Alpine skiing prize money
820 skiers have been paid £130,575,628 across 1,121 races from 2011 to 2026. Mikaela Shiffrin has won the most, £6,211,151. Every World Cup race pays the top thirty finishers from a fixed ladder, so a win is worth the same on any hill and the classic downhills add their own premium.
The alpine skiing money list
The top 100 of 820 skiers by career prize money
| # | SKIER | NATION | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikaela Shiffrin | United States | 112 | £6,211,151£6.2m |
| 2 | Marco Odermatt | Switzerland | 57 | £3,817,114£3.8m |
| 3 | Marcel Hirscher | Netherlands | 64 | £3,808,776£3.8m |
| 4 | Lara Gut | Switzerland | 48 | £3,162,319£3.2m |
| 5 | Henrik Kristoffersen | Norway | 35 | £3,096,179£3.1m |
| 6 | Federica Brignone | Italy | 39 | £2,928,003£2.9m |
| 7 | Alexis Pinturault | France | 35 | £2,669,113£2.7m |
| 8 | Petra Vlhova | Slovakia | 31 | £2,349,715£2.3m |
| 9 | Sofia Goggia | Italy | 29 | £2,175,037£2.2m |
| 10 | Dominik Paris | Italy | 26 | £2,041,658£2.0m |
| 11 | Lindsey Vonn | United States | 43 | £1,977,045£2.0m |
| 12 | Vincent Kriechmayr | Austria | 22 | £1,947,328£1.9m |
| 13 | Aleksander Aamodt Kilde | Norway | 21 | £1,798,704£1.8m |
| 14 | Beat Feuz | Switzerland | 15 | £1,598,996£1.6m |
| 15 | Kjetil Jansrud | Norway | 23 | £1,592,380£1.6m |
| 16 | Wendy Holdener | Switzerland | 5 | £1,546,783£1.5m |
| 17 | Loic Meillard | Switzerland | 10 | £1,487,856£1.5m |
| 18 | Tina Maze | Slovenia | 15 | £1,381,612£1.4m |
| 19 | Aksel Lund Svindal | Norway | 22 | £1,360,264£1.4m |
| 20 | Viktoria Rebensburg | Germany | 16 | £1,312,935£1.3m |
| 21 | Matthias Mayer | Austria | 11 | £1,304,334£1.3m |
| 22 | Anna Fenninger | Austria | 15 | £1,206,559£1.2m |
| 23 | Clement Noel | France | 15 | £1,175,456£1.2m |
| 24 | Marco Schwarz | Austria | 9 | £1,096,775£1.1m |
| 25 | Felix Neureuther | Germany | 11 | £1,078,325£1.1m |
| 26 | Cornelia Huetter | Austria | 10 | £1,074,074£1.1m |
| 27 | Tina Weirather | Liechtenstein | 9 | £1,059,708£1.1m |
| 28 | Tessa Worley | France | 11 | £1,023,158£1.0m |
| 29 | Manuel Feller | Austria | 7 | £1,015,701£1.0m |
| 30 | Marta Bassino | Italy | 9 | £1,012,788£1.0m |
| 31 | Sara Hector | Sweden | 8 | £958,651£959k |
| 32 | Corinne Suter | Switzerland | 7 | £949,807£950k |
| 33 | Lucas Braathen | Brazil | 8 | £926,388£926k |
| 34 | Frida Hansdotter | Sweden | 4 | £924,635£925k |
| 35 | Ted Ligety | United States | 17 | £893,174£893k |
| 36 | Hannes Reichelt | Austria | 8 | £892,546£893k |
| 37 | Ilka Stuhec | Slovenia | 11 | £859,903£860k |
| 38 | Alice Robinson | New Zealand | 7 | £790,780£791k |
| 39 | Andre Myhrer | Sweden | 6 | £758,673£759k |
| 40 | Daniel Yule | Switzerland | 7 | £757,781£758k |
| 41 | Michelle Gisin | Switzerland | 1 | £747,587£748k |
| 42 | Katharina Liensberger | Austria | 5 | £746,879£747k |
| 43 | Atle Lie Mcgrath | Norway | 6 | £732,421£732k |
| 44 | Ragnhild Mowinckel | Norway | 4 | £704,445£704k |
| 45 | Maria Hoefl-Riesch | Germany | 7 | £666,126£666k |
| 46 | Linus Strasser | Germany | 5 | £642,049£642k |
| 47 | Timon Haugan | Norway | 6 | £637,787£638k |
| 48 | Lena Duerr | Germany | 2 | £610,350£610k |
| 49 | Camille Rast | Switzerland | 5 | £599,501£600k |
| 50 | Christof Innerhofer | Italy | 4 | £596,071£596k |
| 51 | Elena Curtoni | Italy | 4 | £577,025£577k |
| 52 | Franjo Von Allmen | Switzerland | 6 | £569,432£569k |
| 53 | Veronika Zuzulova | Slovakia | 5 | £566,486£566k |
