter medley.
Born on August 3, 1984, Ryan Lochte is the fist individual swimmer to win 7 medals at the Short Course Worlds and the only swimmer to have ever set an individual world record since body-length swimsuits were banned from competition.
After winning multiple medals at the 2008 Olympics alongside Michael Phelps (we will talk about him later), Lochte continue to set records.
He has won gold, silver or bronze at almost every event in which he competed and has won 6 medals at the World Aquatics Championships in 2011.
