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BIATHLON · 2024/25 AND 2025/26

Biathlon prize money

€14,261,400 paid across 128 World Cup and World Championships races in two seasons, to 233 athletes from 23 countries. Lou Jeanmonnot tops the list on €526,050, and 47 athletes cleared €100,000.

The IBU pays a fixed sum for every place in the top 30 of an individual race and the top eight teams of a relay. This is every one of those payments, joined to the athlete who finished there.

PAID OUT €14.3m
TOP EARNER €526k
ATHLETES PAID 233
RACES 128

The biathlon money list

Every athlete the IBU paid across the two seasons

233 athletes

Lou Jeanmonnot €526k Sturla Holm Lægreid €506k Eric Perrot €502k Elvira Öberg €394k Julia Simon €379k Sebastian Samuelsson €369k Franziska Preuss €351k Quentin Fillon Maillet €346k Tommaso Giacomel €346k Émilien Jacquelin €337k Hanna Öberg €315k Suvi Minkkinen €312k Justine Braisaz-Bouchet €291k Johannes Thingnes Bø €285k Océane Michelon €273k Maren Kirkeeide €261k Martin Ponsiluoma €247k Anna Magnusson €229k Fabien Claude €221k Martin Uldal €217k
# Athlete Country Wins Paid races 2024/252025/26 Prize money
01 Lou Jeanmonnot France 11 58 €275,400€250,650 €526,050
02 Sturla Holm Lægreid Norway 8 56 €272,050€233,625 €505,675
03 Eric Perrot France 7 59 €218,600€283,250 €501,850
04 Elvira Öberg Sweden 6 48 €193,750€200,200 €393,950
05 Julia Simon France 6 52 €211,000€167,650 €378,650
06 Sebastian Samuelsson Sweden 3 61 €172,650€196,250 €368,900
07 Franziska Preuss Germany 5 44 €279,350€71,400 €350,750
08 Quentin Fillon Maillet France 2 61 €213,600€132,725 €346,325
09 Tommaso Giacomel Italy 5 51 €169,900€175,650 €345,550
10 Émilien Jacquelin France 2 52 €149,000€187,875 €336,875
11 Hanna Öberg Sweden 4 50 €100,775€214,700 €315,475
12 Suvi Minkkinen Finland 1 54 €134,000€178,350 €312,350
13 Justine Braisaz-Bouchet France 3 52 €163,000€127,650 €290,650
14 Johannes Thingnes Bø Norway 6 31 €285,500- €285,500
15 Océane Michelon France 53 €147,200€125,925 €273,125
16 Maren Kirkeeide Norway 1 50 €120,500€140,200 €260,700
17 Martin Ponsiluoma Sweden 59 €102,050€144,650 €246,700
18 Anna Magnusson Sweden 48 €76,150€152,950 €229,100
19 Fabien Claude France 54 €116,875€103,900 €220,775
20 Martin Uldal Norway 1 36 €92,500€124,850 €217,350
21 Philipp Nawrath Germany 55 €83,300€129,350 €212,650
22 Johan-Olav Smørdal Botn Norway 4 22 -€211,600 €211,600
23 Campbell Wright United States 50 €100,350€102,275 €202,625
24 Lisa Vittozzi Italy 3 23 -€201,000 €201,000
25 Johannes Dale-Skjevdal Norway 1 32 €43,200€149,600 €192,800
26 Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen Norway 1 32 €31,025€160,450 €191,475
27 Dorothea Wierer Italy 1 38 €64,850€99,350 €164,200
28 Karoline Offigstad Knotten Norway 38 €78,450€71,900 €150,350
29 Jeanne Richard France 40 €116,350€33,150 €149,500
30 Selina Grotian Germany 1 38 €117,950€22,250 €140,200
31 Ella Halvarsson Sweden 35 €95,400€44,650 €140,050
32 Tarjei Bø Norway 2 28 €134,975- €134,975
33 Lisa Theresa Hauser Austria 1 44 €74,750€57,250 €132,000
34 Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold Norway 1 35 €68,600€62,450 €131,050
35 Jesper Nelin Sweden 46 €72,650€57,275 €129,925
