And despite our ongoing love affair with funny women, the list includes not one of them. · jerry seinfeld tops forbes 2015 list of highest - paid comedians earning $36m, with john bishop the only uk comedian in the top ten, in ninth place with $8m. · heres the list of the top ten comedians of the year (in terms of earning power) – if your favorite comedian is on the list, congratulations, youre in the company of a lot of other people. · once again, forbes has compiled its annual list of the world s highest - paid comedians. · with combined earnings of $166. 5 million, these 10 comedians have mastered the art of the perfect joke. · comedy, it turns out, is a serious business. The ten top - paid comedians of 2015 earned a combined total of $166. 5 million thanks to touring, television shows, films and internet deals.