| 54 | Filip Zubcic | Croatia | 3 | £558,483£558k |
| 55 | Ramon Zenhaeusern | Switzerland | 6 | £557,925£558k |
| 56 | Stephanie Venier | Austria | 4 | £552,837£553k |
| 57 | Johan Clarey | France | 0 | £528,896£529k |
| 58 | Ivica Kostelic | Croatia | 8 | £526,826£527k |
| 59 | Emma Aicher | Germany | 5 | £525,561£526k |
| 60 | Anna Swenn-Larsson | Sweden | 2 | £516,369£516k |
| 61 | Ester Ledecka | Czechia | 4 | £514,818£515k |
| 62 | Adrien Theaux | France | 2 | £476,962£477k |
| 63 | Paula Moltzan | United States | 0 | £474,550£475k |
| 64 | Kajsa Vickhoff Lie | Norway | 1 | £462,195£462k |
| 65 | Zan Kranjec | Slovenia | 2 | £459,110£459k |
| 66 | Max Franz | Austria | 3 | £453,262£453k |
| 67 | Nicole Schmidhofer | Austria | 4 | £452,698£453k |
| 68 | Victor Muffat Jeandet | France | 1 | £451,737£452k |
| 69 | Dave Ryding | Great Britain | 1 | £450,717£451k |
| 70 | Cyprien Sarrazin | France | 5 | £442,346£442k |
| 71 | Romed Baumann | Germany | 1 | £438,393£438k |
| 72 | James Crawford | Canada | 2 | £429,145£429k |
| 73 | Raphael Haaser | Austria | 1 | £427,108£427k |
| 74 | Elisabeth Goergl | Austria | 4 | £427,041£427k |
| 75 | Mirjam Puchner | Austria | 2 | £420,163£420k |
| 76 | Mathieu Faivre | France | 4 | £414,306£414k |
| 77 | Peter Fill | Italy | 2 | £409,697£410k |
| 78 | Zrinka Ljutic | Croatia | 3 | £401,910£402k |
| 79 | Kathrin Zettel | Austria | 1 | £399,691£400k |
| 80 | Kira Weidle | Germany | 0 | £397,897£398k |
| 81 | Marlies Schild | Austria | 8 | £397,233£397k |
| 82 | Nina Loeseth | Norway | 2 | £392,324£392k |
| 83 | Fritz Dopfer | Germany | 0 | £383,965£384k |
| 84 | Carlo Janka | Switzerland | 2 | £382,990£383k |
| 85 | Julia Scheib | Austria | 5 | £371,009£371k |
| 86 | Ramona Siebenhofer | Austria | 2 | £368,591£369k |
| 87 | Mauro Caviezel | Switzerland | 1 | £359,870£360k |
| 88 | Laura Pirovano | Italy | 3 | £352,831£353k |
| 89 | Breezy Johnson | United States | 1 | £351,946£352k |
| 90 | Stefano Gross | Italy | 1 | £348,253£348k |
| 91 | Katharina Truppe | Austria | 1 | £346,598£347k |
| 92 | Thomas Dressen | Germany | 5 | £345,836£346k |
| 93 | Sebastian-Foss Solevaag | Norway | 3 | £342,106£342k |
| 94 | Michael Matt | Austria | 1 | £341,608£342k |
| 95 | Ryan Cochran-Siegle | United States | 1 | £337,886£338k |
| 96 | Marie-Michele Gagnon | Canada | 2 | £333,135£333k |
| 97 | Jasmine Flury | Switzerland | 3 | £332,939£333k |
| 98 | Travis Ganong | United States | 2 | £332,794£333k |
| 99 | Manfred Moelgg | Italy | 1 | £331,961£332k |
| 100 | Valerie Grenier | Canada | 3 | £328,083£328k |
The top fifteen
Every venue
72 venues, by the prize money each has paid
The fifteen richest venues
Season by season
What alpine skiing paid each year, and who earned the most
| YEAR | TOP EARNER | RACES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Marco Odermatt | 42 | £6,417,736£6.4m |
| 2025 | Marco Odermatt | 86 | £12,064,680£12.1m |
| 2024 | Marco Odermatt | 74 | £10,257,550£10.3m |
| 2023 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 83 | £10,875,038£10.9m |
| 2022 | Marco Odermatt | 72 | £8,877,624£8.9m |
| 2021 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 86 | £9,751,176£9.8m |
| 2020 | Petra Vlhova | 63 | £7,463,223£7.5m |
| 2019 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 68 | £7,775,010£7.8m |
| 2018 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 76 | £8,678,412£8.7m |
| 2017 | Mikaela Shiffrin | 73 | £8,386,663£8.4m |
| 2016 | Marcel Hirscher | 85 | £9,106,657£9.1m |