36 Tereza Vobornikova Czechia 42 €38,550€87,800 €126,350
37 Lukas Hofer Italy 43 €30,300€92,725 €123,025
38 Endre Strømsheim Norway 2 23 €117,700€4,500 €122,200
39 Amy Baserga Switzerland 40 €66,350€54,775 €121,125
40 Justus Strelow Germany 45 €66,100€53,100 €119,200
41 Vanessa Voigt Germany 28 €54,125€60,400 €114,525
42 Isak Leknes Frey Norway 27 €27,650€86,000 €113,650
43 Vebjørn Sørum Norway 1 24 €111,200- €111,200
44 Philipp Horn Germany 36 €53,225€57,600 €110,825
45 Camille Bened France 23 €6,300€103,100 €109,400
46 Jakov Fak Slovenia 1 36 €95,000€8,800 €103,800
47 Lena Häcki-Gross Switzerland 32 €73,200€27,125 €100,325
48 Niklas Hartweg Switzerland 34 €83,300€15,900 €99,200
49 Paulina Batovska Fialkova Slovakia 30 €32,900€64,500 €97,400
50 Vitezslav Hornig Czechia 44 €47,300€45,975 €93,275
51 Julia Tannheimer Germany 35 €47,950€42,000 €89,950
52 Oscar Lombardot France 24 €15,000€66,000 €81,000
53 Emilien Claude France 23 €55,400€24,700 €80,100
54 Tero Seppala Finland 40 €38,100€41,900 €80,000
55 Michal Krčmář Czechia 43 €33,950€38,950 €72,900
56 Dmytro Pidruchnyi Ukraine 30 €50,850€17,200 €68,050
57 Marthe Krakstad Johansen Norway 18 €3,650€63,350 €67,000
58 Anna-Karin Heijdenberg Sweden 20 €26,350€40,600 €66,950
59 Aita Gasparin Switzerland 27 €52,150€13,400 €65,550
60 Viktor Brandt Sweden 28 €32,025€33,100 €65,125
61 Milena Todorova Bulgaria 18 €60,150€4,700 €64,850
62 Danilo Riethmüller Germany 24 €49,000€14,350 €63,350
63 Vitalii Mandzyn Ukraine 33 €33,650€20,800 €54,450
64 Michela Carrara Italy 25 €38,750€15,650 €54,400
65 Janina Hettich-Walz Germany 16 -€53,550 €53,550
66 Markéta Davidová Czechia 1 16 €31,200€19,900 €51,100
67 Anamarija Lampic Slovenia 20 €46,550€3,950 €50,500
68 Sebastian Stalder Switzerland 31 €26,725€21,950 €48,675
69 Yuliia Dzhima Ukraine 22 €47,450- €47,450
70 Joscha Burkhalter Switzerland 30 €21,800€25,500 €47,300
71 Hannah Auchentaller Italy 22 €27,075€19,000 €46,075
72 Andrejs Rastorgujevs Latvia 14 €29,600€15,750 €45,350
73 Lotte Lie Belgium 27 €34,700€10,250 €44,950
74 Natalia Sidorowicz Poland 25 €30,600€13,050 €43,650
75 Lucie Charvatova Czechia 22 €5,500€36,950 €42,450
76 Maya Cloetens Belgium 22 €23,100€18,825 €41,925
77 Deedra Irwin United States 19 €6,600€33,250 €39,850
78 Regina Ermits Estonia 21 €11,250€28,400 €39,650
79 Maxime Germain United States 21 €11,750€27,750 €39,500
80 Ragnhild Femsteinevik Norway 12 €39,250- €39,250
81 Jessica Jislova Czechia 22 €18,250€17,150 €35,400
82 David Zobel Germany 19 €9,950€25,050 €35,000
83 Paula Botet France 1 7 €34,850- €34,850
84 Polona Klemencic Slovenia 26 €11,550€23,200 €34,750
85 Sivert Guttorm Bakken Norway 6 -€34,700 €34,700
86 Anna Gandler Austria 25 €14,600€19,400 €34,000
87 Ida Lien Norway 11 €34,000- €34,000
88 Simon Eder Austria 27 €18,450€15,100 €33,550
89 Olli Hiidensalo Finland 16 €14,900€18,450 €33,350
90 Linn Gestblom Sweden 11 -€33,300 €33,300
91 Johanna Skottheim Sweden 10 €22,850€10,000 €32,850
92 Johannes Kühn Germany 17 €32,700- €32,700
93 Sonja Leinamo Finland 10 €6,300€24,850 €31,150
94 Sverre Dahlen Aspenes Norway 7 -€29,650 €29,650
95 Samuela Comola Italy 17 €28,300€1,100 €29,400
96 Marlene Fichtner Germany 9 €500€28,550 €29,050
