World Championships prize money
The World Championships has paid £3,841,920 across 32 races from 2021 to 2025. In 2025 Loic Meillard took £52,992.
Every edition
Who won, what they took, and what the race paid in all
Prize money paid, edition by edition
The Saalbach World Championships slalom, men, February 2025 payouts
What each finishing place was worth at the latest edition
| PLACE | SKIERS | EACH | BAND TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1st | 1 | £52,992£53k | £52,992£53k |
| Men's 2nd | 1 | £33,120£33k | £33,120£33k |
| Men's 3rd | 1 | £19,872£20k | £19,872£20k |
| Men's 4th | 1 | £13,248£13k | £13,248£13k |
| Men's 5th | 1 | £7,949£8k | £7,949£8k |
| Men's 6th | 1 | £5,299£5k | £5,299£5k |
Every cheque by name is on the Saalbach World Championships slalom, men, February 2025 payouts page.
Who has earned the most at the World Championships
Prize money won here, across every edition we hold
The top 12 here
Other alpine skiing venues
The venues either side of the World Championships by prize money paid
| # | VENUE | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Soldeu-Grandvalira | 2 | £184,000£184k |
| 70 | Livigno | 1 | £143,264£143k |
| 71 | Rosa Khutor | 1 | £110,400£110k |
| 72 | Niigata Yuzawa Naeba | 1 | £109,434£109k |
| 1 | Kitzbuehel | 49 | £10,427,293£10.4m |
| 2 | Lake Louise | 52 | £5,382,000£5.4m |
| 3 | Val d'Isere | 47 | £5,211,910£5.2m |
| 4 | Kranjska Gora | 46 | £5,206,177£5.2m |
| 5 | Wengen | 43 | £4,768,540£4.8m |
| 6 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | 44 | £4,730,108£4.7m |
| 7 | Beaver Creek | 43 | £4,607,929£4.6m |
| 8 | Kvitfjell | 36 | £4,025,920£4.0m |
| 9 | World Championships | 32 | £3,841,920£3.8m |
| 10 | St. Moritz | 35 | £3,740,412£3.7m |
| 11 | Val Gardena-Groeden | 32 | £3,618,361£3.6m |
| 12 | Cortina d'Ampezzo | 33 | £3,586,988£3.6m |
| 13 | Are | 33 | £3,512,386£3.5m |
| 14 | Adelboden | 30 | £3,295,044£3.3m |
| 15 | Crans Montana | 28 | £3,252,378£3.3m |
| 16 | Schladming | 27 | £3,166,678£3.2m |
| 17 | Alta Badia | 27 | £3,153,490£3.2m |
| 18 | Levi | 26 | £2,909,733£2.9m |
| 19 | Soelden | 26 | £2,833,502£2.8m |
| 20 | Flachau | 20 | £2,787,326£2.8m |
Race by race
The 12 races World Championships has held, each across every edition we hold
| RACE | EDITIONS | PAID |
|---|---|---|
| Men's slalom | 3 | £364,320£364k |
| Women's slalom | 3 | £364,320£364k |
| Men's giant slalom | 3 | £364,320£364k |
| Women's giant slalom | 3 | £364,320£364k |
| Men's downhill | 3 | £364,320£364k |
| Women's downhill | 3 | £364,320£364k |
| Men's super-G | 3 | £364,320£364k |
| Women's super-G | 3 | £364,320£364k |
| Women's parallel | 2 | £231,840£232k |
| Men's parallel | 2 | £231,840£232k |
| Men's alpine combined | 2 | £231,840£232k |
| Women's alpine combined | 2 | £231,840£232k |
Frequently asked questions
How much did the winner get at the Saalbach World Championships slalom, men, February 2025?
Loic Meillard took £52,992. The whole race paid £132,480 across 6 skiers.
How much prize money has the World Championships paid?
£3,841,920 across 32 editions from 2021 to 2025. The richest was the Saalbach World Championships slalom, men, February 2025, at £132,480.
Who has won the most money at the World Championships?
Mikaela Shiffrin, with £222,125 and 2 wins. Marco Odermatt is next on £192,317.
Who has won the World Championships the most times?
Marco Odermatt, 3 times in the editions we hold.
Where does the World Championships rank for prize money?
9th of the 72 alpine skiing venues we hold, by total prize money paid.
Where to next
Every alpine skiing venue and skier is ranked on alpine skiing prize money. The latest edition is the Saalbach World Championships slalom, men, February 2025, and the one before it the Saalbach World Championships slalom, women, February 2025. What the men's and women's fields are paid is compared on men's vs women's alpine skiing prize money. How much of the pot a alpine skiing winner keeps, against every other sport, is on the winner's share of prize money. How far down the field the money runs, against every other sport, is on how deep prize money pays.