| 2015 | Marcel Hirscher | 70 | £7,165,731£7.2m |
| 2014 | Marcel Hirscher | 65 | £6,426,269£6.4m |
| 2013 | Marcel Hirscher | 67 | £6,612,488£6.6m |
| 2012 | Tina Maze | 87 | £8,462,692£8.5m |
| 2011 | Lindsey Vonn | 24 | £2,254,681£2.3m |
Prize money paid per year
Alpine skiing prize money by country
41 nations, by what their skiers have won
| # | NATION | SKIERS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 103 | £21,910,368£21.9m |
| 2 | Austria | 124 | £20,976,005£21.0m |
| 3 | Italy | 102 | £15,480,886£15.5m |
| 4 | United States | 68 | £13,543,779£13.5m |
| 5 | Norway | 48 | £13,184,190£13.2m |
| 6 | France | 89 | £10,905,888£10.9m |
| 7 | Germany | 52 | £7,900,499£7.9m |
| 8 | Sweden | 44 | £5,018,856£5.0m |
| 9 | Slovenia | 27 | £4,000,660£4.0m |
| 10 | Netherlands | 3 | £3,813,128£3.8m |
| 11 | Canada | 43 | £2,989,808£3.0m |
| 12 | Slovakia | 5 | £2,974,813£3.0m |
| 13 | Croatia | 9 | £1,769,370£1.8m |
| 14 | Liechtenstein | 5 | £1,069,955£1.1m |
| 15 | Brazil | 1 | £926,388£926k |
| 16 | Czechia | 13 | £924,133£924k |
| 17 | New Zealand | 2 | £791,424£791k |
| 18 | Great Britain | 6 | £540,761£541k |
| 19 | Finland | 13 | £352,657£353k |
| 20 | Individual Neutral Athletes | 11 | £305,865£306k |
| 21 | Albania | 1 | £232,334£232k |
| 22 | Belgium | 2 | £155,973£156k |
| 23 | Bulgaria | 2 | £148,357£148k |
| 24 | Poland | 3 | £126,938£127k |
| 25 | Japan | 13 | £100,651£101k |
| 26 | Spain | 5 | £94,476£94k |
| 27 | Andorra | 4 | £83,026£83k |
| 28 | Greece | 1 | £69,548£70k |
| 29 | Hungary | 3 | £53,063£53k |
| 30 | Latvia | 3 | £39,451£39k |
| 31 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | £31,368£31k |
| 32 | Serbia | 1 | £16,914£17k |
| 33 | Estonia | 1 | £11,905£12k |
| 34 | Chile | 1 | £8,477£8k |
| 35 | Denmark | 1 | £5,405£5k |
| 36 | South Korea | 1 | £5,079£5k |
| 37 | Argentina | 3 | £4,370£4k |
| 38 | Australia | 3 | £2,990£3k |
| 39 | Monaco | 1 | £2,845£3k |
| 40 | Lithuania | 1 | £2,229£2k |
| 41 | Israel | 1 | £796£796 |
The leading nations
Frequently asked questions
Who has won the most prize money in alpine skiing?
Mikaela Shiffrin, with £6,211,151 and 112 titles. Marco Odermatt is second on £3,817,114.
What is the biggest winner's cheque in alpine skiing?
Beat Feuz took £101,200 for winning the Kitzbuehel downhill, men, January 2022, the largest single first prize we hold.
How much prize money was paid in alpine skiing in 2025?
£12,064,680 across 86 races. Marco Odermatt earned the most that year, £754,489.
Which venue pays the most?
Kitzbuehel has paid £10,427,293 across 49 editions. The richest single edition was the Kitzbuehel downhill, men, January 2022, at £343,068.
Which country has won the most alpine skiing prize money?
Switzerland, with £21,910,368 across 103 skiers.
Where to next
For every country's prize money across alpine skiing and every other sport we hold, see prize money by nation. The richest venue here is Kitzbuehel, and the latest year is 2026. The men's and women's fields are set side by side on men's vs women's alpine skiing prize money, and every sport's cases on where women earn more prize money than men. Every sport's richest competitions are ranked on prize money in sport, and what each winner keeps of the pot on the winner's share of prize money, and how many places each one pays on how deep prize money pays. All six sports on snow are set side by side, men against women included, on skiing and snowboarding prize money compared.