97 Lena Repinc Slovenia 17 €13,700€14,050 €27,750
98 Venla Lehtonen Finland 17 €13,550€13,550 €27,100
99 Anna Weidel Germany 9 €2,000€24,900 €26,900
100 Sara Andersson Sweden 12 €24,250€2,550 €26,800
101 Juni Arnekleiv Norway 9 €14,500€12,000 €26,500
102 Sophie Chauveau France 5 €26,100- €26,100
103 Sophia Schneider Germany 14 €24,200€250 €24,450
104 Anton Dudchenko Ukraine 13 €23,950- €23,950
105 Antonin Guigonnat France 16 €23,200€700 €23,900
106 Lea Meier Switzerland 10 €900€22,450 €23,350
107 Khrystyna Dmytrenko Ukraine 21 €20,950€2,350 €23,300
108 Malte Stefansson Sweden 8 -€22,450 €22,450
109 Inka Hamalainen Finland 14 €2,200€19,900 €22,100
110 Joanna Jakiela Poland 12 €5,700€15,450 €21,150
111 Tamara Steiner Austria 8 €8,500€12,350 €20,850
112 Didier Bionaz Italy 14 €11,350€9,450 €20,800
113 Thierry Langer Belgium 13 €16,350€3,750 €20,100
114 Kamila Zuk Poland 12 €9,500€10,150 €19,650
115 Roman Rees Germany 5 €5,475€12,250 €17,725
116 David Komatz Austria 13 €17,250- €17,250
117 Martin Nevland Norway 4 -€17,200 €17,200
118 Sean Doherty United States 11 €3,600€13,550 €17,150
119 Elisa Gasparin Switzerland 9 €17,000- €17,000
120 Florent Claude Belgium 11 €12,800€3,950 €16,750
121 Susan Külm Estonia 9 €6,350€10,150 €16,500
122 Rebecca Passler Italy 9 -€16,250 €16,250
123 Jonas Marecek Czechia 13 €12,300€3,750 €16,050
124 Anna Andexer Austria 12 €8,450€6,950 €15,400
125 Lora Hristova Bulgaria 7 €6,450€8,350 €14,800
126 Margie Freed United States 6 -€14,500 €14,500
127 Vytautas Strolia Lithuania 12 €4,300€9,950 €14,250
128 Tuomas Harjula Finland 7 -€13,800 €13,800
129 Tuuli Tomingas Estonia 4 €13,500- €13,500
130 Ema Kapustova Slovakia 9 €3,500€9,750 €13,250
131 Anastasiya Kuzmina Slovakia 8 €3,500€9,450 €12,950
132 Tomas Mikyska Czechia 8 €3,000€9,250 €12,250
133 Lea Rothschopf Austria 6 €11,000€1,200 €12,200
134 Jan Gunka Poland 9 €600€11,500 €12,100
135 Lucas Fratzscher Germany 8 -€12,075 €12,075
136 Jeremy Finello Switzerland 11 €9,350€2,300 €11,650
137 Martina Trabucchi Italy 7 €6,125€5,350 €11,475
138 Anton Vidmar Slovenia 12 €5,500€5,900 €11,400
139 Alina Stremous Moldova 7 €5,000€6,200 €11,200
140 Mikulas Karlik Czechia 9 -€11,200 €11,200
141 Johanna Puff Germany 6 €10,700- €10,700
142 Paul Schommer United States 6 €1,200€9,500 €10,700
143 Elia Zeni Italy 5 €8,750€1,750 €10,500
144 Patrick Braunhofer Italy 6 €3,500€7,000 €10,500
145 Otto Invenius Finland 6 €9,850€350 €10,200
146 Vladimir Iliev Bulgaria 5 €2,575€7,450 €10,025
147 Lovro Planko Slovenia 8 €6,300€3,700 €10,000
148 Siri Skar Norway 4 -€9,950 €9,950
149 Estere Volfa Latvia 4 -€9,750 €9,750
150 Olena Horodna Ukraine 6 €7,200€2,250 €9,450
151 Arttu Heikkinen Finland 6 -€9,350 €9,350
152 Tereza Vinklarkova Czechia 5 -€9,050 €9,050
153 Anna Juppe Austria 7 €3,500€5,300 €8,800
154 Maria Remenova Slovakia 6 €3,500€5,150 €8,650
155 Daniele Cappellari Italy 4 €8,550- €8,550
156 Leonhard Pfund Germany 5 -€8,550 €8,550
157 Kristo Siimer Estonia 9 -€8,400 €8,400
158 Miha Dovzan Slovenia 7 €7,100€850 €7,950
159 Anna Maka Poland 5 €2,600€5,100 €7,700
160 Renars Birkentals Latvia 3 -€7,600 €7,600
161 Stefanie Scherer Germany 2 €7,400- €7,400
162 Patrick Jakob Austria 5 €5,500€1,850 €7,350
163 Rene Zahkna Estonia 9 €3,200€3,950 €7,150
164 Jakob Kulbin Estonia 4 -€6,950 €6,950
165 Adam Vaclavik Czechia 6 €6,900- €6,900
166 Dmitrii Shamaev Romania 6 €1,100€5,300 €6,400
167 Dunja Zdouc Austria 4 €2,000€4,100 €6,100
168 Gro Randby Norway 5 €5,800- €5,800
169 Konrad Badacz Poland 7 €450€5,350 €5,800
170 Gilonne Guigonnat France 4 €5,000€750 €5,750
171 Jake Brown United States 6 €5,300- €5,300
172 Gaëtan Paturel France 2 -€5,200 €5,200
173 Felix Leitner Austria 4 €4,600- €4,600
174 Lydia Mettler Switzerland 4 -€4,600 €4,600
175 Emma Lunder Canada 4 €4,450- €4,450
176 Baiba Bendika Latvia 6 €1,000€3,400 €4,400
177 Simon Kaiser Germany 4 €2,700€1,600 €4,300
178 Artem Tyshchenko Ukraine 1 €4,000- €4,000
179 Karoline Erdal Norway 3 €3,800- €3,800
180 Taras Lesiuk Ukraine 3 €3,500- €3,500
181 Mark-Markos Kehva Estonia 3 -€3,450 €3,450
182 Bogdan Tsymbal Ukraine 3 €1,000€2,300 €3,300
183 Jakub Borgula Slovakia 1 -€3,250 €3,250
184 Martin Matko Slovakia 1 -€3,250 €3,250
185 Iryna Petrenko Ukraine 2 €3,000- €3,000
186 Klara Vindisar Slovenia 1 €3,000- €3,000
187 Lucinda Anderson United States 2 -€3,000 €3,000
188 Nadia Moser Canada 4 -€2,850 €2,850
189 Bohdan Borkovskyi Ukraine 3 -€2,800 €2,800
190 Ilona Plechacova Czechia 3 €500€2,300 €2,800
191 Judita Traubaite Lithuania 2 -€2,750 €2,750
192 Oleksandra Merkushyna Ukraine 1 -€2,750 €2,750
193 Rihards Lozbers Latvia 3 -€2,750 €2,750
194 James Pacal Switzerland 2 €2,000€600 €2,600
195 Jaakko Ranta Finland 2 €2,500- €2,500
196 Blagoy Todev Bulgaria 3 €2,400- €2,400
197 Maksim Makarov Moldova 1 €2,400- €2,400
198 Marit Øygard Norway 3 -€2,200 €2,200
199 Shilo Rousseau Canada 2 -€1,950 €1,950
200 Grzegorz Galica Poland 2 -€1,900 €1,900
201 Chloe Levins United States 1 -€1,750 €1,750
202 Joanne Reid United States 1 -€1,750 €1,750
203 Wojciech Skorusa Poland 2 -€1,750 €1,750
204 Zuzana Remenova Slovakia 2 -€1,750 €1,750
205 Anastasiya Merkushyna Ukraine 1 €1,500- €1,500
206 Emil Nykvist Sweden 2 €1,500- €1,500
207 Julia Kink Germany 2 €1,500- €1,500
208 Ziva Klemencic Slovenia 1 €1,500- €1,500
209 Maksim Fomin Lithuania 1 -€1,400 €1,400
210 Vladislav Kireyev Kazakhstan 1 -€1,400 €1,400
211 Amandine Mengin France 2 -€1,150 €1,150
212 Dominic Unterweger Austria 1 -€1,150 €1,150
213 Jakub Stvrtecky Czechia 1 -€1,150 €1,150
214 Manca Caserman Slovenia 1 -€1,150 €1,150
215 Adam Runnalls Canada 2 €1,100- €1,100
216 Henning Sjokvist Sweden 3 -€1,100 €1,100
217 Valentina Dimitrova Bulgaria 2 €200€900 €1,100
218 Anna Kryvonos Ukraine 1 €1,000- €1,000
219 Johanna Talihärm Estonia 1 €1,000- €1,000
220 Kristyna Otcovska Czechia 2 €1,000- €1,000
221 Fabian Suchodolski Poland 1 €900- €900
222 Franz Schaser Germany 1 -€900 €900
223 Nicola Romanin Italy 2 -€850 €850
224 Ole Suhrke Norway 1 -€800 €800
225 Natalja Kocergina Lithuania 1 €700- €700
226 Dajan Danuser Switzerland 1 -€600 €600
227 Emilie Ågheim Kalkenberg Norway 1 €600- €600
228 Pascale Paradis Canada 1 -€600 €600
229 Heikki Laitinen Finland 1 €500- €500
230 Noora Kaisa Keranen Finland 1 €500- €500
231 Anastasia Tolmacheva Romania 1 -€350 €350
232 Christoph Pircher Italy 1 -€250 €250
233 Konstantin Vasilev Bulgaria 1 -€250 €250

Men and women are paid the same

What each kind of race paid across the two seasons

Men's races €6.6m
Women's races €6.6m
Mixed relays €1.1m

Every men's race has a women's race on the same programme paying the same ladder, so the two totals match to the euro. The money lists do not: Lou Jeanmonnot leads the women on €526,050 and Sturla Holm Lægreid the men on €505,675, because the same pot is split by who finishes where.

Every event and what it paid

Nine World Cup rounds a season, plus the 2025 World Championships

19 events

Event Season Races Top earner Paid
Kontiolahti World Cup round 1 2024/25 10 Elvira Öberg €938,000
Hochfilzen World Cup round 2 2024/25 6 Johannes Thingnes Bø €594,000
Annecy-Le Grand Bornand World Cup round 3 2024/25 6 Franziska Preuss €609,000
Oberhof World Cup round 4 2024/25 6 Maren Kirkeeide €547,000
Ruhpolding World Cup round 5 2024/25 6 Franziska Preuss €594,000
Antholz-Anterselva World Cup round 6 2024/25 6 Lou Jeanmonnot €594,000
Lenzerheide World Championships 2024/25 12 Johannes Thingnes Bø €1,598,500€1.6m
Nové Město na Moravě World Cup round 7 2024/25 6 Julia Simon €594,000
Pokljuka World Cup round 8 2024/25 6 Eric Perrot €547,000
Oslo Holmenkollen World Cup round 9 2024/25 6 Franziska Preuss €609,000
Östersund World Cup round 1 2025/26 10 Johan-Olav Smørdal Botn €1,156,700
Hochfilzen World Cup round 2 2025/26 6 Eric Perrot €735,800
Annecy-Le Grand Bornand World Cup round 3 2025/26 6 Lou Jeanmonnot €785,700
Oberhof World Cup round 4 2025/26 6 Tommaso Giacomel €735,800
Ruhpolding World Cup round 5 2025/26 6 Hanna Öberg €735,800
Nové Město na Moravě World Cup round 6 2025/26 6 Eric Perrot €682,800
Kontiolahti World Cup round 7 2025/26 6 Elvira Öberg €735,800
Otepää World Cup round 8 2025/26 6 Sturla Holm Lægreid €682,800
Oslo Holmenkollen World Cup round 9 2025/26 6 Hanna Öberg €785,700

The World Championships in Lenzerheide paid €1,598,500 over 12 races, more than any World Cup round. The opening round of each season paid the most of the World Cup stops, because it held ten races where every other round held six.

What every place pays

The prize for each finishing place in an individual race

1st place €20k
2nd place €16k
3rd place €13k
4th place €11k
5th place €9,500
6th place €8,000
7th place €6,500
8th place €5,750
9th place €5,000
10th place €4,500
Place World Cup 2025/26World Cup 2024/25World Championships 2025
1st €20,000€15,000€25,000
2nd €16,000€12,000€20,000
3rd €13,000€10,000€15,000
4th €10,500€8,000€11,000
5th €9,500€7,000€8,000
6th €8,000€6,000€7,000
7th €6,500€5,000€6,000
8th €5,750€4,500€5,000
9th €5,000€4,000€4,500
10th €4,500€3,500€4,000
11th €3,750€3,000€3,800
12th €3,500€2,750€3,600
13th €3,250€2,500€3,400
14th €2,750€2,250€3,200
15th €2,500€2,000€3,000
16th €2,200€1,800€2,800
17th €2,000€1,650€2,600
18th €1,800€1,500€2,400
19th €1,600€1,350€2,200
20th €1,400€1,200€2,000
21st €1,250€1,100€1,800
22nd €1,100€1,000€1,600
23rd €1,000€900€1,400
24th €900€800€1,200
25th €800€700€1,000
26th €700€600€850
27th €600€500€700
28th €500€400€550
29th €350€300€400
30th €250€200€250
Per race €130,950€101,500€144,250

A relay pays the first eight teams, and every athlete on a team collects the rung in full: a World Cup relay win paid each of the four €7,500 in 2025/26, down to €600 each for eighth.

Biathlon prize money by country

Every athlete's money added up by the nation they race for

23 countries

France (18) €3.4m Norway (26) €2.9m Sweden (15) €2.1m Germany (22) €1.5m Italy (15) €1.0m Finland (12) €543k Switzerland (12) €542k Czechia (14) €482k United States (10) €336k Austria (12) €293k Slovenia (10) €252k Ukraine (14) €248k Slovakia (7) €140k Belgium (4) €124k Poland (9) €115k Estonia (8) €97k Bulgaria (6) €93k Latvia (5) €70k Lithuania (4) €19k Moldova (2) €14k Canada (5) €11k Romania (2) €6,750 Kazakhstan (1) €1,400

France and Norway took €6,291,225 between them, 44% of everything the IBU paid over the two seasons.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money is there in biathlon?

€14,261,400 across the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons, over 128 races. The 2025/26 World Cup paid €7,036,900; the 2024/25 season paid €7,224,500, €1,598,500 of it at the World Championships in Lenzerheide.

Who earns the most in biathlon?

Lou Jeanmonnot, with €526,050 across the two seasons. The highest-earning man is Sturla Holm Lægreid, with €505,675.

How much does a biathlete get for winning a World Cup race?

€20,000 in 2025/26, up from €15,000 in 2024/25. A World Championships win paid €25,000 in 2025. The IBU pays the first 30 in every individual race, down to €250 for 30th.

Are men and women paid the same in biathlon?

Yes. Men's and women's races pay the same ladder, and across the two seasons men's races paid €6,585,450 and women's races paid €6,585,450. Mixed relays paid a further €1,090,500.

How is relay prize money split?

Every athlete on the team is paid the full rung for the team's place. A World Cup relay win paid each of the four €7,500 in 2025/26.

Which country wins the most biathlon prize money?

France, with €3,391,250 across the two seasons, ahead of Norway on €2,899,975. The two took 44% of all the money between them.

Do the Olympics pay prize money in biathlon?

No. The Olympic Games pay no prize money, so the February 2026 Olympic races are not in these figures.

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